What is a line? What are the types of lines?
Objectives of this Week's Lesson
Actively identify types of line in the environment
Accurately demonstrate an understanding of how straight lines can be used in art
Learn a little about how artist get ideas
Demonstrate skill and craftsmanship in gluing (learn techniques)
To meet our objectives we will:
o walk in straight curved and zig-zagging lines,
o find straight lines in our environment
o look at the work of artists who use straight lines- Mondrian, Kandinsky, Stella
o make line designs using strips of construction paper and glue sticks
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Nursery and PreK - August 30-September 3
More About Mark Making
Young children are fascinated by their ability to make marks. There are several stages that preschoolers go through in the making of marks, from fly drawing to energetic and large movements over the surface. Children start naming their marks and as their skills develop they begin to make shapes that will increase in complexity.
At this stage it is the movement, the engagement in the process that the student enjoys. It is the process that is our objective – the mental process that the child is engaged in when he or she takes a crayon and touches it to paper. We want to give them lots of opportunities to explore mark making.
This week the Nursery and PreK classes will play with the idea of lines that move. We will use the oil pastels to make marks, each in their own way. Then we will use watercolors to create interesting backgrounds.
Young children are fascinated by their ability to make marks. There are several stages that preschoolers go through in the making of marks, from fly drawing to energetic and large movements over the surface. Children start naming their marks and as their skills develop they begin to make shapes that will increase in complexity.
At this stage it is the movement, the engagement in the process that the student enjoys. It is the process that is our objective – the mental process that the child is engaged in when he or she takes a crayon and touches it to paper. We want to give them lots of opportunities to explore mark making.
This week the Nursery and PreK classes will play with the idea of lines that move. We will use the oil pastels to make marks, each in their own way. Then we will use watercolors to create interesting backgrounds.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Grade 1 August 23-27
Looking for Lines, Patterns and Shapes
First grade students have listened to the story “Where the Wild Things Are”. They have looked carefully at the lines, patterns and shapes in the illustrations. Then they have used their imaginations to create their own wild things using oil pastels. This week they will look at more lines and use them in different ways.
First grade students have listened to the story “Where the Wild Things Are”. They have looked carefully at the lines, patterns and shapes in the illustrations. Then they have used their imaginations to create their own wild things using oil pastels. This week they will look at more lines and use them in different ways.
Kindergarten August 23-27
Where the Wild Things Are
Kindergarten students have listened to the story “Where the Wild Things Art”. They have looked carefully at the lines, patterns and shapes in the illustrations. Then they have used their imaginations to create their own wild things using oil pastels. This week they will look at more lines and use them in different ways.
Kindergarten students have listened to the story “Where the Wild Things Art”. They have looked carefully at the lines, patterns and shapes in the illustrations. Then they have used their imaginations to create their own wild things using oil pastels. This week they will look at more lines and use them in different ways.
Nursery and PreK - August 23-27
All Kinds of Lines
Our youngest students are discovering all the things they can make their fingers do. This week and throughout the year they will be exploring mark making. They will be playing with all kinds of lines and exploring lots of different ways to make lines. It’s not just about crayons.
We will be referring to Viktor Lowenfeld’s classic art education text “Creative and Mental Growth and Development” as we plan activities to support your child’s development.
“If you want to do something good for a child give him an environment where he can touch things as much as he wants.” Buckminster Fuller, Letter to Children on Earth
Our youngest students are discovering all the things they can make their fingers do. This week and throughout the year they will be exploring mark making. They will be playing with all kinds of lines and exploring lots of different ways to make lines. It’s not just about crayons.
We will be referring to Viktor Lowenfeld’s classic art education text “Creative and Mental Growth and Development” as we plan activities to support your child’s development.
“If you want to do something good for a child give him an environment where he can touch things as much as he wants.” Buckminster Fuller, Letter to Children on Earth
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