Aspen Brown

  Description: For this art project we learned how to draw upside down and how it is easier to draw that way. We started the lesson off by learning about drawing upside down and how it is beneficial to learn that way. When you draw upside down, you are not worrying about what you are drawing like the small details, but the outline of the object. I chose to draw an elephant because I thought it would be a little easier than the other choices. After drawing the elephant upside down with a cool color, we then had to add three different shapes or lines to our project with warm colors. I chose to do red lines, orange diamonds, and yellow swirls. After finishing our project we had to glue it to our background and write on the index card three clues about our animal.  Extension Activity: For this extension activity, I would teach the students about their primary and secondary colors. Students would have a worksheet where they have to label the primary and secondary colors that they u...

  Description: This activity was inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's rendition of Starry Night. We had to use different elements of design to capture his idea of a landscape. We had to use three different types of media. I used tissue paper, oil pastels, and black paper. We used a type of modge podge to glue the tissue paper on the background, that way it would stay down nicely. We then had to make the landscape that would go on top of the background. I chose to do under the sea because of the tissue paper colors that I chose. After gluing the landscape in we had to use another media, so I added some waves with oil pastels.  Extension Activity: For this extension activity I would have the students write two paragraphs about the history of Vincent Van Gogh and why they think their project portrays his image of a starry night. 

This is a dot activity to show creativity in your work. Students had to incorporate different mediums in their work.   An extension activity to do with students about boosting their confidence in their artwork is having them keep a sketchbook. I would have them draw a drawing every day of class so that they start feeling comfortable with their drawings. They will have to share their drawing with at least one person in the class so that they feel comfortable sharing with their peers. 

 An extension activity that would work well with elements and principles is having students analyze artists artwork to determine what types of elements and principles they used. This will get students thinking about the different principles and looking at different artists work. Students could also present why they think the artist used the principles.