by Dennas Davis | Dec 5, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students will make multiple art prints using a simple technique to engrave a design into styrofoam. They will also create a frame for the print and paint it with acrylics. The lesson will teach how printing creates duplicates and they are a mirror image....
by Dennas Davis | Nov 20, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW We use the idea of seeing double to have fun, and reinforce several artistic insights. Students learn symmetry with a collage using double-cutting and a mono print fold-over. There’s a fun “lines and tigers” (get it?) game that morphs into a shadow lesson...
by Dennas Davis | Nov 13, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students have fun learning how to make different cartoon expressions and drawing several cartoon faces. Then they get to create a “Can-Toon”. Using a used and cleaned regular-sized food can, they cover it with bright colored backgrounds first. Then face parts...
by Dennas Davis | Nov 6, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students will create an interactive color oil pastel work that changes from day to night when you change your viewing angle. They’ll use their memory to draw their own home and yard, so it’s a personal piece. This also takes away any worries about content, so...
by Dennas Davis | Oct 30, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students create a fun and colorful poster announcing fall, using tape-resist and oil pastels for the lettering, and leaf reference for the picture. – – – Grades K – 2 Week of November 4 – November 8 1 Hour & 30 Minutes...
by Dennas Davis | Oct 24, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students have a day full of fun and choosing their own subject matter. This encourages artists, who often say they don’t get to do what they want to. There are also 2 stations for learning-art activities. – – – Grades K – 2 Week of...
