don’t forget the art
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Don’t Forget the ArtMinnesota District Teacher’s Convention
Brainerd, MNOctober 2010
Karen GrunwaldSt. Paul’s Lutheran, New Ulm, MN
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Why Have Art?• Ephesians 2:10 For
we are God’s workmanship.
• Psalm 145:10 All that you have made will praise you, O Lord; your saints will extol you.
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Art-What and Why?• What? The conscious use of skill and
creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects. (Merriam Webster
Dictionary-1995)
• Why? Art adds interest to academic classes and beauty to your room and the school. It gives moms things to save-Memories!
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Kid’s Artistic comments• Kindness is extra art
• As way of thanking me– One drew me lots of cartoon characters– One drew pictures with memories– Cards
• “I really enjoy art class with you.” • “It’s fun to draw when you read to us.”• Booklet filled with their art and thanks
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Art Adds
• Practice in planning an outcome
• Attention to detail
• Opportunities for constructive criticism
• Student interaction
• Fine motor skill development
• Responsibilty practice
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Why do we “forget the art”?
• No desire for the mess
• No materials
• No time
• No ideas or plan
• No ability
• Other
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No Desire for the Mess• Have a plan• Use your students• Use space suited for
art• Plan art to suit your
space
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No ability• Excuses
• Solutions
• Use your members
• Pastor-caricatures
• Lady artist-perspective
• Potter
• Other resources
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No Materials• Let people know you are looking
• Electrician-wire
• Lumber Yard-wood
• Scrap art materials
• Save things
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No Time• Fit it into other classes
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Religion
• Cards for sharing
• Blessing Bags
• Hallway art
• Bulletin board pictures
• Christmas decorations
• Lent-Stained glass windows
• Newspaper stories and cartoon drawings
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Cards for Sharing
Torn Paper
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Cards for Sharing
14Christmas Blessing Bags
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Hallway Art
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Easter Art
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Hallway or Bulletin Board Group Projects
•Enlarge a design with an overhead, trace
•Have the students paint it
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Stained Glass Windows
•Have the students draw a simple design.
•Cut out two layers of the design.
•Use colored celophane to fill in the design. We taped the edges on the inside so they did not show.
21Use a simple design, add outlines of various colors of chalk.
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Use words to outline shapes
•Use a hymn or Bible verse with religious symbols
•Leaf shapes-Use fall watercolors, then fill in the veins with all related words or adjectives
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Lenten Church Windows
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Bible Times News
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Math• Tesselations
• Symmetry
• Grids
• Graphs
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Science• Drawings of nature
• Sketches of animals
• Science fair board displays
• Posters
• Fish
Oil Spill Booklet Cover
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Grid Enlargements
•Find a picture to enlarge
•Give them a transparency grid to put on top of the picture
•Trace onto a larger grid
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History• Canoe
• Coloring book of Native American activities
• Posters, murals
• Turkeys
• Passport Booklet
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Canoe to teach about the Voyaguers. Enlarged from a picture in my MN History textbook. The students helped color it.
33MN History Art Activities Parfleche Coloring Book Pages
Poster drawn from coloring book ideas
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MN History
Design your own town
Advertise it
•Choose one-square mile of land on the state map
•Layout your town based on the land features
•Follow the guidelines in the book to decide if your town has a railroad or not
•Follow the guidelines in the book to determine who might live in your town
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This advertisement focused on the industries in the town.
36American History Passport Booklet
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Reading• Decorated Versals (A Door in the Wall)
• Pottery (A Single Shard)– Potter– Design the pottery-drawing, painting, water
wash– Pottery– Paint the pottery
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Decorated Versals
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41Student-Made Sign for a Hallway Display
42Patterns for Celadon Pottery Project
43Potters at work. We used self-hardening clay.
44Display for “A Single Shard”
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More Reading• Decorate Journals-The True Confessions
of Charlotte Doyle, Brian’s Winter
• Art like the book-Call it Courage
• Watercolor Dolphins-Island of the Blue Dolphins
• Trumpeter swans- The Trumpet of the Swan
46Watercolor Dolphins
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Call it CourageScratch Art
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Cardboard Bird for The Trumpet of the Swan Students traced the wings, then added the feather designs.
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Modeling
Clay
Sculptures
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Illustrate Details about a Favorite Book
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Paint on Foil•Wrap foil around a piece of cardboard, tape on the back
•When painting for on top of foil, add a little dish soap
•Kids love to use a different medium for a simple art project idea.
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Manila
Folder Art
1. Draw a design on one side
2. Trace your lines with a dark marker
3. Go to a window and use the light to help trace the same design to every other side
4. Color your design and appreciate the symmetry
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Use Assorted Materials
Paint a colorful scarecrow on a paper bag.
54Joint Art Project
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Color Wheel Designs
•Discuss the color wheel
•Suggest they choose a pattern, then draw it
•Paint-Mix starting with only the primary colors
•*This activity is very beneficial, but takes a long time.
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Color and Balance
Simple activity to get students to think about color and balance.
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Torn
Paper
Birds
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Foil Fish•Draw a fish design, trace onto foil
•Cut out, color with permanent markers
•Rub the design over a plastic mesh bag to add texture
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3-D Fish•Draw One, Trace and make a second one
•Add the color-paints, Craypas, etc.
•Staple most of the edges together
•Stuff with newspaper
•Staple the final edge
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English• Adjectives-leaf
• Poetry-woven animal
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Paper Weaving
•Have the students find or write a poem about an animal
•Design an animal shape
•Determine a way to add weaving, etc. to the shape
•Combine the poem and the art
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Art and Theater• Props and backgrounds for Plays
– Cardboard cutouts– Horses, cannons, guns,
• School Musicals– High School students come back and help– 7th & 8th graders
• Puppet Plays- 7th & 8th graders plan, create, present to K-1
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•Use stiff cardboard
•Paint as desired
Props for History Skits
64Fluorescent Birds for the Musical
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Poster Design and Painting
7th & 8th graders love this project-every year at basketball tournament time.
Parents helped make individual posters.
School Sports
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Rose Window Designs-Teach about stained glass colors
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Use your own children and your students in art
• 4th grade son designed our family Christmas card
• An 8th grader designed a logo for the school’s 125th anniversary
• Contest for a school t-shirt
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Simple Instruction
•Create an imaginary tree
•Could be a close-up view of a trunk or branch
•Could have unusual leaf colors
•Could include animals
•Could have windows or doors
•Have Fun!
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No Ideas• Great resources
• Listing of books
• Listing of Websites
• Listing of DVD resources-Wilton Art Series
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http://www.kinderart.com/arthistory/
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http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/links/artlessons.html
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http://www.dickblick.com/lesson-plans/
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http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/create_edge_outline.cfm
75Handy Storage
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Art Helps• Plastic portfolios
• Drying racks
• Storage for art materials
• Easy material access
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