Week of May 11 to May 15

Elements of ART: COLOR

COLOR is one of the Elements of Art that people seem to like best. It is just so much fun to add color. But like all the Elements of Art, the element of COLOR has rules also.

This week we are going to talk about two ways to use color.

Tint and Shade

Tint- is when you add white to a color to make a lighter version of that color.

When I add White to Red I make PINK

Pink is a tint of red.

Shade - is when you add black to a color to make a darker version of that color.

When I add Black to Red I make Brick Red

Brick Red is a shade of Red.

Let’s use this knowledge to make an interesting and fun art project. On a piece of paper, near the bottom of the paper, make a “V “shape. On the top of the V make two scoops of ice cream. On top of the ice cream make a nice cherry with a stem on the top. Last week you might have found a basket weave pattern, use that the make a rubbing of a basket weave on the cone part of your picture. If you want you can just color the V in brown for the cone part. Now is the hard part what kind of ice cream do you want? I am going to have a RED ice cream. I am going to make my cherry Red. My top ice cream watermelon (PINK) and my bottom ice cream Raspberry (shade of Red) and color it in. May be you like Pistachio ice cream and want to use green maybe Blueberry, bubblegum, orange, lemon?

Can you make an ice cream cone then pick one color with tints and shades to color in the ice cream scoops? Below are some delicious examples of using tints and shades in your picture.

***Don’t forget to send in a copy of your picture to your Art Teacher when you have finished. Be sure to write your full name, grade and classroom teachers name in the Subject line of your email. ****** please do not for get to email your assignments to your respective Art Teacher.

Brandi.Karim@school.dodea.edu

Patricia.a.venable@school.dodea.edu

Week of May 4 to May 8

Elements of Art_ TEXTURE in Rubbings

Texture is one way artist make their drawing look more realist. Texture may be smooth on your picture even though it looks rough. By looking at the texture and the background around the texture the artist make your believe it is smooth, rough, soft, hard, prickly, wrinkly, fluffy, spongy, soft, bubbly, etc.

* Your art project this week is to find at least four different kind of surfaces. Place a paper over the top of the surface and rub over the paper with a crayon while you are holding the paper and the object still. Do you think you’re rubbing looks just like the thing you are rubbing? Could you draw that texture without rubbing it?

Many artists like the idea of texture in their painting, drawing, and sculpture. Sometimes the texture is drawn in the painting and sometimes the artist makes the texture in the paint they are using to make the picture. Below are some examples of rubbings and artist using texture to make detail in there art work.

When you have finished your art project take a photo of it send it to your art teacher with the following information:

Your first and last name, grade, classroom teachers name.

email to :

Brandi.Karim@student.dodea.edu

Patricia.a.Venable@student.dodea.edu

Week of April 27 to 30 and May 1

Element of Art: Space & Principles of Art: Balance

This week we are continuing to work on the Element of Space in art, but, we are also going to use using the Principles of Balance in our art work.

There are three big parts of Balance: Symmetrical, Asymmetrical, and Radial. Symmetrical means the art is the same on each side of the picture. We did a symmetrical art work last week with our Positive and Negative pictures. Asymmetrical is when the art work is a little different on each side. The art work can have the same parts in it but they are arranged a little differently. Radial means the art is in a somewhat circular design. We did that with our circular designs at the beginning of March. I have examples at the bottom of the page.

We are going to make a Spring Picture using these Three Principles of Art. Remember you can use any type of paper for this drawing. I am going to use a piece of newspaper. You need a paper, pencil, eraser, and crayons, you can substitute with markers and other items also.

First, draw three flowers at the top of your paper. These are going to have Radial Symmetry. Draw the stems going down to the bottom of paper. Make sure your stems have two line so you can color in the middle. Then add at least three leaves on each flower stem MAKE sure you add a stem on the leaf.

The leave can be Symmetrical: same on each side, or the stem and leaf can be Asymmetrical, not across from each other.

Second, when you have finished ask you mom and dad to pick out what parts in your picture is Symmetrical, Asymmetrical or Radial.

Don’t forget to color your flowers. If you want you may add the ground, grass, bugs, or other things in your picture.

Remember SPACE don’t add anything to big or to small draw the extra things so that it matches the size of your flowers. Draw the flowers BIG it is always easier.

Don’t forget to look at the examples.

Please email your art drawing and Art Appreciation lessons to your art teacher:

patricia.a.venable@student.dodea.edu

OR

brandi.karim@student.dodea.edu

When turning in your classwork always remember to:

ADD your full name, grade, classroom teachers name to the header in your EMail. Thanks

Week of April 20 to 24

The Element of Space in Art

These are easy lessons to start you with an understanding of Space in art. It is a double lesson. You can start April 16 and 17 but both art projects are due Friday the 24 of April.

K-4 Lesson 1: Get a sheet of paper that is not white. In the middle of the paper draw a simple shape or object (not to small) that you might see around you. Cut the shape out without cutting the side of the paper the easiest way is to poke a hole in the middle of the shape or object then insert your scissors into the hole and cut out the inside shape/object.

Look at my example of the apple and the cat. The apple is the positive space it isn’t really there but you can still see the apple because of what is left around it the negative space. That makes the positive space the important part of your picture even though it really isn’t there.

Positive space refers to the main focus of a picture, while negative space refers to the background. The negative space is just as important as the positive space. It shares edges with the positive space, defining the outline of the object and creating proportion

K-4 Lesson 2: You need two pieces of paper each a different color. Scissors, glue and a pencil. Cut one of those papers in half. Using the half size paper draw half of an object on it (example of penguin, pineapple, octopus) these are the easy ones. Then cut the half object out of the paper and glue the half sheet down, then glue the cut out pieces across from the original shape. The only tricky part is making sure the edges line up with the edge of the half paper. It should make one line up the side of your paper where you connect the two pieces together again. Practice fixing the papers down first before you actually glue the pieces down.

ART PROJECT for March 16 - 20, 2020

Architecture Made Easy by using Shapes and Lines

You can make buildings by using simple shapes like a square, rectangle, dome, triangle, oval, and circle. Look at some of the student examples that are for this lesson.

Some students cut and glued the shapes of construction paper to make a building. Other students used crayons and markers to draw the buildings. What kind of a building would you like to make? What kind of media are you going to use to make your building? Crayons, markers, scissors. Glue, construction paper. Think of what kind of building you want to make, collect your supplies and create your own building. It will be easier to make your building if you draw your building(s) big to start with.

Remember to clean up and put away your supplies when you are finished. Send us a picture of your project when you are done. You may also give your picture to Ms. Karim or Ms. Venable when you return to school. Don’t forget to put your name, grade and classroom teachers name on the back of your building before giving your artwork to us. If you mail your picture to us be sure your full name, grade, classroom teachers name are on the message header/jpg/pdf.