by Carrie Hull | Jul 13, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5, Lessons > Grades 6 - 12, Teachers@Firstlight
OVERVIEW Students will learn how to push their ideas and think creatively. Several exercises are used, along with dialog, to understand how to get outside the normal boundaries and use their imaginations along with their pencils. After idea thumbnails and sketches, an...
by Carrie Hull | Jul 13, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2, Teachers@Firstlight
OVERVIEW Students will continue our pet theme. First we’ll make prints using the cat yarn print blocks from last week, and then create dog drawings and paintings. We end the day inventing a fantastic dog house! Grades 3 – 5 Week of Nov 27 – Dec 1 1 Hour...
by Dennas Davis | Jul 6, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5, Lessons > Grades 6 - 12, Teachers@Firstlight
OVERVIEW Because accuracy is not always the goal, and students need to break free from boundaries and enjoy the freedom of self-expression. We also learn about the Most Important Spot, (or emphasis). Grades 3 – 12 1 Hour & 30 Minutes to 2 Hours Student Work...
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...
