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 15, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5, Lessons > Grades 6 - 12
OVERVIEW Students discover (or rediscover) the good, bad, and beautiful qualities of India ink. They create a black and white ink drawing of tools, while also reviewing the 3 Steps to Accuracy, and learning about Air Shapes, the Art Instructor term for the traditional...
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 1, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5, Lessons > Grades 6 - 12
OVERVIEW Students start by using jungle shapes to create outlines like a complex coloring book page. Then oil pastels are used and blended to create a rich and colorful artwork. – – – Grades 3 – 5 1 Hour & 30 Minutes to Two Hours...
by Dennas Davis | May 25, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 6 - 12
OVERVIEW Students will learn about the skeletal system and how it affects the way an artist draws the human form. There is also a fun game as well as a robot project that helps them understand the proportions of the human figure. – – – Grades 6...
by Dennas Davis | May 16, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 6 - 12
OVERVIEW An entire class devoted to learning the basics of cartooning. Students develop a character and learn how to make different facial expressions using symbols that convey extra meaning or action. A finished ink and watercolor cartoon is created in the second...
