Activities for May 2021

 

Hello May! We are going to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, Mother's Day, Haitian Heritage Month, and Memorial Day. 

For ALL your assignments this month you will use the following apps or any other similar apps to create your digital artworks. You can also use recycled materials and different mediums.

Click HERE for Tate Paint

Click HERE for ABCYa Paint

Let the Fun Begin!

Lesson 1 / May 3-7

Activity

Create a Cinco de Mayo AND/OR a Mother's Day art/craft piece.

Click HERE for 11 Cinco de Mayo Arts & Crafts Ideas

How long until Mother's Day? Answer

The Real History of Mother's Day

    50 Mother's Day Gifts Crafts Ideas HERE

Lesson 2 / May 10-21

Activity

Create two (2) Haitian Heritage Month art pieces 

Or

One Haitian Heritage Month and one Asian Pacific American Heritage Month art pieces.

 

Learn about Haitian History HERE

Examples of Haitian Art from Francoise Jean HERE,  

Claude Dambreville HERE,  and other naive style Haitian artists HERE

To draw characters from Mulan click HERE

Lesson 3 / May 24-28

Activity

Create a Memorial Day art piece.

Memorial Day Craft Ideas HERE

Lesson 1 / June 1- 8

Activity

As an artist, choose what you want to create, why and how you want to create it.

For more videos click on this playlist HERE

Visit this site HERE to create gift ideas for Father's Day.

Click HERE to create fun art during the summer.

Click HERE to apply for the Bass Art Museum Summer Camp

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?

Activities for March 2021

 

March is bringing a series of fun-filled activities with the celebration of Women's History Month, Dr. Seuss's Birthday,  Pi Day, St. Patrick Day, and the beginning of Spring with Spring Break!  You will find listed below the art activities related to each of these events.

Read these articles about Amazing Women in Black History

Nobel Prize Awrded Women

Choose a book to read: 7 awe-inspiring children's books to celebrate Women's History Month

Activity

Create a fun cityscape inspired by Zaha Hadid's style

Visuals & Resources

Materials

· White Construction Paper 9"X12"

· Pencil

· Colored Pencil

· Scissors

· Glue stick

Steps

1) Sketch and color your buildings
2) Cut out the shapes 
3) Glue it all together

Reference: 3D Paper City

Make a Pie for Extra Credit

Click HERE to choose a St. Patrick's Day Craft to create

Learn about March as National Craft Month HERE

Learn about Women in Art History HERE

Spring starts on Saturday, March 20! 

To celebrate that day you will draw Spring gardens inspired by the following videos.

Learn more about Claude Monet HERE

Spring Break: March 29 - April 2



Home Learning

Due Date: March 12

1) Learn vocabulary words 

2) Reading assignments:
    Women in History

Art careers related to the unit

Art Education, Illustration, Craft, Fashion Design, Product Design

Critique
Critique the finished drawings

Enrichment Projects

Explore other ways of drawing gardens

SDI Projects

Practice drawing lines and shapes and writing in cursive

Values Matter

Value of the Month

Click HERE to view a video about Cooperation

How can you display Cooperation during art classes?

Reference: Values Matter