Betye Saar Elementary Art Lesson Pre-K to 6th Grade
Josey’s Art School
Presents
Studying Art with the Masters
By
Robin Norgren, M.A.
This Lesson:
Betye Saar – “Eye”
Artist: Betye Saar (American, born 1926)
Title: Eye
Medium: acrylic on cut leather w/mirror collage
Size: 8.5 x 13.75 in. (21.6 x 34.9 cm.)
Discussion
Betye Saar is an American artist known for assemblage and collage works. “I'm the kind of person who recycles materials, but I also recycle emotions and feelings,” the artist has explained.
Later in her career, Saar began combining her prints with other objects, such as found photographs, or placing them in window frames.
Saar transitioned to placing her artwork within boxes. Some of these objects were gathered by the artist during trips throughout the world, including Europe, Mexico, and Haiti, or at swap meets and flea markets in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: https://hammer.ucla.edu/now-dig-this/artists/betye-saar
Materials needed
Pencil (to write the child’s name on the back of the work)
Large sized lunch bag
Construction paper – one for each page
Glue
scissors
various colors of tempera paint
water bowls and paintbrushes
Baby wipes
Aprons
Length of Time/Duration of project:
30 minutes
Instructions
You have a few options for how you want to proceed with developing the main thrust of the project. I work with 3-5 year olds in a Montessori setting. This means that you are met with a gamut of skill levels. Some children will have no problem handling more of the details of this project which means less time needed to prep and more of the experience for the way the artistic process works is offered to the child. I have attempted to give you two ends of the spectrum but please feel free to modify as needed.
- Take your lunch bag that you are using as the base for the project and write the child’s name on the back of the paper or let them write their names on their own.
2. Draw a football shape on your lunch bag.
3. Draw parallel lines within your shape. Add the pupil.
4. Design your eye either mimicking the artist’s work or create your own design.
5. Use construction paper to add the pupil. Add details with paint; I also painted the pupil.
6. Create the eyelid with construction paper and glue it within the crease of the paper bag.
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Terrell Powell Elementary Art Lesson Pre-K to 6th Grade
Josey’s Art School
Presents
Studying Art with the Masters
By
Robin Norgren, M.A.
This Lesson: Terrell Powell
Owls
Discussion
· Terrell Powell likes memories, dreams, and everyday life to inspire my work.
· Powell loves to have surprises happen in a painting.
· He says, “For me the uncertainty of what will happen in a painting is an essential aspect of making art.”
Source: http://www.skylinearteditions.com/terrell-powell/
Materials needed
Pencil (make sure to write the child’s name on the back of the work)
Black pen (optional)
1 piece - 8.5x11 piece of heavy weighted paper; perhaps watercolor but more weight than copy paper.
This is a lesson that can be adapted in many ways depending on the age and skill level of your classroom.
Watercolor paint
Water bowls
Water
Paint brushes of varying sizes
Aprons
Length of Time/Duration of project:
30-40 minutes
Prep work:
Gather the materials
Create a sample
This should take no more than about 20 -30 minutes
Instructions
1.Take your piece of paper that you are using as the base for the project and write the child’s name on the back of the paper or let them write their names on their own.
2.This lesson has a directed drawing component to it. Place your paper long side down on the table. Draw a circle in the middle of the page. This will be the face of the owl in the middle.
3. Draw stylized eyes, a beak and cheeks in the middle of the circle.
2. Add a “U” underneath the circle to be used as the body of the owl.
3. Add rounded triangles on each side of the body for the wings. Add slim rectangles for the legs underneath the body. Add geometric shapes to the body and wings similar to the ones seen in the sample painting.
4. Draw an owl on the left of this owl -this one with the beak on top of the circle.
5. Draw the owl on the right with the beak on the left side of the circle.
6. Here is another sample of the markings to use on the owls.
7. Paint your drawing.
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Georgia O'Keefe Elementary Art Lesson Pre-K to 6th Grade
Josey’s Art School
Presents
Studying Art with the Masters
By
Robin Norgren, M.A.
This Lesson:
Georgia O’Keefe
“Black Mesa Landscape”
Discussion
· When Georgia O’Keeffe was a little girl, her mother used to read history and travel stories to her every night before bed.
· At the peak of her career, O’Keeffe left New York and moved to the exotic expanse of the Southwest to live a solitary life.
· O’Keeffe’s love for the landscape and energy of the Southwest shimmers with growing vibrancy. It was there, under the endless skies and fiery sunsets of the Southwest, that O’Keeffe developed not only the remarkable mastery of color for which she is known but also the most essential tool of all art — the ability to pay attention, to look and actually see.
Source: https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/10/22/georgia-okeeffe-southwest/
Materials needed
Pencil (to write the child’s name on the back of the work)
8.5x11 or 9x12 white cardstock/precut poster board/140lb watercolor paper – something with a bit more stability to it than copy paper in order to withstand the amount of paint and glue your students will be using. You will need enough for each participant to use as the base for his/her artwork
Paintbrushes and water bowls
YOUR CHOICE: Tempura/Acrylic/Watercolor paints
Rulers (optional)
Baby wipes
Aprons
Length of Time/Duration of project:
30 minutes
Prep work:
- Gather the materials
This should take no more than about 20 -30 minutes
Instructions
You have a few options for how you want to proceed with developing the main thrust of the project. I work with 3-5 year olds in a Montessori setting. This means that you are met with a gamut of skill levels. Some children will have no problem handling more of the details of this project which means less time needed to prep and more of the experience for the way the artistic process works is offered to the child. I have attempted to give you two ends of the spectrum but please feel free to modify as needed.
1. Take your piece of white paper that you are using as the base for the project and write the child’s name on the back of the paper or let them write their names on their own. We will be creating 4 different types of lines to represents the texture of the landscape seen in Miss O’Keefe’s painting.
2. We added a bit more of a jagged edge to this line.
3. This line contains more softened bumps with a dip towards the middle. You can tie in geography terms here if you like to represent each of the lines.
4. Last line which represents the mountain range.
5. You may choose to designate colors for each of the segments like the original painting or add in discussion about the color wheel and which colors compliment/contrast with each other.
6. I will show you the colors my students chose to use.
7. I used a combination of watercolor and acrylic paint.
8. We talked about how to add texture with our paintbrush. You use a tapping motion with the thicker paint on top of the thinner paint.
9. For the mountain range, we alternated between black and white and did a little color mixing to get shades of gray.
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Lipunja Elementary Art Lesson Pre-K to 6th Grade
Josey’s Art School
Presents
Studying Art with the Masters
By
Robin Norgren, M.A.
Lipunja
This Lesson: Aboriginal Art
Discussion
-Aboriginal art represents renewal in the culture. It shows the resilience and adaptability traditional Indigenous family systems.
-A stunning example of the painting of Lipunja. Lipunja was one of the founding artists of the Milingimbi’s Contemporary Art movement.
-Lipunja’s work can be found in collections all over the world - including the Kluge Ruhe, USA.
Source: http://www.milingimbiart.com/publications/choosing-who-will-keep-the-stories-strong-the-garrawurra-artists-of-milingimbi/
Materials needed
Pencil (make sure to write the child’s name on the back of the work)
Black pen (optional)
1 piece of 9”x12” mixed media paper or cardstock – something heavier weight than copy paper
This is a lesson that can be adapted in many ways depending on the age and skill level of your classroom.
Acrylic paint – white/yellow/orange/brown/black
sponges
Paintbrushes/water bowls/paper towels
Aprons
Length of Time/Duration of project:
30-40 minutes
Prep work:
Gather the materials
Create a sample
This should take no more than about 20 -30 minutes
Instructions
1. Take your piece of paper that you are using as the base for the project and write the child’s name on the back of the paper or let them write their names on their own.
2. This lesson has a directed drawing component to it.
3. This diagram shows the center of the page.
4.Turn the two circles that connect with petals to make a flower.
5.Create ladders to touch the edge of the page.
2. Create hills that connect the ladders.
3. The structure begins to look like the bridge.
4. Create the horizontal borders.
2. Take sponges and use the paint (except black) to design the painting.
3. Paint the background in between in black – I would have younger students use a black crayon instead of black paint.
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Kids Art Masters: Sunflowers with Vincent Van Gogh
Week 6 in the Montessori Primary Classroom and we are studying one of Vincent Van Gogh's most famous series of paintings: Sunflowers
I am finally getting back in the swing of documenting but unfortunately the first few weeks I did not take pics of the creations made in the Primary classroom.
As an aid to other attempting to bring more art into the Montessori classroom I will make more of effort to document my findings.
Week 1 we introduced symbols of peace - the traditional peace sign, the dove, a lotus flower and a tree of peace
Week 2 I started with the Concentric Circles of Kandinsky
Week 3 I introduced Paul Klee and his beautifully shaped architecture
Week 4 I offered the texture and color of Mark Rothko
Week 5 I demonstrated color and texture with Claude Monet and his lovely bridge painting
Kids Art Project: Donuts and Sugar and Stripes Oh My?
Kids Art Projects: Monet's Garden Houses
Fun Art Folk Art: Puppy and Butterfly
Fun Art Folk Art: Flowers in a Vase Monet Style
Fun Art Folk Art: Cows and Donuts
Fun Art Folk Art: Llama Family
Fun Art Folk Art: Frida Kahlo
