Watch the video to learn a little bit about me and my expectations for you in art this semester. When you are done, you can respond on Seesaw. Click here to get to seesaw.
We are going to make some string art! You will need a piece of wood and some nails and some colored string (or white or black). But first, you have to have a simple design that we can see and will express something meaningful to you. Make sure your design is simple and a good size before you put it on your block of wood. Let's practice making a simple design today.
**This video was made for the first semester students, so a few things are not true anymore: 1. You did get to paint a terracotta warrior, disregard that comment.
2. I will send you the wood in addition to the string and nails.
Post your image on Seesaw so I can see what you plan to do! Have fun!
You will need a wood block, some nails and a hammer in order to start this project. After you have penciled your design in the wood block, hammer in the nails and finally use the string to make your design. The materials I have provided for you are available for pick up on the bus, or at the Fellowship Hall on Thursdays or at school after that. Post your finished work on Seesaw!
Frank Lloyd Wright is an artist from the early 1900s who made art labeled, "modern." Modern art had a streamlined and simple look to it. Frank Lloyd Wright was an architect who built homes that had straight, square lines and many windows. He loved it if they sort of blended into the hillside and trees around them. Stained glass is like that. You look through the clear glass to see the nature beyond. But you might enjoy a frame of shapes, or color or lines that highlight and enhance the image you are looking at. Using Sharpies (you need to have these yourself, I cannot provide them for you unless you are in class), you will draw straight lines, with a ruler and a sharpie on the clear vinyl. Make shapes or images that are found in nature. Hang it up in your window to catch the light and enhance your view! Post an image to seesaw when you're done.
First, go outside and sketch into place your landscape. Choose a spot and draw for 20 minutes. Take a picture for reference, if you need it. Put onto paper your sky, land and buildings or trees, or whatever you see there. Tips: Draw in the middle of your paper, not the bottom. Save the details for painting, just get the main elements in place.
Once you have the drawing in place, watch the two videos and get started painting. You will need:
Tempera paint OR Acrylic paint (they act a lot alike, are about the same price, but tempera is washable).
Water, brushes and time.
Paint the large areas with sand, sky, water and road first, then move on to the houses, cars, people and plants.
Have you ever heard the saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words?" Well, that is the point in symbolic art. We are going to take a look at making art that represents an idea, but isn't necessarily realistic. For example, the school calendar is full of art that represents the ideas your teachers and cooks and bus drivers and administrative staff desire for you. They aren't all words. They are pictures of being creation keepers, truth seekers and wells of hope.
Art is a great way to use ideas and get a point across without making people read too much. And you are going to take your idea, express with pictures, shapes, colors and movement to "write" a thousand words.
Day 1: Fill out this worksheet about symbolism.
Day 2: Draw a sketch of your own idea.
Day 3: Pick up your art supplies at the Fellowship Hall or off the bus and get started putting your drawing on paper.
Day 4: Paint in your picture with watercolor. Post the image on Seesaw.
This is our last week of art! We are going to finish with a psalm. Choose one from the Bible. If you don't have a bible, you can read from this list here.
Using more than one media (watercolor, chalk, tempera, markers, crayon, colored pencil) you will illustrate what the psalm is and then write the words of the verse over it. Use the paper provided and then a wet on top of a dry media or a dry media first, then a wet media relief over it. Watch the video for some ideas.