posted Mar 8, 2010 7:39 AM by Theresa McTier
Teacher took personal leave of absence. |
posted Mar 8, 2010 7:39 AM by Theresa McTier
Teacher took personal leave of absence. |
posted Mar 8, 2010 7:38 AM by Theresa McTier
posted Feb 5, 2010 6:19 PM by Theresa McTier
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Today we continued the lesson for Studio Exploration for 3 and 4: Foreground and Background, Seeing Cities.
I quickly reviewed the lesson, engaging the students in active discussion as I passed out their materials.
Artwork: Please refer to the process we used last week that the students will repeat several times until they have a background, middle ground, and a foreground. After their artwork has dried sufficiently, the students will use black magic markers to add details to objects in the foreground.
See the January 26th post for this lesson's assessment rubric.
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posted Feb 1, 2010 8:07 PM by Theresa McTier
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Today we continued the lesson for Studio Exploration for 3 and 4: Foreground and Background, Seeing Cities. This lesson entails having the students make a collage of a cityscape using tissue paper, construction paper, scissors, brushes, and white glue.
I quickly reviewed last week's lesson, engaging the students in an active discussion.
Artwork: Students who had not completed their sketches the week before were given the opportunity to do so. Those who had completed their sketches were given the materials needed to begin their artwork. I gave each student a large sheet of paper to use as the sky background. Then I handed out dark construction paper for them to cut out their background city shapes and brush glue onto the shapes to adhere them to their backgrounds. I instructed them to carefully lay out their tissue paper on the top of the table, smoothing out any wrinkles. After they finished this step, I instructed them to brush the glue sparingly across several large areas of the background. Once this was completed, I asked them to flip the background over and lay it carefully onto the tissue paper, pressing it down with a firm downward motion, thus ensuring there would be few wrinkles in the tissue paper. Then each student flipped their projects over, trimmed the tissue paper to fit the background, and finish pressing the tissue paper gently onto the background.
Next Week: The process above will be repeated several times until the students have a background, middle ground, and a foreground. The students will use black magic markers to add details to objects in the foreground.
See the January 26th post for the assessment rubric with which I will grade the students. |
posted Jan 25, 2010 3:44 PM by Theresa McTier
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Today we began the lesson for Studio Exploration for 3 and 4: Foreground and Background, Seeing Cities. This lesson reinforces the topics covered in Lessons 3 & 4 and introduces a few new vocabulary words (some of which I have been already using, such as overlap and background).
As with all new vocabulary words, I had the students copy them into their journal/sketchbooks to help them put the terms into their long-term memories. I also had the students come up to the front and point out the areas in photographs and artwork that reinforced the vocabulary being taught.
I engaged the students in an active discussion of an artwork and photographic inspirations from our world. I showed the students what we would be doing next week and had them begin to sketch their plans for their artwork, which will be a collage of a cityscape. I also demonstrated the techniques we would be using to make our collage, which contains tissue paper to make background objects seem to be in the distance. Next week we will start our collage.
TODAY'S ART VOCABULARY:
Cityscape: An artwork that uses elements of the city, such as buildings, streets, or shops, as subject matter.
Overlap: When one shape covers up part or all of other parts in an artwork.
Foreground: The part of the artwork that seems close to you.
Middle ground: Parts of an artwork that appear to be between objects in the foreground and background.
Background: The part of an artwork that appears to be in the distance or behind other objects. |
posted Jan 16, 2010 8:43 PM by Theresa McTier
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Today we completed Lesson 4: Mixing Tints and Shades, Seeing Shadows and Light. I used the same strategy I have outlined in previous posts.
I had hoped to begin the lesson for Studio Exploration for 3 and 4: Foreground and Background, Seeing Cities but time ran out. I will begin this lesson next week. This lesson will reinforce the topics covered in Lessons 3 & 4 and introduce a few new vocabulary words (some of which I have been already using, such as overlap and background).
Please see the assessment rubric for this lesson posted on December 1st. |
posted Jan 11, 2010 7:06 PM by Theresa McTier
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updated Jan 16, 2010 5:01 PM
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Today we continued working with Lesson 4: Mixing Tints and Shades, Seeing Shadows and Light. I reviewed the lesson in depth as I handed out the necessary art materials and the seascapes they had worked on last week. I again engaged the students in active discussion to be sure they understood the art terms and objectives.
As soon as each student received his materials, I allowed him to begin his painting.
As they worked, I walked around the room, observing their creations, and continued to explain to students how artists work on seascapes, giving out constructive criticism as needed.
As I engaged the students in discussion while they worked, I used the easel up front to draw a very light pencil sketch showing my own version of a seascape. Afterwards I began mixing and applying colors to the paper, painting the background first using only the background colors and adding little or no details. I emphasized not to coat the background with too much paint as it effects the length of time the painting needs to dry before details can be applied. After completing the background, I explained that many artists stopped at this point to allow the background to dry. However, if the paint has been applied thinly and is already pretty dry, it is fine to continue painting.
After my quick demonstration, I once again walked around the room and observed their work, making observations as I did so.
Please see the assessment rubric for this lesson posted on December 1st. |
posted Dec 14, 2009 7:47 PM by Theresa McTier
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Today we continued working with Lesson 4: Mixing Tints and Shades, Seeing Shadows and Light. I reviewed the lesson in depth as I handed out the necessary art materials and the seascapes they had began the last time we met. I again engaged the students in active discussion to be sure they understood the art terms and objectives.
As soon as each student received his materials, I allowed him to begin his painting.
As they worked, I walked around the room, observing their creations, and talked about how all artists do their backgrounds first and usually allow the paint to dry before adding details. I explained that backgrounds were mostly color with little or no details. I also explained that the sky always touched the horizon, which is the point where the land, or in this case, the ocean or sea meets the air. I also reminded them that as objects get closer, they get bigger and appear toward the bottom of a painting. As objects get farther away, they get smaller and appear higher up on the painting. I asked them what word artists used for this effect (perspective).
As I engaged the students in discussion while they worked, I used the easel up front, quickly drawing a very light pencil sketch showing my own version of a seascape. I then began mixing and applying colors to the paper, painting the background first using only the colors with little or no details. I emphasized not to coat the background with too much paint as it effects the length of time the painting needs to dry before details can be applied. After completing the background, I explained that many artists stopped at this point to allow the background to dry. However, if the paint has been applied thinly and is already pretty dry, it is fine to continue painting.
Please see the assessment rubric for this lesson posted on December 1st. |
posted Dec 6, 2009 3:07 PM by Theresa McTier
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