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...
by Carrie Hull | Aug 7, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2, Teachers@Firstlight
OVERVIEW Students learn about 2 important, yet different types of drawing: expressive work from memory, and more realistic work using observation. The main point is that these are both valid directions to take, but that they don’t tend to mix well in one piece of art....
by Dennas Davis | Jul 27, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2, Teachers@Firstlight
OVERVIEW Students will have fun making bouncy spiral snakes with their own designs by drawing on our printed pdf snake templates. Then everyone is introduced to clay with playdough for a warmup, before moving into an 3D project of an animal that they’ll be able to...
