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 Carrie Hull | Jun 8, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5, Lessons > Grades 6 - 12, Teachers@Firstlight
OVERVIEW Students have lots of fun working on cartoon mashups while they learn how to work with expressions, facial elements, guidelines, and redrawing. Pen and ink is used for a final cartoon drawing. – – – Grades 3 – 5 1 Hour & 30 Minutes...
by Carrie Hull | Jun 8, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2, Teachers@Firstlight
OVERVIEW After learning about cartoon Big Shapes and Symbols, students enjoy being silly by combining different ideas into a character and then painting the final cartoon. – – – Grades 1 – 2 1 Hour & 30 Minutes Student Work SCROLL...
by Dennas Davis | May 4, 2020 | Teachers@Firstlight
OVERVIEW Students will use pages and clippings from magazines to create collage images that tell a story about themselves. They are given the choice to work on an alternative project: a detailed pencil drawing with freedom to choose their subject matter. –...
