by Carrie Hull | Jul 23, 2020 | Lessons > Grades 3 - 5, Lessons > Grades 6 - 12
OVERVIEW This is one of two lessons about portraits. Today everyone will work on accuracy, while also learning how observation helps accuracy more than anything else. There is a memory drawing game and an oil pastel copy of a Van Gogh portrait. – – –...
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 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 | 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...
