Project ARTiculate Art Kit Catalog

Project ARTiculate was a collaboration between the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Art Center (www.k12northstar.org) and the Alaska Arts Education Consortium (www.akartsed.org) and was supported by a U.S. Department of Education Arts in Education Development and Dissemination grant.

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www.projectarticulate.com Project ARTiculate Art Kit Catalog

A Color of Our Own 1 piece of paper, they spread primary colors (using matt board pieces) to make secondary colors. MATERIALS: Lastly, they add black until they feel their artwork is • tempera cakes (or liquid tempera will work)— finished. sets of two primary colors per student

(red/blue, blue/yellow, red/yellow) *A = adaptive, a lesson designed for use in special • large (1”) easel brush education classes and good for all. • water container

• construction paper 6”x9” white Action Figure Collage 6 9”x12” white (2 per student) MATERIALS: • pencil, scissors • tempera cake paints in assorted colors, 5/set • masking tape • #8 or #10 paint brushes • black permanent marker • water cups • Xeroxed patterned paper in assorted colors Class Book: • construction paper: • laminator, 3.5"x4" assorted colors • comb binding or binder rings, 9"x12" white • colored construction paper 9"x12" assorted colors 12” x 18” (1) 12"x18" black 9” x 12” (1) • pencils • copy of cover graphic • glue

Product: Class book with individual cut-out Product: Collaged, patterned art with active figure. chameleons and 2 pages of painted paper per student. Students look at and learn about the collages of contemporary artist Miriam Schapiro. They paint a This lesson is based on the illustrations in the book background and use mannequins to draw and “A Color of His Own”, by Leo Lionni. Students each create an action figure. The parts are embellished produce a cut out chameleon in Lionniʼs style and and assembled into a collage. two pages of painted paper. They camouflage their chameleons in the painted paper. Both can be African Painted Rhythm 1 made into a class book or a bulletin board. MATERIALS: • black oil pastels (1 per student (crayons can be substituted)

Abstract Color Wheels (A*) • construction paper MATERIALS: 12” x18” white • construction paper: 3” x 18” primary (red, yellow, blue) and 12” x18" black secondary colors (green, orange, purple) 10” x16" white • watercolor sets • black/white paper scraps • water bowls • washable tempera • glue magenta (or red) yellow Product: Artwork using lines, texture, pattern blue and watercolors. black • matt board ʻpainting sticksʼ: Students learn about warm and cool colors as they 1”x 3" matt board scraps, (no black) create an artwork using lines, texture and pattern. • glue stick South African music inspires the rhythm and • small cups for 'garbage cans' patterns as students use watercolors to create the

final product. Product: Painting where students make secondary colors from primary colors on paper that already has letters (studentʼs initials) and shapes. Painting is done with rectangles of matt board.

Students look at abstract painter Robert Rauschenberg and his art with letters. After gluing their initials and a black paper shape on a white

www.projectarticulate.com 2 African Painted Walls 4 • glue • oil pastels MATERIALS:

• liquid tempera paint Product: Landscape using oil pastels and cut --brown paper. --black

• small cups for paint Students study the life and art of Georgia OʼKeeffe, • water containers focusing on her landscape painting. They create cut • construction paper paper and oil pastel landscapes working from -- 12” x 18” black photos of Alaska. • drawing paper

-- 18” x 24” • 1/4” easel brushes Alaskan Animals and 3 • glue Franz Marc • pencil MATERIALS: • scissors • construction paper • overhead projector 6” x 9” in dark colors: blue, green, red,

magenta, brown Product: Narrative wall painting using silhouettes, 9” x 12” black pattern and paint. 4.5” x 6” white

• black fine point felt markers Students ʻtravelʼ to the region of Burkina Faso in • full color sets of oil pastels Western Africa to learn about the well-known • scissors painted houses. After studying the artists and their • glue work, students create a narrative wall painting using • pencil silhouettes and paint. They also incorporate patterns and traditional or personal symbols into Product: Artwork using overlapping animal shapes their work. and warm, cool and neutral colors.

Alaska Bear Dreams 1 Students study the animal paintings of Franz Marc, MATERIALS: a German painter. They look for simple shapes in • construction paper: the animals that he painted, and also in the Alaskan -- 6” x 9” green, orange, purple, black animals that they will draw. Each student makes -- 3” x 18” black one animal pattern and traces it to make a group of --various scraps, all colors animals. They design their art using overlapping • glue stick animals and warm, cool and neutral colors • scissors • crayons—black, white, brown Aleut Basket Paintings 4 • metallic paper, tiny pieces MATERIALS:

• construction paper: Product: Drawing of a hibernating bear with cut 9” x 12” black paper shapes. ½” x 9” neutral colored strips (tan, light

green, gray,light peach (abput 22/student) Students learn about the habits and habitats of • tempera paint cakes (but liquid will work) Alaskaʼs bears. After reading and sharing a --primary colors childrenʼs book on bears, students explore the topic --secondary colors of hibernation. They create a drawing of a --white and black hibernating bear, complete with cut paper shapes • masking tape 1” wide representing the bearʼs dreams. • water cups

• small pointed brushes Alaska Landscapes with 4 • glue Georgia OʼKeeffe Product: Paper weaving with patterned motif MATERIALS:

• construction paper, assorted colors Students learn about Aleut basket weaving 9” x 12” pastels for sky techniques. They learn to weave a basic pattern 9” x 12” darker for land and use tempera paint to create a repeated motif 12” x 15” white or black for mounting on their weaving. • scissors

www.projectarticulate.com 3 and looking like people. Students paint their own Amasonʼs Whimsical Animals 5 “self-portrait“ as an Alaskan animal using the style MATERIALS: of Todd Sherman. • white construction paper 12x18" or 18x24"

• pencils • tempera cakes: red, yellow, blue and (if possible) Asian Bamboo Painting 4 orange, purple, green, brown and black MATERIALS: • brushes: 1/2" flat and #7 or #8 rounds Painting: • water and containers • bamboo brushes • paper towels • 8.5"x14" white copier paper • water cups Product: Colorful animal painting in the style of • black tempera cake or liquid paint Alvin Amason. • brush stroke guides • small trays (foam meat tray, etc.) Students look at the whimsical animal paintings of • paper towel Alvin Amason, an Alaskan Native artist. Students Mounting: begin their own animal paintings using basic shapes • 11"x18" construction paper and playful color choices, adding large brush stro • 2" x 8.5" strips patterned paper (wallpaper kes in his painting style. samples, wrapping paper)

Andy Goldsworthy: 5 Product: Japanese style painting of bamboo that is beautifully and traditionally painted and mounted. Art from the Earth MATERIALS: Students discuss the meaning of tradition as applied • camera, digital or polariod to Chinese/Japanese painting and calligraphy. They • journals or journal page practice brushstrokes using traditional tools, create • pencils paintings of bamboo, mount them scroll-style with • tape (photo in journal) patterned borders and finish them by stamping with • outdoor area, preferably with diverse vegetation a red signature chop. • 2nd adult to assist

Product: Art made outside from nature only. Athabascan Mittens K MATERIALS: Students study Andy Goldsworthy, a British artist • construction paper who transforms nature into art, photographs it, and --2”x12” tan or salmon lets it return to nature. They then go outside to --1”x6” strips many colors create art from only nature -- no tools allowed! • markers, broad tip, many colors When done, they photograph their work and write • scissors abou tthe art they made and the process they used. • glue

Product: A paper model of a beaded mitten, Animal Portraits with Todd 1 decorated with studentʼs own design in colored Sherman markers. MATERIALS: • 9”x12” white const paper Students will examine the traditional lifestyle of • 12”x18” assorted colored construction paper Athabascan people. They will look at clothing, and • Payons (watercolor crayons) OR the types and materials used for decoration. After watercolors and crayons if payons unavailable looking closely at beading, students will design their • water cup, own beaded mitten. • paint brush • pencil • glue

Product: Self-portrait using an Alaskan animal in the style of Todd Sherman.

Students are introduced to the colorful portraits of Fairbanks Alaska artist Todd Sherman. Todd enjoys painting animals, friends and family, often adding humor to his art by having animals acting

www.projectarticulate.com 4 Bicycles: Art on the Move 5 construction paper, but it doesn't work as well) • brushes (round), large and small MATERIALS: • fine tip black ink pens • construction paper: • water cups 6" x 9" gray • paper towels 9" x 12" white • construction paper for mounting painting: 6" x 18" assorted colors for mounting black and pastel colors 12" x 18" manila (or white) paper

• overhead projector Product: Watercolor painting of birch trees • protractor (1 per 2 students) showing light and shadows. • safety compass (1 per student) • Xeroxed bicycle sheet • colored pencils Students learn about Fairbanks, Alaska painter Kes • pencil Woodward and how he paints birch trees. They • glue stick practice watercolor techniques, and discuss •black marker (thin) composition and perspective as students create a water color birch tree painting. Product: A series of drawings of bicycles.

Birds of Different Feathers 6 Students learn about the history of the bicycle. They MATERIALS: work through the artist process by drawing a bicycle • oil pastels from memory, by observation, using tools and then • 6"x9" construction paper in: from memory again. They arrange their drawings 3 values of purple into a collage for display. 3 values of green

3 values of orange Bird Drawing with 4 4.5"x12" from light values of above colors Bill Berry • glue sticks • scissors MATERIALS: • small scraps of white paper for messages • soft drawing pencils:

4B is best, fat beginner or regular 2B pencils Product: Creative paper bird carrying a positive work message to the world • 8.5”x11” white copier paper

Field Sketch books: The class participates in tolerance activities to • 8.5”x14” or 11”x17” copy paper for covers prompt discussions about 'different and alike.' Then • white copier paper, 5/book they create their own birds of different feathers • long stapler or 36” yarn to bind book using oil pastels and construction paper. Students Mounting drawings (optional) include a message which their birds are carrying to • construction paper the world. --12”x18” grey

• scissors, glue Butterflies and Bugs 2 Product: Drawing of a bird with detail studies. MATERIALS: • construction paper Students learn about the work and life of wildlife --9”x12” many colors Alaskan artist Bill Berry. He is best known for his --smaller pieces many colors animal studies, published field sketchbook and --6”x9" black childrenʼs books. Students examine an Alaskan • glue bird photograph with care and practice different • scissors drawing exercises in their field sketchbook. Lastly they produce a complete bird drawing. Product: A symmetrical butterfly or bug made of paper. ** A wonderful extension of this lesson is observing and drawing real mounted birds. Students look at butterflies and bugs in nature to learn about symmetry. They make a symmetrical Birch Trees with Kes 6 butterfly or bug.

MATERIALS:

• masking tape, 3/4" and 2" wide

• watercolor paper, cut to 7"x10" (substitute

www.projectarticulate.com 5 Butterfly Paper Sculpture 4 Students learn about the habits and habitat of MATERIALS: caribou and their relationship to Athabascan people. • construction paper They draw lichen growing on the tundra using layers --6”x9”assorted colors, 4 per student (wings) of land to show perspective. Tissue paper and --½”x12” black paper 3 per student (legs) watercolor paint embellish the caribou on the tundra --3”x9” black 1 per student (body) collage. --9”x12” construction paper (mount)

• small pieces bright colored papers • scissors, Cans with Andy Warhol 4 • glue MATERIALS: • oil pastels • construction paper: 6" x 12" gray ç Paper butterfly sculpture patterned with oil pastels 4" x 4" gray and colored paper. 6" x 9" assorted colors 5" x 9" white Artists and designers often look to nature for • small metallic (2"x4") inspiration. French artist and naturalist E.A.Seguy • small colored const. drew intricate scientific illustrations of butterflies and • scissors created designs based on his drawings. Students • glue learn about Seguy and produce a 3 dimensional • colored markers (wide) paper sculpture butterfly with colored paper and oil • thin black marker pastel patterns. • ruler

Box Design 6 Product: An Andy Warhol style can labeled to hold humorous or imaginative items. MATERIALS:

• construction paper: Students will be introduced to the artist Andy 4.5"x8" light and dark values of red, blue, Warhol, famous for his Pop Art paintings of orange, purple and green Campbell's Soup cans. Students will also learn that • rulers, scissors Warhol had a career as a graphic artist. Students • black ink pens (2), wide and thin will create their own labeled can to hold whatever ª metallic paper, 1" squares (or old wrapping paper) humorous or imaginative things they want to contain

or preserve. Product: Hand-built box with line and shape decoration Centennial Bridge 4 Students learn about careers in art and the design MATERIALS: and color choices they must make as they construct • construction paper strips: custom boxes with lids. These boxes can be used 1" x 18" various colors as containers for gifts. 1/2" x 18" various colors 6" x 18" black • glue (white) Caribou on the Tundra 3 • scissors MATERIALS: • overhead projector • colored tissue paper that bleeds when wet • work mats (copy 1 per student from lesson plan) (bleeding crepe paper may be substituted for tissue) Product: Abstracted bridge designed from 100 • construction paper pieces of paper. --9”x12” white --12”x18” black Students learn about the artist Ron Senungetuk who --6”x9” black is an Alaskan Native Artist. He designed a landmark • watercolor paints bridge in Fairbanks. Students design and create a • oil pastels 2-D abstract bridge from construction paper. • paint brushes, size 7 or 8 round • water cups • glue • paper towels

Product: Collage of caribou on the tundra.

www.projectarticulate.com 6 Celebrating the Art 3 Students study Dr. Jane Goodall and her work with chimpanzees. They learn about the environment Elements primates live in and learn to draw a chimpanzee in MATERIALS: its natural habitat. • watercolor paints • brushes, #7 or 8 rounds Collaborative “Peace” 2 • water cups MATERIALS: • paper towels • construction paper • black oil pastels --3"x4”, many colors • construction paper • colored marker sets (to share): --9”x12” white --large chisel points --9”x6” white --fine points --12”x18” black • 3ʼ x6ʼ white butcher paper (most schools have • scissors large rolls) • glue • glue sticks • ruler or strait edges Product: Artwork exploring the art elements through drawing, painting and collage. Product: Class mural with a Peace theme.

Students discuss art made by the famous American The book No One Can Ever Steal Your Rainbow by Pop artist, Roy Lichtenstein. They look for the Barbara Meislin is used for inspiration. The students elements of art, using their art vocabulary. Then create a “peace” mural by designing their own they use these elements to develop a rainbow on 'puzzle pieces' and assembling the drawing/painting/collage. pieces into a class mural. Each student writes a

wish for the world and the wishes also become part Charles Mason: 2 of the art. Photographer MATERIALS: Color Critters K • construction paper MATERIALS: --12x18 black and white • construction paper: • magazines for images --12”x18” black • charcoal sticks or vines --9”x12” orange • tissue paper or “blending stumps” --white small pieces/scraps • pencil •black crayon • oil pastels (primary colors & • gluestick •scissors white) • manila envelopes 9”x12” • scissors and glue • copy machine access Product: Oil pastel drawing of a “colorful critter.” Product: Black and white photo collage. Students will listen to the story White Rabbitʼs Color Students examine the work of Fairbanks Book in which White Rabbit jumps through primary photographer Charles Mason and make a special color paints and turns brown. After some practice in humorous collage, combining multiple images from mixing primary colored oil pastels in many magazines. They unify images with charcoal gray combinations and discovering new colors, they will tone techniques to simulate black and white create a colorful critter from their practice sheet. photography.

Chimpanzees and 2 Dr. Jane Goodall MATERIALS: • construction paper --12x18” black •oil pastels, set

Product: Oil pastel drawing of a chimpanzee.

www.projectarticulate.com 7 Creative Character Sculptures 6 • circle template • black crayon MATERIALS: • glue • newspapers • scissors • staplers • diatom handout • masking and scotch tape • watercolor paint set • scissors, glue • water cup • colored paper • brush • wire or pipe cleaners • paper towel • oil pastels or markers

• crepe paper, flat fold Product: Watercolor painting of diatoms. • stiff matt board as base pieces

• heavy duty tin foil, 2 boxes Students are introduced to the 17th century Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, the microscope Product: An imaginative sculpture created bt a he developed, his discoveries and his methods of team of students, with found materials and meeting recording those discoveries. They create a colorful certain guidelines. microscopic view of diatoms using watercolors and black crayon 'resist.' Students collaboratively think of a character, either animal, human or make believe, that they would like in a story. Working with a partner, they creatively Dinosaur Texture 2 solve problems to make their character from "found" MATERIALS: materials. Construction and embellishment make • jumbo crayons, flat on one side the characters come alive. • construction paper: --6”x18” green, brown, blue, red --12”x18” light blue Deep Space 4 • 12”x18” white sulfite paper or newsprint MATERIALS: • wide felt marker, pencil • oil pastels • scissors (students may share sets) • glue • construction paper: --12”x12” black Product: Collage of a dinosaur in a landscape. --12”x!8” various colors •various scrap pieces, all colors (some 6”x6”) Students look at many dinosaur species and then • Xerox paper scraps concentrate on their shapes as they draw a •white color pencils (may share) dinosaur. The texture on the dinosaurʼs body is • glue rubbed on from texture boards. Students collage • scissors and draw a background with layers of land for the • Kleenex tissues for cleaning dinosaur. fingers

Product: Oil pastel composition of planets and Doodles and Forms 6 stars. MATERIALS: • construction paper: Students learn how to use a light source to create a 4" x 5" white sphere from a circle. Students create planets using 6" x 10" white oil pastels and learn a blending technique to give 4" x 5" black the impression of form. By arranging the planets 5.5" x 4.5" gray and accenting the composition with stars and • pencils, #2 shooting stars, the finished product creates the • glue sticks illusion of Deep Space. • scissors

Product: Sketch showing practiced doodling and Diatoms: Microscopic Jewels 5 shading techniques. MATERIALS: Students learn how to use shading techniques to • construction paper: change shapes into forms, thus making a 3-D for circle format -- 8" x 8" white appearance. Surrealism is discussed as the for rectangle format -- 9" x 9" students juxtapose their forms to create a surreal 7" x 10" white composition. 9" x 12" black

www.projectarticulate.com 8 Eric Carle Mural 1 Product: Story quilt with a pieced border and a drawing based on a personal memory. MATERIALS:

• construction paper: This lesson is designed to be taught in two --various colors cut into 4”x 6” rectangles sessions. Students study the work of artist, teacher, • butcher paper (roll type) --6 feet long, white or author and illustrator Faith Ringgold. They create a light color story quilt with a well-developed drawing based on a • crayons--short, old ones for rubbing personal memory. Finished work includes a written • glue stick memory sentence and a colorful pieced border. • pencil

Product: Collaborative work of art featuring animals and people made out of torn, textured paper. Flower Parts 3 MATERIALS: After sharing the book Where are You Going? To •construction paper (one of each per student) See my Friend, students discuss real and abstract --9”x12” black artwork. They will learn how to use texture rubbings --6”x9” gray to create torn paper animals and people. Students --6”x9” white then assemble a collaborative work of art displaying --4”x3” peach or salmon characters from the book. • many pieces of various green shades --3”x9” --1/4”x9” Expressionist Environment 3 • Oil pastels MATERIALS: • Scissors, glue • construction paper --various colors: Product: Flower relief created from paper and oil 2”x4”, 2”x9ʼ, 3”x9”, 2”x12”, 3”x12”, 6”x6” - pastels. -black ½”x18” • electrical wire or colored wire Students are introduced to flower anatomy, after • glue, learning about the life and work of Botanist • scissors Elizabeth Britton. They use oil pastels and shading • oil pastels techniques to create flower parts and assemble • metallic paper these parts to make a flower relief. • patterned paper

Product: 3D environment using cut and folded Folded Lines 1 paper. MATERIALS: • construction paper Students look at 2D and 3D art and artists. They --12”x12” white create their own 3D environment using paper folding --assorted sizes (as squares and rectangles) and cutting techniques. Embellishments are added red, yellow, blue, black with color and pattern. --1” to 3” strips red, yellow, blue, black Faith Ringgold: Our Own 3 • glue

Story Quilts Product: 3D work of art made with construction MATERIALS: paper. For quilt backing and borders: • construction paper Students learn about two different artists, Alexander --11”x13” assorted colors Calder and Piet Mondrian. They compare the types --2”x4” assorted colors, 6 per student of art each made: sculpture and painting. They • 2”x4” strips wallpaper create their own 3D work of art combining these two • scissors, glue artist styles. For memory sentence: • 8”x1” white strip (any white paper) • black writing pen For 5”x8” memory drawing: • colored and black crayons • project worksheets with instructions and template for memory picture

www.projectarticulate.com 9 Frog in Monetʼs Pond 3 • paper clips • white butcher paper 36"x46" MATERIALS: • fine point erasable pens, i.e. Vis-à-Vis pen • tempera cakes (or liquid will work): red, blue, yellow, green • 1 inch foam brushes Product: Geometric, isolmetric drawing and • water cups enlargement of Escher. • paper towels

• glue, scissors • oil pastels Students are introduced to the illusionary art of M. • construction paper: C. Escher. They use hard and soft lead pencils to --12”x18” black, blue or green shade a five-step value scale and then use --6”x18” white contrasting values and a dot grid to make isometric --6”x9” green drawings of cubes. Grids are used in the second session to make a cooperative enlargement of an Product: Composition of frogs in a pond using Escher print. watercolor techniques and cut-out drawings of frogs. Haring Action 3 Students listen to 2 books: one about Linnea Figures visiting Monet and the other about a frog who goes MATERIAL: to Monetʼs garden while he is painting the lilies on • pencil the pond. The lily pad paintings of Monet are • white scrap discussed before students draw lily pads with oil • construction paper pastels. A watercolor painting lesson is taught -- 9”x12” and 6”x9” in assorted colors using the wet-on-wet technique to paint the pond. • oil pastels Finally, students are taught to draw frogs. They are • scissors cut out and added to the pond. • white glue

Gesture Figure Drawing 6 Product: Art work suggesting movement with cut- MATERIAL: out action figures. • wide crayons, anti-roll Students work in the style of Keith Haring as they • 18" x 24" paper sulfite or manila (or 2--9"x12") draw and then cut out brightly colored action figures. • watercolor paints Embellishment with oil pastels shows movement. • brushes #8 or #10, round • water cups • paper towels Henry Moore Sculpture K • scissors MATERIALS: • glue stick • construction paper: •12"x18" dark const. paper --black • large scrap paper 4”x18" 3”x3" --red, yellow, blue Product: Gesture sketches, cut out and mounted. 4”x6" • super dough, self-hardening clay (red, yellow, Students look at the gesture drawings of Daumier blue) and practice drawing the human figure in action with • white glue ovals and triangles. The drawings are painted and collaged. Product: Figures out of clay and paper in the style of Henry Moore. Grids &Values--Art and Math 6 Students will study the artist Henry Moore who MATERIAL: made sculptures of people. They create a simple • pencils, need soft lead (4-6B), hard lead, 2H. figure out of paper and clay. These figures include (normal everyday pencil) “holes” or negative space, just like the artistʼs • value scale sculptures. • isometric dot grid

• erasers • scissors • glue stick • white sulfite paper, 8"x6"

www.projectarticulate.com 10 Hokusai Insect Prints 4 Students learn about Austrian artist and architect MATERIALS: Friedrich Hundertwasser and look at the buildings • construction paper he designed. Students design a part of a building - --8”x8” white door, window or dome - in his style and add bright --3”x9” any color colors. The whimsical shapes and patterns should --9”x12” assorted colors and black tell a bit about themselves. • scissors, glue, Q-tip

• printmaking ink, black • brayer (printmaking roller) I am a Star A* • overhead transparency or MATERIAL: laminating plastic to roll ink • railroad board: 22x28" cut to 2x28" • printing papers, white and assorted colors (copier • construction paper: assorted colors (cut paper works well) according to student needs) • glue sticks Product: Japanese childrenʼs style insect print • paper punch • assorted markers Students will learn about the Japanese printmaker • yarn or string Katsushika Hokusai, best-known for his print “The •scissors (if can cut) Great Wave Off Kanagawa”. They will create Japanese childrenʼs style prints, using insects as Product: A hanging sculpture with shapes, colors imagery. and studentʼs name on a star on top. Horse Studies 6 Students discuss how they can 'be a star' by helping MATERIAL: others. They look at books with shapes and colors • newsprint and name them. They then glue colored shapes on • thick crayons, neutral colors: black, white and a long strip of railroad board -- punching holes in many browns some of them to make peek-a-boo colors. Lastly, • scissors they fold, add stars and hang! • glue • construction paper: *A = adaptive, a lesson designed for use in special 12"x18" black, gray and dark brown education classes and good for all. •erasable marker for the demonstration board Inside and Outside of Me 5 Product: Drawings of horses with rubbed textures. MATERIALS: • construction paper: Students learn about Renaissance man Leonardo 2.5" x 9" asst. colors da Vinci, and his desire to cast a 24 foot tall horse 6" x 6" white paper from metal. They are also introduced to the work of 9" x 9" black paper contemporary sculptor Deborah Butterfield, who • bright colored copier paper, 1" x 4" strips makes life-size horses out of various materials. • scissors Students practice drawing horses, add rubbed • glue textures, and use the drawings to assemble • black stamp pad collages. • rubber stamps • word list Hundertwasser: Architect 6 • 'fancy' alphabet (see lesson plan)

MATERIAL: Product: Decorated art which, when opened, • colored markers with chisel tip describes with words the student. • construction paper: 12" x 18" black Students consider prejudice and tolerance by 9" x 12" white exploring ways in which we are all alike. They then 6" x 9" pastel colors learn about for 'artist heroes' who drew their creative • glue sticks strength from accepting and nurturing their personal • scissors differences. Students investigate the concept of • metallic paper, 1" pieces (metallic wrapping paper tolerance by creating an 'inside and outside of me could be substituted) self portrait' using words, color and pattern.

Product: Drawing of building detail using color and whimsy like Hundertwasser.

www.projectarticulate.com 11 Jellybean Books 4 backgrounds. They paint a landscape demonstrating what they learned. MATERIAL:

• 4" x 9.5" white construction paper • 2" x 4.5" color Xerox paper Love those Anemones K • yarn, 12" per student MATERIALS: • tissue paper/streamers (must bleed when wet) • construction paper • scissors --12”x18” assorted “sea” colors • glue • oil pastels, assortment • beads, sequins, etc. assorted • liquid tempera: yellow, blue, white, magenta, • newspaper to protect desks orange, green, violet (must have white and 3 • pencils other minimally) • spray bottle(s) for water (few) • sponge brushes-- 1" foam best

Product: Miniature decorated book to hold a poem. Product: Painting of an anemone with wave lines.

Students write a color poem using their five senses. Students look at pictures of sea anemones and They will then create a small "jellybean" book and discuss radial design. They learn primary colors decorate it using a simple printing technique. and then paint a large anemone with a wave-line Students then further embellish their book and may background. include their original poems within. Michelangelo's Hands 6 MATERIALS: • pencil Haring Action 3 • construction paper: 6" x 12" white Figures 9" x 9" black MATERIAL: 9" x 9" colored • pencil 1/2" x 3" black (2 ea.) • white scrap • fine black pen • construction paper • scissors -- 9”x12” and 6”x9” in assorted colors • glue • oil pastels • pedestal hand-out • scissors • white chalk • white glue Product: Drawing of hand in sign-language position Product: Art work suggesting movement with cut- which is ʻmountedʼ on a pedestal. out action figures. Students work in the style of Keith Haring as they draw and then cut out brightly colored action figures. Students study the life of the Italian Renaissance Embellishment with oil pastels shows movement. artist Michelangelo, focusing on two of his best- known works, the marble sculpture Pieta and a small part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. They create Landscapes with David K a modeled or shaded drawing of their hand in a sign Mollett language position, cut it out and mount it pop-up MATERIALS: style to look like a piece of sculpture. • tempera paints (cakes or liquid) • contruction paper --9”x12” white --12”x18” black • water bowls • brushes • black crayons • glue • paper towels

Product: Landscape painting.

Students examine landscapes by Fairbanks Alaska artist David Mollett looking at fore, middle and

www.projectarticulate.com 12 Mouse Colors 1 Magic Machines 3 MATERIALS: • washable poster or MATERIALS: tempera paint: red, yellow and blue • construction paper • sponge brushes 2” wide (large easel brushes --9”x12” gray, manila, peach, light may be used) brown • construction paper --3”x4” small rectangles of any colored paper --18”x24” white • black felt markers • scissors, glue • scissors, glue • white butcher paper (roll type), 6ʼ long • oil pastels

Product: Color graph of painted feet demonstrating Product: Drawing of a machine based on studentʼs results of color mixing imagination.

Students name the primary colors and discover Students learn about simple machines and how they what happens when paints are mixed by work by looking at and discussing examples. They experimenting on large paper. While their paintings invent their own machine using colored markers and dry, students read Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh. ingenuity. Then a class graph is created to see which colors

they found. Each student traces a “foot” on their Masks and Symmetry 2 dried painted paper, cuts it out and glues it to the MATERIALS: color graph in the matching color column. • construction paper --9”x12” assorted colors Mt. McKinley: Sydney Laurence 6 • oil pastels • scissors MATERIALS: • glue • 5"x7.5" watercolor paper • 5.5"x8" black construction paper Product: Symmetrical paper mask with oil pastel • 6"x9" construction paper in blue, purple and green designs. • glue • washable overhead pen Students look at various examples of cultural • watercolor pencils (regular colored pencils and masks, discussing symmetry and design. They then white construction paper could be substituted here) make their own symmetrical mask using paper and • watercolor brushes #7 oil pastels. • water cups • paper towels

Mondrian Trees 1 Product: Watercolor drawing/painting of Mt. MATERIALS: McKinley. • construction paper --9”x12” white Students look at them many paintings of Sydney --12”x18” assorted colors Laurence, a renowned painter of Mt. McKinley. • paint brushes Watercolor pencil painting techniques are used as • black oil pastels students learn about contour lines, value, shading • water color paint sets and the importance of contrast to create their • paper towel versions of the mountain. • water cups

Product: Drawing/painting of a tree.

Students learn about Piet Mondrian who painted trees all his life in different styles. They draw and paint a tree in the style of Piet Mondrian.

Students examine a piece of art by asking who, what, when, where, and why questions. After reporting information through questions, they write a short story or paragraph.

www.projectarticulate.com 13 Murals of our Towns 3 assorted colors cut to 3" x 4.5" and Villages ¾” x 6” MATERIALS: 3" x 9" • manila or white construction paper: • scissors 9”x 12” (8) • glue 6” x 9” (25) • pencil 4 1/2” x 6” (50) • ruler • black markers • response/name sheet • dark blue (or other dark) banner paper about 6 feet Product: Colorful three-dimensional diorama of life • oil pastels under the ocean. • scissors • glue Students look closely at photographs of life in • digital camera to take photos tropical coral reefs or under Alaskan oceans. With of your town or village inspiration from the photographs, students use oil pastels and construction paper to create an under Product: Classroom mural. ocean life diorama which includes fish or marine mammals in a habitat. Students learn about muralist Diego Rivera and how he used perspective to show near and far. A mural Observe, Question and Write 6 of their own town or village is drawn after planning MATERIALS: the important resources, buildings, animals and • overhead projector landmarks that need to be included in the mural. • student response sheets

• pencils Northern Migrations: 5 Product: Short imaginative story based on a Cranes, Caribou, Salmon painting.. MATERIALS: • construction paper: Students examine a piece of art by asking who, 6" x 18" black paper what, when, where, and why questions. After 5" x 17" white paper reporting information through questions, they write a 4.5" x 6" dark blue paper short story or paragraph. • 5"x7" colored index, card stock or poster board • scissors • glue Olannaʼs Paper Sculpture 4 • watercolor set MATERIALS: • brush • construction paper: • water cup 4" x 6" white (4-5 ea.) • paper towel 4" x 6" and 5" x 7" various colors (blue, • white oil pastel or crayon yellow, black, light blue, purple) • animal silhouette handout (see lesson plan) • assorted paper scraps • oil pastels Product: Mixed media collaged art showing • glue animals in motion. • scissors

• black markers Students discuss northern migrations and study Product: Simple animal sculptures mounted on photos and artwork showing migrations of cranes, Alaskan landscape. caribou and salmon. They consider design elements that create a sense of movement before using Students learn about the Alaskan Native artist watercolors, oil pastel and cut-paper stencils to Melvin Olanna. His stylized sculptures reflect his create a mixed media artwork of cranes, salmon or Inupiaq culture. Students create simple animal caribou in motion. shapes from paper, using a paper scoring technique

to make them look 3D. Paper sculptures are Ocean Life Diorama 4 mounted on a background based on an Alaskan MATERIALS: landscape. • oil pastels • construction paper: 12" x 18" black

www.projectarticulate.com 14 On Motherʼs Lap 1 brown --3”x4” any colored paper cut in small rectangles MATERIALS: • black felt markers • posterboard (const. paper can be substituted) • scissors, glue 9½” x 7” white • oil pastels 11½” x 7” white

1/2” x 6” black Product: Portrait collage in the style of Picasso. • construction paper

4”x6” various colors Students look at 6 Picasso portraits to see the 4”x6” multi-cultural skin tones difference between realistic and abstract styles, and • glue the characteristics of the Cubist style. They learn • crayons how to draw facial features and the correct • scissors placement on a face. A portrait collage is made • staplers from their practice pieces, along with the

embellishment of clothing. Product: Interactive artwork featuring a chair with puppet figures. Puppets and Jim Hensen 3 Students view impressionist artwork while MATERIALS: discussing the subject of family closeness. • construction paper of varied colors and sizes Students then share the book On Motherʼs Lap, by 9” X 12” for the head Ann Hebert Scott. Students create an interactive 6” X 9” for the body artwork involving a chair and puppets. Students can 4 ½” X 6” for body parts tell their own story about their family using their 3” X 4 ½” for small parts artwork. 2” X 5” white for eyes • black markers • glue • scissors On Top of the World A* Product: Paper puppet with moveable mouth. MATERIALS: • construction paper Students develop their very own puppet characters light blue (8-9" circles) using ideas from puppeteer, Jim Henson. They 3” - 4” squares/rectangles (many colors) learn the difference between marionettes, puppets, 1.5” x 7" strips and muppets. Construction paper is used to create 4” white squares a puppet with a moveable mouth. • black railroad board strips Quilting with Fractions 3 • sticky dots (white or light) • scissors and Symmetry • glue MATERIALS: • blue tempera • construction paper (in selected color scheme) • round #7 brush (#10 OK) 3” X 3” squares 9” X 9” squares Product: A painting of the top of the world with • black construction paper land, water and a standing student. 3” X 3” 3” X 14” Students look at a globe and discuss what is land, 12” X 14” water, and ice/snow and how the water currents • glue stick move over the earth. They paint water on a circle, • scissors cut organic shapes to make ice and continents, and • 3” X 9” straight edge put themselves where they live... on top of the world. Product: A symmetrically designed quilt square.

*A = adaptive, a lesson designed for use in special Students learn about the extensive and interesting education classes and good for all. history of quilt making. They then cut shapes from squares using equivalent fractions and design the Picasso Portraits 3 center and border squares using vertical, horizontal and diagonal symmetry. MATERIALS:

• construction paper --9”x12” gray, manila, peach, light

www.projectarticulate.com 15 Rachel Carsonʼs Silent 4 Through the book Salmon Summer in Kodiak, Spring students learn about an Aleut boy who lives on MATERIALS: Kodiak Island and fishes for salmon. Students • watercolor paints create a 2D painting with warm or cool colors that • small size paint brushes incorporates designs inspired by salmon and • table salt (1 tsp. per student) traditional Aleut hunting hats. • masking tape (3/4” wide) • watercolor paper or white const. paper Shape-Ka-Bobs K -- 5”x11” MATERIALS: • black construction paper (for mounting art) • crayons, peeled --6”x12” • railroad board, 1”x12”

• copy paper, half sheets Product: Line drawings of an Alaskan plant showing the • glue effects of pollution through use of watercolors. • scissors

Students learn about the life of writer, biologist and Product: Collage of textured shapes on a “stick.” conservationist, Rachel Carson. Students learn to use complementary colors to show the effects of Students will learn about textures. They will go on a pollution on their plant. They create a before and texture hunt in their room naming textures they find. after line drawing of an Alaskan plant using Then they will make rubbings from texture forms, cut watercolor paints for color. them out, and put them on a stick to make a

“Shape-ka-Bob.” Raven Sculptures: 3 John Hoover Shaveroonies 2 MATERIALS: MATERIALS: • black construction paper, 12” x 18” •construction paper • metallic/shiny paper—¼” x 1” -- 9”x12” many colors • black thread, 36” each -- 6”x12” many colors • scissors • scissors • glue • glue • markers Product: Cut and folded hanging raven sculpture --many colors and sizes

Students learn about Alaskan Aleut sculptor John Product: Collage of a fanciful creature made of textured Hoover and study two of his raven sculptures, paper shapes. looking for shape and texture. After learning interesting scientific facts about ravens, they draw Students create “shaveroonies”--imaginative and cut out raven sculpture mobiles. creatures from outer space. They are made by cutting paper (shaving it), texturing the pieces and piecing them together into fanciful creatures. Salmon Summer in Kodiak 4 MATERIALS: • construction paper: 6" x 9" white 7" x 10" cool colors 7" x 10" warm colors 9" x 12" black • watercolor paints, brushes • markers (small, colors) • markers (thin & thick, black) • scrap paper (4"x6" approx.) • table salt and small paper cups • scissors • glue • Alaska map in classroom

Product: Salmon painting with warm or cool colors and traditional Aleut designs.

www.projectarticulate.com 16 Shells in Oil Pastels 4 • 5” - 6” pieces 1/16” dowel, wooden skewers or popsicle sticks MATERIALS: • construction paper—many colors, assorted small • construction paper: sizes 9"x9" assorted colors • metallic paper, small pieces 8" x 8" black • scissors, white glue 12" x 12" black • strapping tape • oil pastel set • shells: one bivalve & one univalve per student Product: Yupik style mask relating to studentʼs life and • glue interests • ruler • pencil Students examine and discuss contemporary and traditional Yupik masks. Several typical mask Product: Oil pastel study of both sides of 2 shells. elements are recognised and incorporated in a mask related to studentʼs life and interests. Students learn about the life and art of Georgia O'Keeffe, focusing on her large close-up paintings of shells. They play an observation game of hunting for Story Sculptures 2 shape, pattern and texture on photos of real shells, MATERIALS: and then they use oil pastels to create a four-section • white tagboard or cover stock (similar to file study of actual shells. folder weight) • scissors • pencil Snowflake Prints 4 • bag or envelope to transport story without losing MATERIALS: any parts Snowflake Print • clear overhead, 1 per student Product: Free-standing paper sculpture based on a • Elmer's Glue-All story. • masking tape • printing brayer(s) (rollers) Students discuss what is 2- and 3- dimensional and • white and silver printing ink (waterbase) what defines a sculpture. They look at examples of • newsprint, butcher paper art in their community. Students create a small free- • construction paper: standing sculpture based on a story (any good story 9" x 9" bright or dark blues, greens, purple, will do.) This is a model of a larger sculpture they magenta (no pastels, are proposing to build for an imaginary new library. 12" x 12" black, white • spray bottle with water Cut Paper Snowflake Design Stomp to the Music 4 • scissors MATERIALS: • glue • construction paper: • 8.5" x 11" white copier paper 6" x 18" white • construction paper, assorted colors 12" x 18" black 4.5" x 6" black (3 per student) Products: Original snowflake print and cut-paper • watercolor paint sets snowflake design. • medium and small brushes • white oil pastel or crayon • glue (white, liquid) Students explore connections between math, • scissors science and art through studying the beauty and • newspapers for desks structure of snowflakes. They examine the snowflake photographs of scientist Wilson Bentley Product: Colorful water-resist design. and Kenneth Libbrecht, creating original snowflake prints and cut-paper snowflake designs which Students learn about rhythm, movement, and demonstrate radial symmetry. texture in the context of sound and image. They create their own water-color resist using color, line Spirit Masks 4 and texture to demonstrate principles of both art and MATERIALS: music. • white paper plate, 6-7” (Chinet brand is best OR cut white poster board circles) • markers, broad-line colors and fine-line black

www.projectarticulate.com 17 Sunflowers 1 Trees and Beyond 2 MATERIALS: MATERIALS: • white drawing paper • one ruler --12”x18” (cut to 11”x17”) • black markers • construction paper for mounting • oil pastels --12”x18” • construction paper • tempera cakes (or liquid tempera) --9”x12” light and dark blue, light and dark --primary & secondary colors purple, pink, red, gray, yellow • water bowls --12”X18” assorted colors for mounting • brushes • oil pastels, set Product: Oil pastel landscape with trees showing perspective. ç Painting of a sunflower. Students examine Van Gogh paintings of Students read book Camille and the Sunflowers, a landscapes paying particular attention to near and story about Vincent Van Gogh and learn of his love far. They learn that size and placement of trees are for painting sunflowers. Inspired by this, they paint a important to show perspective. After learning to sunflower of their own. draw basic tree forms, students create a landscape that shows perspective using markers and oil pastels. Textured Landscapes 2 with Grant Wood Vincent Van Gogh K MATERIALS: • construction paper Self-Portraits --9”x12” white MATERIALS: --12”x18” assorted colors • crayons • black markers • tempera paint cakes in the primary and • white glue secondary colors (OR liquid tempera) • oil pastels • brushes • pencil • water bowls • construction paper Product: Landscape drawing embellished with --12”x18” white and black texture, pattern and color. • glue

Students study Grant Wood and look at his unique Product: Self-portrait in tempera paints paintings of Iowa. They then draw a landscape, texture and pattern it and add color sparingly to Students study the self-portraits of the Dutch painter complete their art. Vincent Van Gogh. They look at his impressionist style of painting and then create their own self- Tolerance Banners 4 portrait in tempera paints.

MATERIALS: • construction paper: 12" x 18" white 12" x18" black 3" x 12" black and white strips 6" x 6" squares 7" x 7" triangles 6" x9" rectangles • glue • scissors • 24" pieces of yarn

Product: Postitive/negative shape banner design.

After viewing and discussing the images of the United Nations Six Flags of Tolerance, students create a positive-negative design based on a Japanese paper cutting technique called Notan.

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