by Dennas Davis | May 6, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2, Teachers@Firstlight
OVERVIEW A Desert scene is created using oil pastel resist with watercolors. Then the students will draw and color a lizard using a mock bark-painting technique using kraft paper (brown paper bags) black marker, and oil pastels. They have a choice of placing the...
by Carrie Hull | Apr 11, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 6 - 12, Teachers@Firstlight
Color Each lesson Plan focuses primarily on one of the 4 Cornerstones of Art: Drawing | Painting | Color | Style OVERVIEW Everyone should work to finish their mid-tone still life painting, and then if there is time, move into the last color journal of the year –...
by Dennas Davis | Aug 24, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2, Teachers@Firstlight
OVERVIEW Introduction to the idea of lines as edges, and oil pastel technique with mixing & blending. Students use a photo of a scotty dog bas-relief sculpture for reference, but it’s turned upside down. This allows it to be drawn more accurately because it’s hard for...
by Dennas Davis | Aug 24, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5, Lessons > Grades 6 - 12, Teachers@Firstlight
OVERVIEW Artists are introduced to a new kind of color palette and the basics of paint mixing. Then they begin the first half of a fun color collage project using a 3-color scheme and cut shapes similar to Matisse cutouts. It’s a great way to get into paint for the...
by Dennas Davis | Aug 9, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2, Teachers@Firstlight
OVERVIEW Students enjoy working with two fun ways to create stars. Realistic star patterns are made by splattering white paint on a dark paper background, and expressive stars are made with thick paint and by copying Van Gogh’s Starry Night. If time, early finishers...
by Dennas Davis | Aug 9, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5, Lessons > Grades 6 - 12, Teachers@Firstlight
OVERVIEW Students will create a painting of a still life with shiny colorful peppers. After underpainting, they will fill each object with local color and finish by adding shadows, then light areas, and finally highlights. – – – Grades 3 – 5 1...
