The students are really enjoying creating these works. I will say..at first they were kind of intimidated when it came to creating the background. Once they got into it though...they LOVED it.
Great for those of you teaching virtually!
Showing posts with label Line. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Line. Show all posts
January 18, 2021
September 10, 2020
Shapes & Lines: 1st Grade
This was the lesson I taught 1st grade this week. I wanted to review the basics of line and shapes, and to reinforce vocabulary I want my students to be using.
August 26, 2020
Project for On-line Learning: Line & Pattern
Teacher Example
May 21, 2019
Line Design: 3rd Grade
I posted a week or so ago that I was going to be the Line Design project with my 3rd grade. I've never done it with 3rd grade before....so I wasn't totally sure what to expect. THEY ARE DOING AMAZING!!!! I will hopefully add more pictures to this post as students finish up their project. I've included the link to the "Deluxe" explanation of the project in case you'd like to do it with your students. It is a great way to end the year...has that "zen" quality!!
May 08, 2019
Resurrected Art Project: Line Design
There are projects that we do year after year. The kids might love it, you might love it, or it might just be the best project to teach a set of skills the students need. I do like to change things up. I don't think a bored art teacher is a good thing!! ha ha I became known(well..my blog did) for the Line Design project. I even have a Zentangle pattern named after me (NO JOKE!). So for many years I did this project with my 4th grade students. However, because of scheduling, programs, field trips., & such.....one year I decided not to do that project.
Somehow, it just kind of dropped off my radar.
CHECK OUT THIS LINK IF YOU AREN'T SURE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
http://www.artwithmre.com/2011/12/line-design-explained-deluxe-edition.html
Somehow, it just kind of dropped off my radar.
CHECK OUT THIS LINK IF YOU AREN'T SURE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
http://www.artwithmre.com/2011/12/line-design-explained-deluxe-edition.html
After several years...I decided to resurrect the lesson, but this time I'm doing it with 3rd grade! We just started this week, and it does take a few weeks to complete. I'll post more pictures as we complete the lesson!
September 21, 2015
Practicum Student Ms.H: Lines With Kindergarten
I open my room to student teachers, practicum students, and observations every year. I believe in helping to develop the next generation of art educators, and truly enjoy my time with them. This looks like the first year in about a decade I'm not going to have a student teacher.
However, right now I'm hosting 3 practicum students from MTSU. They have been a wonderful group! This post is about Ms. H's lesson. She chose to work with Kindergarten. I love when people are up for the challenge of our littlest people!! She really did well for her first time developing a lesson plan & teaching it! In the picture she is teaching the students about lines in a kinesthetic manner. So much fun!!
They applied the lines they learned about in a turtle drawing. They used construction paper crayons to finish their work. This was the first time Ms. H used them...and she LOVED them(I do too). One of the greatest things about Ms. H....she wants to grow!!! I love when a up & coming teacher comes humbly to the table...and just wants to learn! She is going to learn...she is going to grow...and she is going to make a great art teacher!!
February 07, 2013
Peacock-A-Palooza Part 3: Line Drawing w/ Mono-Print
I'm in love with this project!!! So simple...so easy! You can use Andy Warhol's early years as an advertising artist as your inspiration!! A simple line drawing using Sharpie.....and the color overlay using a mono-print technique. Just remember to cover the plexiglass with a clear liquid soap so that the liquid watercolor does not bead up.
February 22, 2012
Jumpin' on the Zentangle Bandwagon : 4th
Yes...I mocked Zentangles when I first started seeing them pop up all over on the web.I couldn't understand what the big deal was..."Aren't they just glorified doodles?!?" Though I still feel the answer is yes to that question...I have a greater respect for it now after doing some research. I watched probably 20+ videos on YOUTUBE & went to countless sites trying to learn more about the process. I (being the OCDish person I am) like the structure of a Zentangle over just random doodling. I really love the attention to patterning and design!!! With this new found respect...I decided to give them a go for my 4th graders. The twist I put on them was a contour line drawing of a fruit or veggie in the center of the page. The Zentangle would then take place on/in/over/around that contour drawing. The images here are day 1 of the project. I'll share more after the students have finished them up! OH...and they Zen part of the Zentangle is no joke!! My 4th graders were as quiet and focused as they are when we do weaving!!!(which is AMAZING!)
December 07, 2011
Line Design Explained : Deluxe Edition
I was asked if I could go into a bit more detail concerning the Line Design "process". I think the easiest way is with a few more pictures than my previous post on "how to". I hope this helps...and as always...if you ever have questions about anything on my blog...e-mail me at artwithmre@yahoo.com
The materials you need for this project are good drawing paper(9x12...but could be done any size), Sharpie Marker, and your choice of media(see the bottom of this post for some ideas).
Start with a gentle curve line across the paper. Don't go too crazy hilly with the line...it will make it difficult in the steps that are to come!
Place eight dots on the line spaced at different distances.
Go dot - to - dot across the entire line. Do not continue to do this however...or it will create a kind of boring column like work(going straight up & down).
As you are going dot -to- dot, you need to "camp out" on some of the segments. This will help them to balloon out & look oh so cool! This will also cause others to be "pinched off"...and that is fine. The lines need to continue off of the paper...and should not just stop cause they are close to the edge. As it gets bigger and bigger, the lines will have to be shared going back to the dot...and yes..they should really go back to the dot. Going back to the dot each time creates the darker shadow"ish" areas that help create depth.
The two pictures above are the WRONG way to do this. The lines should NEVER criss-cross each other. I tell my students that the lines can share a path...but never cross over another line. The second picture is the "RAINBOW CONNECTION". It is a lot easier to do it that way..but it is not correct.
So here you see the results of the ballooning out, pinching off, and going off the edge of your paper.
I thought I'd show you how different media works in this project
1. Watercolor Pencil - A little labor intensive, after you color it..you have to go over with with a brush.
2. Watercolor - I like this a lot, but you would need to make sure the students understood to not put color beside color because of bleeding.
3. Crayons - This works much like colored pencils, but they are a bit chunkier so it's hard to get into the small spaces.
4. Colored Pencil - This is how I usually do the project with my students...I love colored pencils!
5. Marker- This kind of takes the shading element out of the project, but if you were going more for color families and such...could work!
May 19, 2011
Line Design w/Shading - 4th Grade
It's that time of year again! The Line Design project I do with 4th grade every year is turning out wonderful! I have some great artists in the 4th grade, and even some of the ones that struggle are doing well with this project. I have included the link back to the steps so you can try it yourself!
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