Edwards E.S. Home-Based Art Education

Here's a fun little project that you can do with your friends and family...a Mystery Word Painting! Grab a white crayon, paper, watercolor paint, and a plastic card or strong piece of cardboard, and let's create! Aquí hay un pequeño proyecto divertido que puedes hacer con tus amigos y familias ... ¡una pintura misteriosa de palabras! Tome un crayón blanco, papel, pintura de acuarela y una tarjeta de plástico o un pedazo de cartón fuerte, ¡y creemos! Watch the video below to see the process. Mire el video a continuación para ver el proceso. You can also hide figures or animals in your mystery paintings! ¡También puedes esconder figuras o animales en tus misteriosas pinturas! If you don't have paint, dip markers into water to create your own watercolors! ¡Si no tiene pintura, ¡sumerja los marcadores en agua para crear tus propias acuarelas! Resources: Cassie Stephens Chalk Academy New Brunswick Public Library Si

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere , Grant Wood, 1931,  Oil on Masonite Here, Grant Wood depicts the legendary story of the American patriot Paul Revere, as learned from an 1863 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. From a bird’s-eye view, the painting shows Revere on horseback racing through a colonial town square in Massachusetts. Despite the work’s historical subject matter, Wood did not attempt to depict the scene with factual accuracy. The houses are overly bright, as if lit by electric light, and the dramatic moonlight casts unrealistic shadows. The stylized houses, geometric greenery, and high perspective give the painting an otherworldly or dreamlike dimension. Socratic Seminar : Opening (Identify the Main Ideas from the Text) : What is the most interesting detail in this painting? (round-robin response) What is so interesting about that detail? (spontaneous discussion) Core (Analyze Textual Details) : Why do you think the foreground of this painting is lit u

1. Draw Shadows/Dibujar sombras: Lleve juguetes o una taza de café afuera cuando esté soleado. Póngalos en el suelo y vea dónde la sombra es. Pon tu papel bajo de la sombra y dibuja con una línea para encontrar la forma del sombra. Puedes completar el dibujo con color y detalles. 2. Draw Outdoors/Dibujar fuera: Crea dibujos de tiza sobre cemento. Encuentra un lugar seguro dibujar. Estos dibujos son ideas que son dibujado grande para que haya espacio para estar el dibujo. ¿Quieres ser un superhéroe o mariposa? ¿Cuales son tus ideas Si no lo hace tenga tiza en la acera, dibuje en papel su idea. 3. Draw a New Mouth for Your Pet/Dibuja una nueva boca para tu mascota: ¿Tienes una mascota gato o perro? Si lo haces, tu puede dibujar una nueva sonrisa o una boca tonta para tu mascota. Use un trozo pequeño de papel y lápiz. Adiviértete con tu dibujo, sostenlo delante dela boca de la mascota y toma una foto. Sé gentil. 4. How are You Feeling?/¿Como te sientes? Mira el medidor de

  Process : 1. Draw the block letter first. 2. Add diagonal lines, all going in the same direction. 3. Connect the diagonal ends as shown. Extension Activity : Doodle Name Art 1. Write you name in pencil, with lots of space in between letters. 2 . Draw Block letters around the stick letters. 3. Add an even outline around the block letters.  4. Draw some bubbles attached. 5. Fill in with more bubbles until the art looks balanced.  6. Add round lines. Color your name with warm or cool colors. Use opposite colors for the background. Can you think of other, creative ways to make letters?  The Color Wheel : Listen to the book,  Chicka Chicka Boom Boom , by Bill Martin, Jr. It's a great story about letters set to music.  Resources : UX Planet Art Projects for Kids Tes Teach Chicka Chicka Boom Boom , Bill Martin, Jr., Video by Dan P. Lyons

MEET THE ARTIST : Dongi Lee is a pop artist from Seoul, South Korea. He is best known for his character named Atomouse. This character is a combination of Atom, from Japanese animation, and Mickey Mouse, from American animation. Dongi uses Atomouse to bring lightness to heavy topics, and show the conflict between fiction and reality, as well as cultural convergence. These artworks the progression of Dongi's character "Atomouse" from 1999 to 2017.     How has Atomouse changed over the years?  What do you think caused these changes? Lesson :                            +     =  Identify Characteristics :  How is Atomouse a combination of these two characters from different countries? Process : Create your own original character by combining characteristics of two characters from a different cartoon, comic, or anime! My Character: __________________ Student Artwork :                 Reflection : How does this artwo