APRIL/MAY: Trees adn Scratch ARt
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LESSON NOTES FROM CARYN:
This months lesson is centered on Trees and Scratch art.
Things you will need:
1. Red handled scratch Tools
2. Scratch board piece - 1 per student (Unfortunately, I ordered just the right amount for our school. You may have a child that feels like they want to try again... and, we just don't have enough to give out multiple pieces.)
3. Copies of examples
4. Wood samples
Lesson
- slideshow is on the website
- really focus on the different trees that are in our area
- Use it as a science lesson as well!! I have put a few tree samples (logs and tree cookies) in the art closet. Please feel free to take them and teach about them: how we know the age of a tree - by looking at the rings about its life... when the rings are close together vs. farther apart, look at the outside bark... how there are lines, texture, knots, etc.
Art project:
It will be scratch art. I have put photocopies of examples in the art closet. Please take as many as you need to put on the desks so that kids can look at them as examples. Here are some thoughts on things I would focus on.
1st: Teach about the tool that they will use. These are Adult tools, not Baby tools. They need to treat them appropriately (just like the ceramic tools that they used). They are very sharp and could hurt themselves, or others, or their classroom. So, if they can't handle them like adults, they will need to use baby tools ( you may bring in skewers just in case... although those are sharp, too :)).. or the handle of a paintbrush). I would tell them that we have confidence that they'll do a good job with them.
The best way to use this tool is short hash marks. If you do long ongoing lines.. your tool tends to get stuck.
2nd: There is NO WRONG WAY TO DO THIS!!! "There are no mistakes, just new directions, " Elida Fields If they feel like they make a scratch that they didn't intend, teach them about how they just change directions -- make it into a disappearing road, or a piece of grass, or turn it into a little flower. If they feel more comfortable, give them a piece of paper to plan it out first.
3rd: Teach about Positive Space vs. Negative Space. Instead of putting on the art (like Watercolors), we are taking away to create the art...
(if you google images - Positive space vs. negative space in art, you can see all sorts of black and white colors. Feel free to bring in any other ideas to get their creative juices flowing! Anything that is copied in black and white, they could replicate or get an idea from).
4th: Teach about light! Last month we talked, in the lesson, about what happens to an object when light hits it. If they choose to put a moon in their picture, they might want to make extra hash marks on that side of the tree since the light from the moon would be hitting it.
5th: Most importantly, have fun!!! In our mini class we talked about adding in details around the knots of the tree, putting hidden objects into the picture (like Bev Doolittle), having a fun art experience! Some kids may finish quicker then others... you can show them how to add more details.
This months lesson is centered on Trees and Scratch art.
Things you will need:
1. Red handled scratch Tools
2. Scratch board piece - 1 per student (Unfortunately, I ordered just the right amount for our school. You may have a child that feels like they want to try again... and, we just don't have enough to give out multiple pieces.)
3. Copies of examples
4. Wood samples
Lesson
- slideshow is on the website
- really focus on the different trees that are in our area
- Use it as a science lesson as well!! I have put a few tree samples (logs and tree cookies) in the art closet. Please feel free to take them and teach about them: how we know the age of a tree - by looking at the rings about its life... when the rings are close together vs. farther apart, look at the outside bark... how there are lines, texture, knots, etc.
Art project:
It will be scratch art. I have put photocopies of examples in the art closet. Please take as many as you need to put on the desks so that kids can look at them as examples. Here are some thoughts on things I would focus on.
1st: Teach about the tool that they will use. These are Adult tools, not Baby tools. They need to treat them appropriately (just like the ceramic tools that they used). They are very sharp and could hurt themselves, or others, or their classroom. So, if they can't handle them like adults, they will need to use baby tools ( you may bring in skewers just in case... although those are sharp, too :)).. or the handle of a paintbrush). I would tell them that we have confidence that they'll do a good job with them.
The best way to use this tool is short hash marks. If you do long ongoing lines.. your tool tends to get stuck.
2nd: There is NO WRONG WAY TO DO THIS!!! "There are no mistakes, just new directions, " Elida Fields If they feel like they make a scratch that they didn't intend, teach them about how they just change directions -- make it into a disappearing road, or a piece of grass, or turn it into a little flower. If they feel more comfortable, give them a piece of paper to plan it out first.
3rd: Teach about Positive Space vs. Negative Space. Instead of putting on the art (like Watercolors), we are taking away to create the art...
(if you google images - Positive space vs. negative space in art, you can see all sorts of black and white colors. Feel free to bring in any other ideas to get their creative juices flowing! Anything that is copied in black and white, they could replicate or get an idea from).
4th: Teach about light! Last month we talked, in the lesson, about what happens to an object when light hits it. If they choose to put a moon in their picture, they might want to make extra hash marks on that side of the tree since the light from the moon would be hitting it.
5th: Most importantly, have fun!!! In our mini class we talked about adding in details around the knots of the tree, putting hidden objects into the picture (like Bev Doolittle), having a fun art experience! Some kids may finish quicker then others... you can show them how to add more details.