Activities for April 2021

 

Spring is upon us!  We are going to practice our drawing skills.  April is National Pet Month. We will be concentrating on drawing pets. We will also explore styles in figure drawing. Lastly, it's also the beginning of the end-of-year testing.

TESTING

V.A. Standards

Big Idea: Cognition and reflection are required to appreciate, interpret, and create with artistic intent.

VA.2.C.1.1- Use the art-making process to communicate personal interests and self-expression.

VA.3.C.1.1- Use the art-making process to develop ideas for self-expression.

VA.4.C.1.1- Integrate ideas during the art-making process to convey meaning in personal works of art.
VA.5.C.1.1- Develop a range of interests in the art-making process to influence personal decision-making.

Essential Question

How do you communicate through art?

Pet Drawings

Lesson 1 / Dates

April 5 – Apr 9

Activity

Create a drawing of a pet inspired by Phil Heckels and Ed Attanasio's pet portraits for National Pet Month - May 2021.

Materials

- White paper
- Pencil
- Colored pencils or markers (optional)

Famous Artist Reference: Cassisus Marcellus Coolidge

Steps
1) Sketch your drawing with a black pencil
2) Color using complementary colors

Figure Drawings

Lesson 2 / Dates

April 12 – Apr 30   

                                                      Learning can be fun - Students in Milot, Haiti

Activity

Create a drawing of a child involved in a daily activity.  Use a different style for each week.

1) April 12-16 - Silhouette ( inspired by Kara Walker)

Kara Walker 's Art

2) April 19 - 23 - Manga (inspired by Japanese Anime and Manga)

Anime Art

Every year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.

More Information HERE

3) April 26 - 30 -  Illustration (inspired by Norman Rockwell)

Norman Rockwell's Art

Materials

- White paper
- Pencil
- Colored pencils or markers (optional)

Steps

1) Draw a child using one of these styles for each week:

    a) a silhouette style 

    b) a Manga style 

    c) an illustration style
2) Add details

3) Color (optiional)

Click HERE to learn how to create a comic book for extra credit

Keep on practicing figure drawing

Values Matter

Value of the Month

Click HERE to view a video about Honesty

How can you display Honesty during art classes?