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Jasper Johns Elementary Art Lesson Pre-K to 6th Grade

 


Josey’s Art School

Presents

Studying Art with the Masters

By

Robin Norgren, M.A.

This Lesson:

 Jasper Johns

 

 “Target”


 Discussion

Interesting Facts about Jasper Johns

·        Jasper Johns is an American artist whose work which laid the foundation for Pop artists like Andy Warhol.

·        Johns has received many honors throughout his career, including receipt of the Presidential Medal of Freedom

·        Johns painted objects that everyone could recognize, like flags, numbers (and more numbers), targets, and maps. The paintings don’t show Johns’ opinions. In fact, the artwork may not have any meaning at all. His paintings show us things that we have seen hundreds of times and often just ignore. But we don’t ignore Johns’ paintings. Instead, we study them and find new meaning in the objects he shows us.

Source: https://learnodo-newtonic.com/jasper-johns-facts and http://artsmarts4kids.blogspot.com/2009/03/jasper-johns.html

 

 Materials needed

Pencil (to write the child’s name on the back of the work)

8.5x11 or 9x12 white cardstock/precut poster board/140lb watercolor paper – something with a bit more stability to it than copy paper in order to withstand the amount of paint and glue your students will be using.  You will need enough for each participant to use as the base for his/her artwork

Paintbrushes

Water bowls

Acrylic paint (or tempura paint for younger children) red/blue/yellow

Circle templates (or choose everyday items to use as circle stencils)

Q-tips

Aprons

Length of Time/Duration of project:

30 minutes

Prep work:

Collect the materials for the project.

Decide how you will create 4 different sizes of circles

(circle template is below)

 

 

 

Instructions

You have a few options for how you want to proceed with developing the main thrust of the project.  I work in a Montessori setting.  This means that you are met with a gamut of skill levels.  Some children will have no problem handling more of the details of this project which means less time needed to prep and more of the experience for the way the artistic process works is offered to the child.  I have attempted to give you two ends of the spectrum but please feel free to modify as needed.

 

1.   Take your piece of white paper that you are using as the base for the project and write the child’s name on the back of the paper or let them write their names on their own.


2.   Create your first circle.


3.   And the next circle


4.   Continue with your circles.


5.   Now let the students freehand the largest circle.  You could also have the students freehand ALL the circles.



6.  Begin to paint every OTHER circle blue.



 

7.   Paint the alternate circles in yellow.  The background is painted red.  Let the painting dry.  Then take Q-tips and put make markings of the opposite color in each of the circles.  


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Jean-Michel Basquiat Elementary Art Lesson Pre-K to 6th Grade

 

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Josey’s Art School

Presents

Studying Art with the Masters

By

Robin Norgren, M.A.

This Lesson: Jean-Michel Basquiat - “Untitled”


 

Discussion

 

·       Basquiat’s mom instilled a love for art in her young son by taking him to art museums in Manhattan and enrolling him as a junior member of the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

·       Basquiat was a precocious child who learned how to read and write by age four and was a gifted artist.

·       His paintings are typically covered with text and codes of all kinds: words, letters, numerals, pictograms, logos, map symbols, diagrams and more.

·       Basquiat doodled often; they were often colored pencil on paper with a loose and spontaneous style. His work across all mediums displays a childlike fascination with the process of creating.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Michel_Basquiat

 

 Materials needed

Pencil (to write the child’s name on the back of the work)

Black pen (optional)

8.5x11 piece of copy paper.  If you plan on painting the drawing it would be best to use a heavier grade paper.

This is a lesson that can be adapted in many ways depending on the age and skill level of your classroom. 

Tempura or Acrylic paints – blue, green, white, black

Cardboard fragments

Scrap paper

Rounded larger than the usual thin Paint brushes

Water/water bowls

Aprons

Length of Time/Duration of project:

30-40 minutes

Prep work:

Gather the materials

Create a sample

Cut your cardboard into squares/triangles/rectangles

This should take no more than about 20 -30 minutes

 

Instructions

1.   Take your piece of paper that you are using as the base for the project and write the child’s name on the back of the paper or let them write their names on their own.

 

 

2.   Take the paintbrush and begin to paint with your blue paint in a circular motion.

 


 

 

3.   Fill the page but be careful not to soak the page; leave about an inch of page around the edge. 


 

4.   Paint the outside edge with your green paint.   Add a white circle in one of the corners. If you notice that the paintings need a bit of drying time, put off to the side and start step 5. If you can do this step. Complete it and move the paintings to a drying area.



5.   Take the scrap paper and practice using the cardboard as a paintbrush.  With the perforated edge, create different practice shapes.

 


6.   Move back to the original painting and add yellow paint to the center of the circle.  Begin painting a ladder using white paint. 



7.   Add curved shapes, windows, scene details.


2.   Add a crown somewhere on the page.  Take the black paint and etch in some details in a few areas along your white lines.


 

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Wayne Thiebaud Elementary Art Lesson Pre-K to 6th Grade

 

Josey’s Art School

Presents

Studying Art with the Masters

By

Robin Norgren, M.A.

This Lesson:

Wayne Thiebaud: Pink Cupcake 


 “Pink Cupcake”

 

Discussion

·       Thiebaud is famous for painting ordinary things like gumball machines, bakery cakes and donuts.

 

·       Thiebaud paints and draws almost every day.

 

·       Thiebaud liked to paint the same items repeatedly but the degrees of light you see in the painting: “What kinds of varying light can you have in one painting?” he asks. “Direct glaring light, then fugitive light, then green glow. It’s a very difficult challenge.”

 

Source: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/wayne-thiebaud-is-not-a-pop-artist-57060/

 

Materials needed

Pencil (to write the child’s name on the back of the work)

8.5x11 piece of construction paper – beige/manilla is possible

Paintbrushes and water bowls

Tempura paint – white and red and blue (color mixing will occur)

Baby wipes

Aprons

 

Length of Time/Duration of project:

30 minutes

Prep work:

-      Draw the opening of the cupcake

This should take no more than about 15 minutes

 

Instructions

 

You have a few options for how you want to proceed with developing the main thrust of the project.  I work with 3-5 year olds in a Montessori setting.  This means that you are met with a gamut of skill levels.  Some children will have no problem handling more of the details of this project which means less time needed to prep and more of the experience for the way the artistic process works is offered to the child.  I have attempted to give you two ends of the spectrum but please feel free to modify as needed.

1.   Take your piece of white paper that you are using as the base for the project and write the child’s name on the back of the paper or let them write their names on their own.

 


2.   Take your copy paper and place it in front of you.  If your paper has been prepped there will be a tweezer shape on the page, or the student can draw it.  Discuss what part of the cupcake this is.  Talk about what goes above/on top of the cupcake and what goes inside the cupcake.  What can appear outside or around the cupcake.

 


3.   Have the student create what goes on top of the cupcake. 


4.   Create a plate around the cupcake.


5.   Design the cupcake wrapper.


6.   Create some new colors with the tempura and paint the cupcake and plate.

 


7.   Use the back of the paintbrush to create sprinkles.

 

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Henri Rousseau Elementary Art Lesson Pre-K to 6th Grade

 

Josey’s Art School

Presents

Studying Art with the Masters

By

Robin Norgren, M.A.

This Lesson:

Henri Rousseau

Snake Line Cartooning Lesson


“Surprise”

-Henri Rousseau

 

Discussion

·      Henri Rousseau is famous for his jungle paintings.

·      Henri Rousseau never saw a jungle because he never left France!

·      These paintings were all created from his imagination.

 

Source: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/henri-rousseau-jungles-paris

 

 Materials needed


Pencil (to write the child’s name on the back of the work)

Black pen

8.5x11 or 9x12 white cardstock/precut poster board/watercolor paper– something with a bit more stability to it than copy paper in order to withstand the amount of paint your students will be using.  You will need enough for each participant to use as the base for his/her artwork

This is a lesson that can be adapted in many ways depending on the age and skill level of your classroom. 

Options:  Fill in the drawing with color using ANY of these options: crayons, markers, watercolor paint, colored pencils, acrylic paint (in my example I am using watercolor paint)

Ruler (optional)

Baby wipes

Aprons

Length of Time/Duration of project:

30 minutes

Prep work:

Gather the materials.  For younger students, you may choose to divide the page into 2 quadrants using a dotted line.  This should take no more than about 20 minutes

Instructions

1.   Take your piece of paper that you are using as the base for the project and write the child’s name on the back of the paper or let them write their names on their own.

 

 

2.   Divide the page into 2 equal quadrants – you can prep the page beforehand OR your older students can divide the page using a ruler.


3.   Draw a diagonal line starting from underneath the horizontal dotted line that reaches to the other side of the paper.  Then draw a PARALLEL line above the first line. 

 

4.   Draw a squiggly line that begins underneath the tree branch and loops above and below the branch.  The student can decide if he/she wants the head of the snake to be ABOVE or BELOW the branch.


5.   Draw a parallel line above the first squiggly line.  Before you begin creating this line, make sure to think about how WIDE you want the snake body to be.  For example, if you are creating a CERTAIN TYPE of snake, think about the width of that snake.

 

6.   Begin to design the skin/body of the snake.  In my example I create a rattle on the tail of the snake. The tongue helps to distinguish that you are drawing a snake. 



7.   Add branches to the tree.  Add leaves or flowers to the branches if you like.


8.   For this lesson, I had the students traces the lines with crayon and paint with watercolor paint.

 

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vincent Van Gogh Elementary Art Lesson Pre-K to 6th Grade



 

 
Josey’s Art School

Presents

Studying Art with the Masters

By

Robin Norgren, M.A.

This Lesson:

Vincent Van Gogh Inspired Sailboats



 

 

Seascapes with Sailboats

 

Discussion

·       Van Gogh painted many paintings of sailboats when he was on a trip he took to get well after being sick.

·       With these paintings, Van Gogh wanted to capture the light’s effect on the sea.

·       To emphasize contrast to the color green in the painting, Van Gogh signs his name in large bright red letters.

·       The fluid movements of Van Gogh's pen bring an energy to the drawings.

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saintes-Maries_(Van_Gogh_series)

 

Materials needed

Pencil (make sure to write the child’s name on the back of the work)

Black pen (optional)

8.5x11 piece of heavy weighted paper; perhaps watercolor but more weight than copy paper.  I have used copy paper as well and it turns out fine; just caution the students about making the paper too wet.

This is a lesson that can be adapted in many ways depending on the age and skill level of your classroom. 

Water bowls

Water

Paint brushes

Various colors of tempura paint (colors for the water- green and blue, colors for the boats 2-3 colors, color for the silhouette around the boat – white)

sponges

Aprons/painting shirts

Length of Time/Duration of project:

30-40 minutes

Prep work:

Gather the materials

Create a sample

This should take no more than about 30 minutes

 

Instructions

1.   Take your piece of paper that you are using as the base for the project and write the child’s name on the back of the paper or let them write their names on their own.

 

2.    This lesson has a directed drawing component to it (with the sailboats mentioned later).  Place your paper long side down on the table.  Fold the paper in half and then open, keeping long side at the bottom.

 




 3.    On the bottom half of the paper, you will create an ocean effect using kitchen sponges cut in into rectangles.  See below. You will fill the bottom of the page below the crease with paint.





4.    While the paint is still wet, we will begin drawing the boats.  Create two smiles to make the bowl of the boats with a pencil. 




5.    Next you will draw the mast and the sails using simple rectangle and triangle shapes.


6.    Paint the sailboats using your chosen colors.




7.    Paint the background – okay to use the same blue that you used for the ocean.  Final step is to paint a silhouette around the boats using white paint.


8.    Fold over the paper so that the top of the page’s edge meets the bottom of the page.  Press down firmly so that the paint on the top of the page transfer to the bottom of the page.


9.    Open the paper and see the results.



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Alma Thomas Elementary Art Lesson Pre-K to 6th Grade



Josey’s Art School

Presents

Studying Art with the Masters

By

Robin Norgren, M.A.

This Lesson:

Alma Thomas: Orange and Blue Composition



 Discussion

Alma Thomas used to make costumes.

She was the first African American to get a college degree in Fine Arts.

Ms. Thomas was an art teacher!  When she retired she focused on making art.

Alma was inspired by science and nature.  She loved to create with bright colors.

 

SOURCE: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1040

 

 Materials needed


Pencil (to write the child’s name on the back of the work)

8.5x11 or 9x12 white cardstock/precut poster board/140lb watercolor paper – something with a bit more stability to it than copy paper in order to withstand the amount of paint and glue your students will be using.  You will need enough for each participant to use as the base for his/her artwork (older children option will need two pieces).  On this second page cut off about 3 inches horizontally.

Paintbrushes and water bowls

Blue, yellow, orange, white and black tempura paint

Ruler (optional – you may choose the draw the lines creating the sunrays for the younger students or allow the students to free draw the lines).

Foam brushes or kitchen sponges cut into rectangles

Cardboard scraps cut into small shapes like squares or triangles

Baby wipes

Aprons

Length of Time/Duration of project: 30 minutes

Instructions

You have a few options for how you want to proceed with developing the main thrust of the project.  I work with 3-5 year olds in a Montessori setting.  This means that you are met with a gamut of skill levels.  Some children will have no problem handling more of the details of this project which means less time needed to prep and more of the experience for the way the artistic process works is offered to the child.  I have attempted to give you two ends of the spectrum but please feel free to modify as needed.

  1. Take your piece of white paper that you are using as the base for the project and write the child’s name on the back of the paper or let them write their names on their own.

 



 2.   Take your sponge (brush) and starting with the blue paint, create a line in alternating shapes.  The students will notice that, depending on the pressure they put on the sponge will change the shape of the line.



3.   Next, add a little water to the sponge and create your second line.  Also, try adding a little of the white paint.




4.   With the yellow paint, add a bit more pressure the sponge and allow a little more texture to show up in your paint.

5.   Move onto the orange paint.

6.   Take the piece of cardboard and use the edge to dip in the black paint and add the stems within the paint.


7.   Continue until you have placed the stem in all the colors.




 

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The Scarab Beetle's Role in Egyptian History: Art projects for kids

 


The scarab beetle was also called the dung beetle because of its practice of rolling a ball of dung across the ground which it then used as a food source. ... In ancient Egyptian religion the scarab was also a symbol of immortality, resurrection, transformation and protection much used in funerary art.





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