Oak Grove Elementary Art Activities: April Fool's Day

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Monday, March 28, 2022

Activities for April 2022

Spring is upon us! We are going to practice our drawing skills. April starts with National Pet Month. We will be concentrating on drawing pets. We will also explore styles in figure drawing. Lastly, it's also time for 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

National Pet Month is from April 1st to May 10

Ms. Wawa's Pet Art Examples

Lesson 1 / Dates

March 28 – Apr 8

Activity

Create a drawing of a pet inspired by Phil Heckels, Cassisus Marcellus Coolidge and Ed Attanasio's pet portraits for National Pet Month

Materials

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

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

Lesson 2 / Dates

April 11 – Apr 29

Figure Drawings

Activity

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

1) April 11-14 - Silhouette ( inspired by Bansky)

Or a Bunny and Egg

2) April 18 - 22 - Anime/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

More ways to help our planet HERE

3) April 25 - 29 - Illustration (inspired by Alex Brychta)

Books by Alex Brychta

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

2nd Grade STEAM Project

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?

Thursday, April 1, 2021

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.

Essential Question

How do you communicate through art?

Pet Drawings

Image result for amateur artist draws pets

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?

Monday, March 30, 2020

Activities for April 2020

Spring is upon us! We are going to practice our drawing skills. We will also make jester and bunny hats. You will choose one of the following activities per week for your grades. At the end of the month, you should have at least 4 art pieces done.
This is what you need to turn in for your April grades.

The assignments can be any of these combinations:

1) Jester hat, bunny hat, 2 lined paper drawings

2) Jester hat, 3 lined paper drawings

3) Bunny hat, 3 lined paper drawings

4) 4 lined paper drawings

Hello Super Artists!

Until we can go back to school, you are going to keep making art from your home. Whatever device you use, you will need to take a picture at one point for me to see your work. That's how I can give you a grade. I will communicate with you using Teams to help you create your assignments and send your pictures. This is how Microsoft Teams works.

If you haven't done it already, sign in to your student portal and click on Office 365 and then Teams. Play the following videos if you are having trouble. The first one is about how to sign in your student portal. The second one is about how to get in Teams. The third one is about how to upload your assignments in Teams. The fourth one is about how to join a live video chat in Teams.

Once you get to Teams it will look like the following image when you click on your art class section. From there you can click on the "Assignments" section and upload your picture to the "Add work" section. If you are having trouble with that, you can upload it through a post in the chat section titled Discussions. Use the "Attach" button that looks like a paper clip. If that still does not work, you can show me your work when you join one of our weekly online video meetings.

Let's Review the Steps

If you are still having difficulties you can e-mail me by clicking on the blue OUTLOOK e-mail icon in your student portal and send me a message at dorothywawa@dadeschools.net

Beginning Monday, April 6, ALL STUDENTS will be accountable for their learning. What does that mean?

It means that:

you will need to sign in to your student portal every day of the week. That will be for your attendance.
you will need to work on ALL your assignments for ALL your classes and turn them in. That will be for your grades.