2nd - 3rd Grade Lessons
Week 9 Lesson: Keith Haring Shape and Collage Figures
Welcome friends! This week will be learning about line drawing.
Step 1
Gather your materials.
Paper
Construction paper: Square, small rectangles, circles
Glue
Black marker
Step 2
Assemble your shapes to create a human form.
Step 3
Bend the joints of your figure to make a pose.
Step 4
Glue your figure in the pose you've chosen.
Step 5
Make sure your figure has space around it.
Step 6
Glue down your second figure.
Step 7
Create a border around your figures using the marker.
Step 8
Draw lines and patterns around each figure
Now your are finished!
Remember to submit your work!
Way to go!
Add details in empty spaces.
2.2 The student will apply a creative process for artmaking. a) Generate a variety of solutions to artmaking challenges. b) Reflect on the process and outcome of an artmaking experience. 2.12 The student will identify and use the following in works of art: a) Color—warm, cool, neutral. b) Form—three-dimensional. c) Line—vertical, horizontal, diagonal. d) Shape—geometric, organic. e) Pattern—complex alternating and repeating.
Week 8 Lesson: Zentangle Radial Design
Welcome friends! This week will be learning about line drawing. We will us lines to create a special type of drawing called Zentangle.
Step 1
Gather your materials.
Paper
Black marker
Step 2
Create a small circle anywhere on your paper.
Step 3
Draw several lines that extend from the small circle to the edges of your paper.
Step 4
Draw lines and patterns in each section that you've created.
Step 5
You can keep the pattern the same in each section or change your design while completing each section.
Step 6
You can create curved or straight lines.
Your lines can be thick or thin.
Step 7
Complete your design by adding details and darkening some areas to create interest.
Step 8
Now you are all FINISHED! Look at all the lines you've created!
Remember to submit your work!
2.2 The student will apply a creative process for artmaking. a) Generate a variety of solutions to artmaking challenges. b) Reflect on the process and outcome of an artmaking experience. 2.12 The student will identify and use the following in works of art: a) Color—warm, cool, neutral. b) Form—three-dimensional. c) Line—vertical, horizontal, diagonal. d) Shape—geometric, organic. e) Pattern—complex alternating and repeating.
Week 7 Lesson: Cubism Figures
Welcome back! This week we are continuing to work with the human figure. We will also be learning about Cubism. For our project we'll use oil pastel and watercolors to create abstract figures.
Vocabulary
Abstract: Art that represents an idea, not anything in real life.
Cubism: An art style that was created almost a hundred years ago. It is a type of abstract style. It’s called cubism because the artists broke things down to basic geometric shapes
Analogous Colors: Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
Wax Resist: A technique in art using watercolor and oil pastels (or crayons). There is wax in the oil pastels that resists, the watercolor.
Step One: Start by gathering supplies.
For this project you will need:- A piece of paper
- A pencil and a black marker
- Watercolors and a cup for water (you can use watered down tempera paint or markers and water if you do not have watercolors)
- A ruler (you can use the edge of a book if you or any straight edge)
- A paintbrush (a makeup brush can work too)
- Oil pastels (crayons work just fine as well!)
- Someone to be your model!
Step Two: Divide your paper into sections
- Using your ruler and pencil, divide your paper into sections using straight lines
- I used mostly square and triangle shapes, creating about 10 or 12 lines.
- Each section will be used for our figure drawing
Step Three: Begin drawing
- After you ask your model to get into a pose, you can start drawing
- Remember, just like last week, your just trying to get the basic shapes of the figure
- Start by drawing the head. Choose a section and start there
- When you reach a new section, change it up!
- The chin can start at the top instead of the bottom, the side of your face might be at the top of your section
- Your sections are like puzzle pieces, they will all fit together to form a person but it’s supposed to look abstract
Step Four: Continue figure drawing
- Keep drawing your figure
- As you draw your person, use each section like a puzzle piece.
- See how one of my arms doesn’t connect? That’s helping it like more abstract and cubist, we’re seeing it from different angles.
- Don’t worry about the face the focus is on the figure.
Step Five: Outline Your Lines in Black Marker
- Once you finished drawing your figure, use your ruler and black marker and outline your sections
- This is going to help define these lines
Step Six: Begin adding oil pastels
- Now you can begin coloring your figure
- Using your oil pastels, I began by outlining my figure’s skin and clothes
- Remember, you can also use crayons
Step Seven: Begin coloring
- Now you can begin coloring your figure
- I started shading my figure in LIGHTLY, I didn’t press down too hard with my oil pastel
- Then I went back and added some more colors on top to create the right skin tone for my figure
Step Eight: Finish with Your Oil Pastels
- Once you color your figure, you can color the clothes
- Again, press LIGHTLY
- I didn’t add a lot of color to the clothes and hair and left some white spaces
- Because I want to be able to see the watercolor a little bit when I paint
Step Nine: Begin Painting Your Background
- Once you have finished coloring your figure with oil pastels, now add watercolor
- Make sure to get a good amount of water on your brush first! Then get the color
- For your background, use ANALOGOUS colors, colors that are next to each other on the color wheel
- I chose to use green blue, blue, and blue purple.
- The wax will resist the watercolor and you can still see your drawing!
Step Ten: Finish Your Art
- Finish painting your background
- Can you see where the white spots have now turned into watercolor?
- Have fun and don’t forget to submit your work!
Week 6 Lesson: Gesture Drawing
Hello everyone! Today we will learn how to continue working with the human figure. We will create gesture drawings, or quick sketches of people drawn from life.
Vocabulary
Figure Drawing: The practice of drawing from live models, drawing from people who are posing.
Gesture Drawing: figure drawing, but focusing on the gestures, or movements of the person posing
Drawing from Observation: to draw from life
Proportion: The size relationships between objects, in talking about people, it's how the parts of the bodies relate to each other in size.
Step One: Start by gathering supplies.
- For this project you will need:
- A piece of paper
- Some kind of writing utensil, either a pencil, marker, or even watercolor and a brush (paint can really help loosen you up!
- A family member, or a friend to pose for you!
- A timer (this will help keep you drawing quickly)
Step Two: Get ready to draw
- Set your timer for 45 seconds. You can adjust this if it’s too short at first
- Ask your model to give you a pose! They might need to stand on a chair so you can see them
- Get ready to draw, REMEMBER, no details, just the pose, and just basic shapes!
4.MP4Watch this brief video as I explain how to start your drawing
Step Four: Continue figure drawing
- Now that you’ve practiced, try challenging yourself!
- Ask your model to do a more complicated pose, maybe they can hold an object, maybe they can pretend to shoot a basketball!
- You can shorten your timer, can you get the whole pose done in 30 seconds? 20?
- Keep drawing, you can put all your poses on one sheet of paper or you can get some extra sheets.
Step Five: Finish your drawing
- There’s many different ways you can finish a figure drawing! You can leave your figures as is, and make a fun background.
- Or you can add some more details and create a person!
- Have fun and be creative, don’t forget to submit your art!
- 2.4 The student will express opinions with supporting statements regarding works of art. - 2.13 The student will identify and apply spatial relationships and perspective for composition. b) Depict objects according to size and proportion within works of art- 2.14 The student will create preliminary drawings and/or finished works of art from observation.
- 3.4 The student will express informed judgments about works of art. - 3.14 The student will use organic and geometric shapes in observational drawing.- 3.2 The student will apply a creative process for artmaking.. b) Describe and use steps of the artmaking process, including brainstorming, preliminary sketching, and planning, to create works of art.
Week 5 Lesson: 3D Figures
Welcome! Today we will learn how to create 3D figures inspired by the work of Keith Haring. All vocabulary and information can be found in the slides, and the steps are reprinted below.
Vocabulary
Figure: A person's bodily shape
Value: The scale of darkness and lightness of an object
Proportion: The size relationships between objects, in talking about people, it's how the parts of the bodies relate to each other in size
Sculpture: A 3D work of art, often carved, sculpted, molded, can be abstract or realistic, materials such as wood, clay, stone, etc.
1: Gather Supplies
- Paper
- Tin foil (if you don't have tin foil, you can use scrap paper, and tape. I will show you how to do that on the last step)
- A black marker (more for decorating later if you have them, but the black marker is necessary for the shadow)
- Glue (ask a grown up if they have stronger glue like tacky glue, but washable will work too. If you don't have glue, you can use tape)
2: Begin Creating Your Figure
- Grab a pretty good sized piece of tin foil, about the same size as a 8 1/2 x 11 inch sheet of paper.
- Fold it length wise, or hot-dog wise.
- This will be the torso, neck, and head of your figure
3: Add the head, create the arms
- On the same long piece of tin foil, squish the top to mold it into a head, a circular shape.
- Press the tin foil together to create a thinner neck
- Take another sheet of tin foil, about half the size of your other one.
- Roll it in the same way as you did earlier, but now, fold it in half, width-wise. This will act as BOTH of your arms
- Pinch the tin foil together to create arms, and flatten the ends for the hands.
4: Begin Creating Your Figure
- Wrap your arms around your torso, pinching the tin foil together
- You might want to wrap it around twice or so to make sure it stays on your torso
5: Create the legs
- In the same way you made the arms, take another small piece of piece of tin foil, rolling it together to make the legs.
- The same way you flattened the edges for the hands, do the same thing for the feet.
- Do the same thing you did to attach the arms, wrap the legs around the edge of the torso, wrapping it around a few times and pinching it to attach it all together
6: Pose Your Figure
- Now that you created your figure, it's time to get creative and have fun posing it!
7: Attach Your Figure to the Paper
- Use your glue or tape to glue your figure to your paper.
- I used a brush on mine. Make sure to flatten your feet so it sticks better.
- Use your fingers to press your figure down onto the page.
8: Create Your Shadow
- Use a flashlight either on your phone or an actual flashlight and hold it over your figure.
- Play around with it until you see its shadow.
- Use your black marker to trace the outline
Step 9: Finish your art!
Finish your shadow by using your black marker to color it in
Now here's where you can be super creative! What will you put in the background on your paper?
I was inspired by Keith Haring who often used graphic and interesting lines and shapes to decorate his work.
2.5 The student will identify and use the following in works of art:1. Color—secondary2. Form—three-dimensional (cube, cylinder, sphere, pyramid, cone)3. Line—vertical, horizontal, diagonal4. Shape—geometric, organic5. Pattern—complex alternating and repeating2.8 The student will use observational drawing in preparation for creating works of art.2.10 The student will create three-dimensional works of art, using a variety of materials to include clay.
3.4 The student will use imaginative and expressive strategies to create works of art.3.7 The student will use the following in works of art:1. Color—intermediate, warm, cool2. Space—positive, negative3. Balance—symmetry, asymmetry, radial4. Contrast5. Pattern—motifs
3.8 The student will use organic and geometric shapes in observational drawing.3.10 The student will use subtractive and additive processes in various media, including clay, to create sculptures.
Week 4 Lesson: Paper Flowers
Paper Video.mp4 Vocabulary
Complimentary: Colors opposite on the color wheel, they contrast each other.
Warm/cool colors:
Warm: Colors that are hot or warm, energetic, think of fire, the sun.
Cool: Colors that are cold or cool, they are calm, think of the sea, nighttime.
Overlap: The placement of objects over one another to create depth to make it 3-D.
Still life: A painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects.
Background: The parts of the picture in the back, the furthest parts away from you.
Foreground: The parts of the picture of the picture in the front, the closest parts to you.
Analogous Colors: Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
Tertiary Colors: A color that is intermediate on the color wheel, combining primary and secondary colors.
Hello friends!
This week we will be creating Paper flowers in a vase! This will make a great gift for Mother's Day. Let's have some fun!
Step 1: Gather you materials
For this activity you will need:
Construction Paper
Colorful paper or magazines (This optional)
Glue
Scissors
A pencil or marker
Step 2: Create your background
Choose a paper to use as your background. I chose purple construction paper.
To create the background, I cut strips of colorful paper and glued it to my background.
You can use magazines or construction paper to create your background.
If you do not have colorful paper, you may use crayons of markers to design a pattern on the background paper.
Step 3: Draw and Cut out your vase
Now, using a pencil or marker draw a vase outline on a separate sheet of paper.
I chose a colorful sheet of paper for my vase, but you can use construction paper.
Cut out your shape using scissors.
Step 4: Fold your paper to create flowers
Now, I will show you how to cut 3-D flowers.
Cut your paper into a square
Fold your square in half.
Fold the paper in half again.
Fold the paper in half one more time.
Fold the outer edge of your triangle towards the middle of the open side of the triangle.
Crease your paper so that the paper in flat.
The shape should match the picture above.
Hold your shape like the picture shown and cut the top of your shape off.
Using a pencil, draw a curved line from the right side of the shape to the middle of your left side. Do not draw your line all the way to the bottom of your shape.
Using your scissors, cut along the line.
Open you shape. Now you have a flower!
If is does not look like a flower, try again!
Once you are comfortable creating flowers, make a few more using different color construction paper.
You can also cut out leaves for your flower. check out the shapes I used for my leaves!
Step 5: Glue your vase to your background
Now its time to assemble your work! Glue your vase to the background.
Step 6: Glue your flowers to your art
Place a dot of glue at the top of your vase and glue down your first flower. Hold your flower down on the paper for 5 seconds so that it can stick.
Place a small dot of glue in the center of your flower.
Press the another flower on top of the glue and hold it there for 5 seconds.
Add another dot in the center of your flower again.
Place a small circle of construction paper in the middle of your flower.
Repeat this process with the other flowers that you have made.
Add your leaves next to your flowers!
Allow your project to dry.
Step 7: Display your work or give it as a gift!
Now your are all done!
Remember to submit a picture of your work!
2.5 The student will identify and use the following in works of art:1. Color—secondary2. Form—three-dimensional (cube, cylinder, sphere, pyramid, cone)3. Line—vertical, horizontal, diagonal4. Shape—geometric, organic5. Pattern—complex alternating and repeating2.8 The student will use observational drawing in preparation for creating works of art.
3.4 The student will use imaginative and expressive strategies to create works of art.3.7 The student will use the following in works of art:1. Color—intermediate, warm, cool2. Space—positive, negative3. Balance—symmetry, asymmetry, radial4. Contrast5. Pattern—motifs3.8 The student will use organic and geometric shapes in observational drawing.
Week 3
Week 3 Activity: Pointillism Jar Painting
Sol Standards:
2nd Grade
2.5 The student will identify and use the following in works of art:
1. Color—secondary
2. Form—three-dimensional (cube, cylinder, sphere, pyramid, cone)
3. Line—vertical, horizontal, diagonal
4. Shape—geometric, organic
5. Pattern—complex alternating and repeating
2.8 The student will use observational drawing in preparation for creating works of art.
3rd Grade
3.4 The student will use imaginative and expressive strategies to create works of art.
3.7 The student will use the following in works of art:
1. Color—intermediate, warm, cool
2. Space—positive, negative
3. Balance—symmetry, asymmetry, radial
4. Contrast
5. Pattern—motifs
3.8 The student will use organic and geometric shapes in observational drawing.
Week 2
Week 2 Activity: Exploring Pointillism
Sol Standards:
2nd Grade
2.5 The student will identify and use the following in works of art:
1. Color—secondary
2. Form—three-dimensional (cube, cylinder, sphere, pyramid, cone)
3. Line—vertical, horizontal, diagonal
4. Shape—geometric, organic
5. Pattern—complex alternating and repeating
2.8 The student will use observational drawing in preparation for creating works of art.
3rd Grade
3.4 The student will use imaginative and expressive strategies to create works of art.
3.7 The student will use the following in works of art:
1. Color—intermediate, warm, cool
2. Space—positive, negative
3. Balance—symmetry, asymmetry, radial
4. Contrast
5. Pattern—motifs
3.8 The student will use organic and geometric shapes in observational drawing.
Lesson 1
Week 1 Activity: Found Object Art
Sol Standards:
2nd Grade
2.1 The student will generate a variety of solutions to art-making problems.
2.18 The student will distinguish between objects that occur naturally and objects made by people.
3rd Grade
3.4 The student will use imaginative and expressive strategies to create works of art.
3.7 The student will use the following in works of art:
1. Color—intermediate, warm, cool
2. Space—positive, negative
3. Balance—symmetry, asymmetry, radial
4. Contrast
5. Pattern—motifs
