Transcript Visual Arts

Chapter 5, MMADD about the Arts
Teaching
VISUAL ARTS
in the
K-6
Classroom
Deirdre Russell-Bowie
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Visual Arts
Every child is an artist.
The problem is
how to remain an artist
once he or she
grows up.
(Picasso)
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The benefits of teaching Visual Arts
• Enhances personal expression
• Develops imagination & creativity
• A vital form of communication of
ideas & thoughts in a non-verbal way
• Develops problem solving skills
• Develops language
• Fosters self esteem
• Develops fine motor skills
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Visual Arts
• Visual Arts Lessons
– Introduction
• Motivating
• Set rules and routines
• Use stimulus (picture,
music, artwork, poem,
story, etc)
– Demonstration
• If new skills are to be learned
• Make explanations clear
• Repeat instructions, question for
understanding
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• Visual Arts Lessons
Development of skills, techniques &
creative artworks
• Allow children time to be creative
• Be available to comment, praise,
encourage, extend, keep children
on task
• Plan ahead for early finishers
– Reflection and sharing
• Talk with children about their artworks
• Teach and reinforce the language of
art
• Check achievement of indicators from
lesson plan
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• Practical tips for art lessons
– Collect resources NOW
– Check out school resources
– Check out libraries,
internet sites
– Keep materials clean, tidy,
labelled
– Develop routines
– Have children bring art smock
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Subject matter
– People
• Real
• Imagined
• Different cultures
• Different contexts
• Portraits
• Realistic/abstract/cartoo
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– Emotions
• Art can be used to express
emotions
• Use emotions as a stimulus
for art
• Often easier to draw than
write about how you feel
Unknown Joy:
Unknown joy is a mystery
but we keep trying to
find it in the world
around us. JB8
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• Subject matter
Other Living Things
• Animals
• Birds
• Fish
• Reptiles
I am the independent falcon:
• Plants
I am like the independent falcon
• Trees….
who lives by itself and doesn’t
need anyone to follow. I am
strong and I never give up. TD
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• Subject matter
Objects
• Still life
• Fruit
• Flowers
• Vegetables
• Toys
• Cultural objects
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• Subject matter
Places and Spaces
• Landscapes
The Country:
Australia is a very dry
• Cityscapes
country, so I chose yellow
• Australia /overseas and orange to show this.
JL
• Remembered / pictures
• Real or fantasy
• Outer space
Sydney Harbour Bridge:
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from observation (Charcoal)
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• Subject matter
Events
• Celebrations
• Special occasions
• Festivals
• Cultural, historical,
religious
• Direct experience
• Reading / internet /
pictures
New Year’s Eve
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Using the language of Art
• Elements of Art
– Line
• Give artwork shape
• Bring focus / emphasis
• Define or separate an object
– In the classroom
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Draw contours
Life drawings
Still life
Buildings,
squiggle pictures
My life rules:
This artwork represents my life because
everything in it means something to me.
The big heart stands for kindness. The
4-coloured ball represents fun. The fish
represents love and hate. The road
signifies my love of cars. KH 13
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• Elements of Art
– Tone
• Use of light and shade
• Tonal quality affected by
use of light and dark
colours
– In the classroom
• Use spotlight to show how
one side can be light and
the other dark; draw or
paint this effect
Picasso-styled selfportrait uses tone to
express the artist’s
emotions.
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• Elements of Art
– Colour
• Primary colours
• Secondary colours
• Tertiary colours
– Brown, Grey
• Complementary colours
– Opposite
• Analogous colours
– Near
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• Elements of Art
– Colour
• Cool Colours
• Warm colours
• Monochromatic colours
(Colour + black/white)
– In the classroom
• Create artworks exploring
the different categories
of colours
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• Elements of Art
– Shape
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Flat, 2D area defined by a boundary
Geometric
Irregular
Use lines to form boundaries
Can make 2D look 3D
– In the classroom
• Draw 3D objects on paper,
concentrate on outline and shape
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• Elements of Art
– Form
• 3D shape
• The space that an object
takes up in its environment
• Looks different from
different angles
– In the classroom
• Create sculptures, carvings,
papier mache artworks
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• Elements of Art
– Space
• Area between shapes and forms
• Perspective gives 2D depth and
reality
• Crowded, empty
• Positive (object) or negative (area
around object)
– In the classroom
• Draw landscapes with background,
middle and foreground
• Examine artworks for perspective
and create similar artworks
• Explore negative and positive space
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• Elements of Art
– Pattern
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All around us
Effective in art
Symmetrical / Asymmetrical
Geometric / Irregular
– In the classroom
• Create geometric and irregular
patterns
• Use printing techniques to create
patterns
• Explore the work of Escher;
create similar artworks
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Elements of Art: Test yourself!
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– Space
– Pattern
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• Art Forms
– 2D
• Drawing
• Painting
• Printmaking
• Marbling
• Photography
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• Art Forms
– 3D
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Sculpture
Mask making
Puppets
Collage
Paper making
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• Art Forms
– 3D
• Ceramics
• Cards
• Textiles:
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Silk painting
Batik
Tie Dying
Weaving
• Digital forms
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• Art Appreciation
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What does it represent to you?
Who created it?
What is it called?
Why was it created?
What media and techniques were
used?
– In what historical, cultural and
geographical context was it created?
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• Art Appreciation
– What message or emotions does it
convey?
– What might have happened before or
after what is portrayed in the
artwork?
– What elements of visual art were used
to convey the message? How?
– How does it compare with other
artworks you have explored?
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• With this WEALTH of different
visual arts learning experiences at
your fingertips……
how could you EVER consider that
colouring in a STENCIL would be a
valid Visual Arts activity????
STENCILS
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Developmental Stages
• Disordered Scribbling /
Manipulative
• Controlled Scribbling
• Named Scribble/ Symbolic/
Shape Stage
• Recognisable / Pictorial Stage
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Scribble /Manipulative Stage (2-4 years)
• The child enjoys the muscular sensation
of scribbling or watching marks appear
• The child is not trying to draw, model
or build objects, the experience is
purely kinesthetic (movement)
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Controlled Scribbling
• Lines stop and start at different points
• Begins to make circular movements on
the page.
• Experiments with dots and lines
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Manipulative Stage (2 - 4 years)
• Children all start by experimenting
with materials
• Scribble drawings
• Squeeze and pound clay
• Use one colour of paint and makes a
patch
• Simple 2 piece construction
• Experiment with collage
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Symbolic Stage (4 - 7 years)
The child:
• Begins to make lines and
shapes
• Begins to name some of these
shapes
• Interest in pattern making
begins
• Circle evolves to represent a
head
• First recognisable figures
appear
• Beginning of naming
• Usually not recognisable to
adult
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Symbolic Stage (4 - 7 years)
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One shape may represent more than one thing
Begins to attempt more elaborate shapes
Emergence of form and pattern
Concern with shape and balance
Does not know beforehand what she is going to
draw
• Name may change several times during drawing
• Emergence of mandala and sun
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Representational Stage (7-10 years)
• Beginning of recognisable figures
(figures, houses, animals, vehicles, plants)
• More complicated patterns
• Figures become more detailed
• Outward facing presentation
• People floating in space - no horizontal ground
line
• Decorative element, development of symmetry
• Announces beforehand what it will be
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Later Representational Stage
• Use of ground line and skyline
• Appearance of profile
• Objects are shown in
relationship to each other
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Visual Arts Education
For further information,
see Chapter 5 in
MMADD: About the
Arts: An introduction to
Primary Arts Education
by Deirdre Russell-Bowie,
published by Pearson
Education Australia
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