General Resources

Tiki Mulvihill Portable Prairie

Pia Andersen

Christo and Jean-Claude The Wall

Frank Chimero

Museum of Modern Art Modern Teachers' website:
http://moma.org/modernteachers/lessons.php?categoryID=guides

Vancouver Art Gallery:
http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/events_and_programs/school_education.html

Cyber Muse:
http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/home_e.jsp

Teaching Children Art. Jack A. Hobbs and Jean C. Rush. 1997. Prentice Hall.

John Lovett, artist sight with lessons and elements of design definitions.
http://www.johnlovett.com/default.htm

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/elem

Daily Drawing from my visual journal

Line, texture and colour study from my visual journal

Print Making

Plexiglass with Paint

Easy Cut Block and Burin

Prints are images made from ink and in multiple copies. In class we made them first from styrofoam, where an object with a point (pencil, marker, pen) is used to draw an image. The piece of styrofoam becomes the plate. Paint is applied lightly using a roller and the plate is pressed onto the material (paper, fabric) and the print is produced.

Next we used a piece of Easy Cut Block using a burin to carve out shapes.

Both these types of print are examples of intaglio, where prints are cut into the surface of the plate. There is also relief prints, where the plate has a raised surface to produce the print (such as a stamp). Woodcuts are an example of a relief print:

Edvard Munch's Separation II, 1896.

Prints are images made from ink and in multiple copies. In class we made them first from styrofoam, where an object with a point (pencil, marker, pen) is used to draw an image. The piece of styrofoam becomes the plate. Paint is applied lightly using a roller and the plate is pressed onto the material (paper, fabric) and the print is produced.

Next we used a piece of Easy Cut Block using a burin to carve out shapes.

Both these types of print are examples of intaglio, where prints are cut into the surface of the plate. There is also relief prints, where the plate has a raised surface to produce the print (such as a stamp). Woodcuts are an example of a relief print:


Some fantastic sites:
http://www.moma.org/interactives/projects/2001/whatisaprint/flash.html
This site is amazing. Interactive site with step by step instructions for woodcut, etching, lithography and screenprint. Lots of examples of artist works.

http://www.kinderart.com/printmaking/index.html
A great source of information and lesson plans.

http://www.worldprintmakers.com/english/opm.htm

Painting

Painting is an easy activity to coordinate in the classroom.

We started by exploring how to make colours using the three primary colours, red, blue and yellow. Orange is acheived by mixing yellow and red, purple by mixing red and blue and green by mixing blue and yellow. Mixing everything together produces brown.

The hues of colours can be manipulated by adding black or white. Adding white creates a tint, where lightness is increased. Adding black produces a shade of a colour and decreses light.

We then created a painting as a group that included all the colours (first image). Next we experiemented individually by painting with complementary colours (red and green, yellow and purple, blue and orange). We explored warm colours (red, orange, yellow) and cool colours (blue, green, purple).

Here are some excellent resources:
http://www.opusframing.com/how/handouts
How to handouts on all kinds of mediums.

http://www.artjunction.org/encounters_painting.php
Discusses preparing to paint, types of paint and what to paint.

Lawren Harris' Mount Lefroy

Georgia O'Keefe's Hibiscus with Plumeria

Jackson Pollack's Galaxy

Colour Wheel

Plaster

Cora L. Schroeder Sculpture

Making Plaster Finger Puppets

Using plaster sheets, cut into very small lengths. The plaster is activated by rubbing it. Dip pieces into lukewarm water, then mold them onto your finger. Keep adding pieces to build shape and texture. When that is achieved pull off puppet with care. Once it is dry it can be painted.

Resources:
http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/p/plaster.html