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