K-5 remote art lessons 11-15
Please send photos of your artwork to: moorejen@slcs.org
CYCLE 11: EXPLORING DIGITAL ART!
Experiment with Google's web app, Google Canvas, to doodle and draw!
K-5 Grade Level Appropriate
Google has a new progressive web app called Canvas that lets you draw and illustrate without needing to install anything on your computer. Just type Google Canvas into a new search bar and open the app on your device. Now click on +New Drawing and then, using the toolbar on the left hand side of the screen, begin to explore!
Toolbar Options Explained:
The first tool allows you to choose colors from a standard palette or customize your own color.
The second tool allows you to select the size of your drawing tool, and the opacity of the color. Opacity means how much you can see through it, or how transparent it is.
Now choose from these drawing tools: pencil, pen, marker, chalk, and eraser.
USE YOUR DEVICE TO CREATE SOME BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK! Many thanks to Grace Tuggle and Lindsay Reardon for the examples featured above :)
Please send photos of your artwork to: moorejen@slcs.org
CYCLE 12 : POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SPACE
Watch and listen to the Positive Ninja read aloud below, then Scroll to find your grade level
Grades K-2
Students can create positive and negative space using just scissors, paper and glue! First, explain that the positive space is the shape, or where the shape is, and the negative space is where the shape is not. Give students a piece of colored paper that is smaller, or about half the size, of the background paper it will be glued to. On this smaller piece of paper, have students draw either a couple of lines that they know (zig-zag, wavy, etc.) OR they can draw shapes. Contrasting colored paper works best.
After students have cut on the lines that they drew, they will have pieces to arrange on the background paper. Show students how the positive and negative shapes become mirror images. Glue pieces to the background paper, and remind students to always try and focus on the POSITIVE!!
Grades 3-5
Students can create positive and negative space using just scissors, paper and glue! First, explain that the positive space is the shape, or where the shape is, and the negative space is where the shape is not. Give students a piece of colored paper that is exactly half the size of the background piece of paper. Students can then draw shapes or block/ bubble lettering that touch one edge of the colored paper. Contrasting colored paper works best.
After students have cut out the shapes that they drew, they will have pieces to flip over and arrange on the background paper. Show students how the positive and negative shapes become mirror images. Glue pieces to the background paper, and remind students to always try and focus on the POSITIVE!!
Please send photos of your artwork to: moorejen@slcs.org
CYCLE 13: SKETCHBOOKS AND PORTFOLIOS!
K-5 Grade Level Appropriate
Leondardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, musician, inventor and engineer. He lived from 1452 - 1519, and is now famous for the sketchbooks that he kept. He is considered to be the most diversely talented person ever!
Grades K-1:
Folded Paper Doodle Book
Using one large sheet of blank paper, fold in half and then in half one more time. Show students how this newly folded piece of paper can now function as a book!
Encourage students to illustrate a happy cover for their book, including their name, and then begin to "fill" the pages with things they love to draw. Emphasize how doodles, or whimsical, unfinished drawings, are as important as finished drawings.
Grades 2-3:
Simple Sketchbook
Using one piece of colored paper for a cover, and multiple pieces of blank paper for the pages, fold pieces in half and either staple together or tie with yarn.
Encourage students to design and illustrate a cover for their book that represents them, and then begin to "fill" the pages with things they love to draw. Emphasize how doodles, or whimsical, unfinished drawings, are as important as finished drawings.
Grades 4-5:
Simple Portfolio
What is a portfolio? An art portfolio is basically a collection of artwork that shows an artist's creativity and skills. It can be added to or changed anytime! Gather up all of your favorite drawings; include doodles on sticky notes, lined paper, graph paper, scrap paper, and definitely lots of additional blank paper! Use a hole punch and ribbon or string to tie it all together.
Please send photos of your artwork to: moorejen@slcs.org
CYCLE 14: QUILLED PAPER CREATIONS
K-5 Grade Level Appropriate
Grades K-2
Using strips of paper that are pre-cut for this age level may be best. Have students make single loops of paper, overlap the ends, add glue and count to three before they let go. Loops can be arranged and glued together to make whatever students can imagine!
Creations can be added to a background illustration for final presentation.
Grades 3-5
Using narrow strips of colored paper (fadeless paper works best), wrap the paper around a pencil or a cotton swab until a tight coil is formed. Slide it off, let it unravel a little bit, then glue down the end flap. In addition to a circle, a variety of other shapes can be made by pinching the corners of the coiled paper (droplet shape, eye shape, triangle and square).
Make a series of these shapes and see what you can create!
Please send photos of your artwork to: moorejen@slcs.org
CYCLE 15: CRAYON TRANSFER DRAWINGS
K-5 Grade Level Appropriate
1.Supplies
2.Color on the inside
3.Draw on the front
4.Transfers to the inside!!!
Collect all of your crayons! This process also works with oil pastel, if you have those available.
Begin with a sheet of paper, folded in half. Open the folded piece of paper, and on one half of the inside, fill with a pattern of solid colors that is either organized or random. Next, close the folded paper back up again and draw on the front side. Watch how your drawing magically transfers to the inside!