Resources February 14, 2008

Elementary Art Lesson Plans

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/elem/elemlessons.html

Art Teaching Ideas

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/art/contents.htm

Water colour butterfly lesson

http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Arts/Visual_Arts/ARA0025.html

A Snowy Day art lesson

http://accessarts.org/ArtKids/Crafts/lessonsnow.html

Access Arts Network

http://accessarts.org/ArtKids/Crafts/

Alphabet Soup-Art ideas for Young Children

http://www.alphabet-soup.net/dir7/art.html

Art Lessons-from holidays, to muliticultural projects

http://www.artmuseums.com/

Seasonal Art Activites

http://www.kinderart.com/seasons/

Primary Art Lessons to Help Teach Colour Theory

http://www.adrianbruce.com/art/index.htm

Learn to Draw for Kids- step by step instructions of how to draw animals

http://www.billybear4kids.com/Learn2Draw/Learn2Draw.html

Art Attack

http://www.hitentertainment.com/artattack/menu_artattacks.html

Movement February 14, 2008

Movement

 is the suggestion or illusion of motion in a painting, sculpture, or design. For example, circles going diagonally up and down from right to left could show that the design moves up and to the right or down and to the left

Pattern February 14, 2008

 

Pattern

is simply keeping your design in a certain format. For example, you could plan to have wavey lines all around your design as a pattern, but then you must continue those wavey lines throughout the design for good patterns. It wouldn’t look good if suddenly you stopped all the wavey lines and drew a picture of a dog

Balance February 14, 2008

Balance

means keeping your design like a pattern. A balanced pattern would be if you had a border on your pattern in black. Unbalanced would be if approximately one-third of the border was orange and the other two-thirds in pink. To keep your design balanced, make your measurements as accurate as possible. Keeping your design symmetric is a good technique for good balance, but not necessarily the best for all types of designs

Colour February 14, 2008

Colour

refers to specific hues and has 3 properties, Chroma, Intensity and Value.  The color wheel is a way of showing the chromatic scale in a circle using all the colors made with the primary triad.  Complimentary pairs can produce dull and neutral color.  Black and white can be added to produce tints (add white), shades (add black) and tones (add gray).

Emphasis February 14, 2008

Emphasis

is given to an area within the design because that area is meant to be seen or is more important to be noticed when compared to other places of the design. For example, your design might be to have white parallel lines going up and down. In the center of this design, you could have a circle. This circle would be a part on the design that is emphasized.

Line February 14, 2008

Line

defines the position and direction of the design. If you have lines or shapes that seem to be running horizontally, then the design would seem like it’s running in a left and right line. Make sure your design identifies some sort of line so that the human eye can recognize which side is the top of the design or on which side the design is suppose to start with interest

Form February 14, 2008

Form

is similar to the idea of shape. Form is the structure of your design and how everything in the design looks like it’s meant to go together. If the form is well planned and then carried out, it almost guarantees your design in black and white will be a success.

Drawing practice with the use of line February 13, 2008

The following activities are excellent for practicing the use of the line in drawing, and would work well as starter activities to a drawing lesson.

 Drawing Blind- for this drawing we looked at an object a drew with a continuous line without looking at our pencils and paper

Drawing from Memory -for this drawing we looked at an object, memorized what is looked like, then put it away and drew it from memory.

Blind Continuous Line Drawing -for this drawing we drew our hands using a continuous line, without looking at our papers and pencils.

Drawing with Volume- for this drawing we were able to look directly at our objects, and our papers, but had to incorporate volume.

Contrast February 13, 2008

Contrast

 - offers some change in value creating a visual discord in a composition. Contrast shows the difference between shapes and can be used as a background to bring objects out and forward in a design. It can also be used to create an area of emphasis