1-26-11~Visual Art

I thought this was a cool painting. The artist is Eduardo Paolozzi. I liked all the colors, texture, and both the geometric and the organic shapes. It is very unique and it caught my attention.

The 6 elements of Art are: Color, texture, space, line, shape, and value.

The 6 principles of Art are: Proportion, balance, rhythm, variety, emphasis, and unity.

A few fun activities/ideas for Elementary art classes:

1. Have them construct a book about their family, rules at school, anything really.
2. Eric Carle type pictures using construction paper, you can construct an animal that resembles you.
3. Leo Lionni type pictures using paint or stamp pads. You could also write a short story on the page to incorporate writing.
4. Read Hello Red Fox by Eric Carle when talking about contrasting colors.
5. Have students draw their left hand, not looking at their pencil/paper, just the hand they're drawing. It will challenge them to take in a different perspective.
6. Do you see what I say. A game where a pair sits back to back, one person is the scribe and the other person draws what the scribe says. The tricky part is you can't tell them to draw a circle, square, etc. You have to describe the lines and which way they go. A fun, engaging, listening, describing, communicating game.
7. Draw a detailed picture of an animal, focusing on the detail of the fur/skin, using pencils, colored pencils, or paint. Inspired by David Weisners artwork.
8. Using construction paper and pins (safer than X-acto knifes), construct a picture using many layers to make a collage. Inspired by David Wisnieski artwork.

I really enjoyed making the projects that our peers designed for us to do. Although, I wish we had a little more time to complete them. I am excited to add to my art ideas for my classroom.

It was fun to collaborate on our presentation on Leo Lionni. It worked out great. We met and decided on an author/artist, then we decided who would do what. We then collaborated on a Google Doc and each put our '2 cents' in. I thought the presentation went okay, we maybe should have practiced before hand so we knew who was saying what. Everyone seemed to like the art project. Fun times in EDEL 4540!