by Dennas Davis | Jul 6, 2020 | Teachers@Firstlight
OVERVIEW 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...
by Dennas Davis | Jun 22, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5, Lessons > Grades 6 - 12, Teachers@Firstlight
OVERVIEW Students will work for two weeks to create a square-shaped watercolor painting that is divided into a grid design. Each smaller area in the grid (rectangles and squares), becomes a tiny little painting, drawn and painted in watercolors. This will employ the...
by Dennas Davis | Jun 22, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2, Teachers@Firstlight
OVERVIEW Students are introduced to an important design element, The Most Important Spot, (emphasis). We hunt for shapes, using tracing paper to capture them from photos. Students will also work with warm vs. cool colors using oil pastels. Grades 1 – 2 1 Hour...
by Dennas Davis | Jun 15, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students will learn about shapes that are made up of air, and are in-between other shapes, and how it helps to draw things if you look at these shapes in addition to solid shapes. – – – Grades 1 – 2 1 Hour & 30 Minutes Student Work...
by Dennas Davis | Jun 15, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5, Lessons > Grades 6 - 12
OVERVIEW Students discover (or rediscover) the good, bad, and beautiful qualities of India ink. They create a black and white ink drawing of tools, while also reviewing the 3 Steps to Accuracy, and learning about Air Shapes, the Art Instructor term for the traditional...
