Winter Term
• How can I express what I am learning and experiencing through my art?
• How can I use a variety of materials in different ways?
*Bug study (connected to science and homeroom studies):
-detailed colored pencil drawings using books on insects, bug specimens, and memory
*Self portraits
-matching individual skin tone, choice and style of clothing, and facial expressions
Print making:
*Salmon prints on fabric: prints made into pillows using sewing skills
*Geometric shapes: triangle, circle, square, parallelogram,
*Basic tessalations
*Techniques for printing: brayers and ink
*Mono printing
*Glue gun prints
*Scratch foam family portrait prints
*Explore media (e.g. colored pencils, watercolor paints, and oil pastels)
*Demonstrate techniques for material care
*Observe and interpret what they see visually
*Represent ideas in paintings
*Use cloth to lift a print of a fish
*Creation of a pillow using fish print
*Practice simple sewing skills (running stitch)
*Mix paints and match own skin tone
*Identify different geometric shapes
*Create a tessalation through stamp printing of geometric shapes
*Design a geometric stamp out of scratch foam
*Experiment with self created stamps and tessalation
*Use a brayer for printing
*Gain independence in rolling out ink
*Print from hot glue design
*Play with inks for color mixtures in printing
*Use brayer to develop texture and effect
*Carve a family portrait in scratch foam
*Teacher observation of:
-Cooperation skills
-Use of the Art Barn
-Attitude
-Skill development
-Craftsmanship on projects
*Skill in printing techniques
*Developmental progression, conceptually and representationally
Materials: sewing materials, printing making inks, brayers, scratch foam, hot glue, geometric block prints, multicultural paints, Japanese rubber fish
Books: resource books on different peoples of the world
*Japanese fish printing technique
*Understanding of the different ways people are physically in the world
*Seeing connections and differences between people