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Grades 1 & 2
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13. Amazing Cats! – KidsART B
NOV 17 – 21 • Students will look at artwork of cats and photographs. They’ll make some realistic drawings and cartoon cat drawings too, discussing the features that make them look like cats. A drawing will be used to glue yarn onto, creating a yarn-drawing print block that can be used the following week.
Grades 3 - 5
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13. Artists’ Choice – Foundations B
NOV 17 – 21 • Students will have a day of artist’s choice, where they can do whatever they want. Anyone who is not finished with the little patches watercolor should do that before they move into their artist’s choice. Total freedom can be hard to handle, so there are plans that help students stay on track and not become overwhelmed with options.
Grades 6 - 12
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13. Artists’ Choice – Foundations B +
NOV 17 – 21 • Students will have a day of artist’s choice, where they can do whatever they want. Anyone who is not finished with the little patches watercolor should do that before they move into their artist’s choice. Total freedom can be hard to handle, so there are plans that help students stay on track and not become overwhelmed with options.
Grades 1 & 2
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12. More Fall Funnies! – KidsART B
NOV 10 – 14 • Students will continue with cartooning, and work on cartoon hands and feet. Then we move on to creating crazy creatures and silly monsters. It’s a fun day of cartoon art.
11. Fall Funnies – KidsART B
NOV 3 – 7 • Students will have tons of fun learning the parts of cartoon faces and practicing how to put them all together. they’ll finish with a final cartoon in marker outlines and coloring with layers of oil pastels.
Grades 1 & 2
Grades 3 - 5
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12. Patch Painting – Foundations B
Nov 8 – 12 • Students will finish the little patches watercolor they began last week. As students finish, they’ll begin work in charcoal, warming up with quick sketches and using several photo references. Oil pastels are introduced to create a black and white mixed media.
11. Purples & Patches – Foundations B
NOV 3 – 7 • Students begin with a quick warmup sketch of some fall gourds. Then we have our first Color Journal of the year, with purples. This will leave some time at the end to begin planning our next project, Little Patches Watercolors. Students choose a grid pattern and start thinking of ideas for what to draw and paint in each small box of the grid. We’ll paint these over the next two weeks.
Grades 3 - 5
Grades 6 - 12
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12. Patch Painting – Foundations B+
Nov 6 – 10 • Students will finish the little patches watercolor they began last week. As students finish, they’ll begin work in charcoal, warming up with quick sketches and using several photo references. Oil pastels are introduced to create a black and white mixed media.
11. Purples & Patches – Foundations B+
NOV 3 – 7 • Students begin with a quick warmup sketch of some fall gourds. Then we have our first Color Journal of the year, with purples. This will leave some time at the end to begin planning our next project, Little Patches Watercolors. Students choose a grid pattern and start thinking of ideas for what to draw and paint in each small box of the grid. We’ll paint these over the next two weeks.