In this 9-12 lesson, students will analyze the foreground, middle ground, and background of landscape paintings. They will plan and create an original landscape painting using various techniques to portray illusions of depth and reflection.
Students will:
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Teachers should have basic painting and wet wash skills, knowledge of color mixing, and an understanding of critiquing art. Art Critiques Made Easy offers helpful tips on how to lead classroom discussions about works of art.
Students would benefit from previous experience with the concepts of foreground, middle ground, and background.
Modify handouts and give preferential seating for visual presentations. Allow extra time for task completion. Provide assistive technologies during the visual analysis and the art-making process.
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October 31, 2023
In this 9-12 lesson, students will explore elements of art through the works of historical and contemporary artists. They will examine the relationship between elements of art and feelings. Students will choose between creating original art or curating a presentation to express a feeling with lines, shapes, rhythm, colors, and/or patterns.
In this 9-12 lesson, students will analyze poetic devices in the poems and images of the surrealist movement. They will explore artists of the surrealist movement, including André Breton, Robert Desnos, Salvador DalÃ, and Joan Miró. Students will write original poems using surrealist techniques.
In this 9-12 lesson, students will create original artwork demonstrating the style of an early 20th-century artist of the Mexican Revolution. They will research how art was influenced or created in response to major events, artists, and personalities of the Mexican Revolution.
Inclusion teachers can bolster engagement with arts integration by adapting time, classroom tools, and instructional techniques.
Gain an understanding of how social and emotional learning (SEL) and the arts reinforce the necessary skills to grow and develop in different settings. Learn how school-family-community partnerships contribute to equitable, trusting, and creative learning environments.
Learn the art of creating your own paints from items found in your kitchen! In this video, Adjoa Burrowes shows you how you can transform items like spices and food into paints you can use on paper. Once you see Adjoa’s painted papers, you’ll be asking, "What other colors can I create in my kitchen?â€
Join museum educator Tami Wood as she explores Vincent van Gogh's painting, The Starry Night. In this thoughtful examination of a work of art, Tami guides you to voice your observations while also expanding your artistic vocabulary. By looking at art together, you can develop a practice in deep looking that not only helps you appreciate art but also changes how you look at the world around you.
Help students build techniques to interpret what they see into written words using art.
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