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Monday, April 10, 2023

Activities for April 2023

 

Spring is here!  We are going to practice our drawing skills in many ways.  We will practice basic techniques of self-portraits while celebrating National Pet Day and Earth Day. We will also learn how to draw a Still Life.


Lesson 1: Self-Portrait

Dates: April 10 – April 21

Big Idea:

VA.2/3/4/5.C – Critical Thinking and Reflection

VA.2/3/4/5.S – Skills, Techniques, and Processes

VA.2/3/4/5.O – Organizational Structure

Benchmarks:

VA.2.C.2.3, VA.3.C.2.2, VA.4.C.2.3, VA.5.C.1.3

VA.2.S.1.2, VA.3.S.1.2, VA.4.S.1.2, VA.5.S.1.2

VA.2.O.1.1, VA.3.O.2.1, VA.4.O.3.1, VA.5.O.3.1

Essential Questions:

What is a self-portrait?

How do artists document themselves through their artwork?

How can we use art to show who we are?

Art History & Art Appreciation Connections:

10 Famous Faces: Artists’ Self-Portraits,

Self-Portrait Facts for Kids,

5 Minutes of Art History: The Self-Portrait

Art of Ed: How to Use Portraits as a Big Idea in the Art Room

How to Draw a Face for Kids


Vocabulary:

Genre: Portraiture

Artistic Style:   Portrait

Media/TechniqueDrawing

Design Elements: LineTexture, Shape, Color

Design Principles:  Balance

Other: Symmetry, Proportion

Judith Leyster, Self-Portrait, 1630

Van Gogh, Self-Portrait, 1887

Mary Cassat, Self-Portrait, 1878

Claude Monet, Self-Portrait, 1886

Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait, 1940

Salvador Dali, Self-Portrait, 1921

Faith Ringgold, Self-Portrait, 1965

Keith Haring, Self-Portrait, 1985

Historical Art / Artist Reference

10 Famous Faces: Artists’ Self-Portraits

Activity

Create a self-portrait, half you and half pet or half earth.

Materials

· White Paper 9” X 12”

· Pencil

· Colored pencils


Steps

1) Draw your sketch 

(go to "camera" on your laptop and take a selfie or use an online mirror - Click Allow)

2) Color your drawing using shading

Lesson 2: Still Life


Dates: April 24May 5 


Big Idea: 

VA.2/3/4/5.C – Critical Thinking and Reflection 

VA.2/3/4/5.H – Historical & Global Connections 

VA.2/3/4/5.S – Skills, Techniques, and Processes 

 

Essential Questions: 

What is a Still Life? 

How can artists use shapes and line to create a composition? 

How can we improve our drawing skills by drawing from observation? 

 

Benchmarks: 

VA.2.C.2.2, VA.3.C.2.2, VA.4.C.2.2, VA.5.C.1.2 

VA.2.H.1.1, VA.3.H.2.3, VA.4.H.1.2, VA.5.H.1.2 

VA.2.S.1.2, VA.3.S.1.2, VA.4.S.1.2, VA.5.S.2.1 


 

Art History & Art Appreciation Connections: 

 

Vocabulary: 

Artistic Style:  n/a 

Media/Technique: Illustration 

Other: draft, edit, drawing, shading 

Daisy Linda Ward, Still Life with Fruit, c. 1887 


Paul Cezanne, The Blue Vase, c. 1887 


Ethel Sands, Still Life with a View over a Cemetery, c. 1887 


Thomas Frederick Collier, A Still Life of Roses, c. 1871 


Gwen John, A Corner of the Artist’s Room in Paris, c. 1907-1909
 

Pablo Picasso, Still Life on a Table, 1947 





 

Activity 

Sketch a still life 


Materials 

· White Paper 9” X 12” 

· Pencil 

 
Steps 

1) Sketch your still life 

2) Shade your still life 

Art careers related to the unit

Art EducatorIllustrator


Critique

Critique the finished drawings

Enrichment Projects
Explore other ways of creating self-portraits or still life artwork

SDI Projects
Practice drawing lines and shapes and writing in cursive


Values Matter

Value of the Month

How can you display Cooperation during art classes?

Reference: Values Matter