Faith Ringgold 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:

Faith Ringgold Inspired Quilt Project

Discussion

·        Faith Ringgold was born in Harlem in 1930. She received a degree in art education from the City College of New York and was an art teacher long before she became a professional artist.

·        She is best known for her painted story quilts but also creates sculptures, mosaics, performance art and children’s books.

·        Faith Ringgold became famous for her innovative “story quilts.” Each of these artworks, which are pieced together of painted canvas and fabric, tells a story. The quilts feature narrative images and texts handwritten on sections of fabric.

SOURCE: https://kinderart.com/art-lessons/arthistory/faith-ringgolds-story-quilts/

Materials needed

Pencil (to write the child’s name on the back of the work)

8” X 8” 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 (older children option will need two pieces). 

Construction paper cut in 2” x 2” squares

Glue

scissors

sharpies

yarn (optional)

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.

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.

 

2.   Cut your squares into triangles.  For younger students, help them find a system so they won’t get overwhelmed with all the paper.

3.Begin the gluing process of taking different color triangles and matching them together; glue the triangles on your 8” x 8” piece of paper.

4.Soon the students will see the quilt design coming together.

5.When filled, glue the 8”x8” page to a full-sized piece of construction paper.

6.To give your piece more of a quilted effect, take a sharpie and add accents to the end of each side of the quilt pattern.

 

2.   Another option: add yarn as the accent.

3.   Maybe even add both.

Option: Students can draw a picture on a white piece of paper and glue it in the middle of the quilt.

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Henri Matisse Elementary Art Lesson Pre-K to 6th Grade

Josey’s Art School

Presents

Art with the Masters Series

By

Robin Norgren, M.A.

This Lesson: Matisse “Vase of Amaryllis”

Discussion

·        In 1889 Henri came down with appendicitis. During his recovery his mother got him some art supplies for something to do. He fell in love with painting and art. He decided he wanted to become an artist.

·        Henri began to explore painting. His mother encouraged him not to follow the normal rules of art, but to try out new things and to paint his emotions.

·        Matisse painted his first masterpiece in 1897. It was called The Dinner Table. He continued to paint being influenced by artists such as van Gogh and Cezanne.

SOURCE: https://www.ducksters.com/biography/artists/henri_matisse.php

Materials needed

Pencil (to write the child’s name on the back of the work)

8.5x11 or 9x12 white cardstock/precut poster board – 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

Oil Pastels or Crayons (at least one white crayon/pastel)

Pens

Watercolor paint

Aprons

Length of Time/Duration of project:

30 minutes

Prep work:

-      Gather the materials

-      For younger students, you may want to draw dotted lines that break the page into 4 quadrants.

This should take no more than 20-30 minutes

Instructions

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.

2.   (For older students) draw dotted lines that break the page into 4 quadrants.

3.   Using the dotted lines as your guide, draw one side of the vase in whatever shape you like in the left-hand side of the quadrants.  Then mirror the shape you created on the right-hand side of the quadrants.

4.   Draw an oval shape around the vase.

5.   Create a design on the vase.

6.   Add fruit to the plate.

7.   Using oil pastels or crayons, draw 2or 3 styles of flowers with stems coming from the top of the vase.

8.   Color in the fruit. 

9.   With white crayon/oil pastel and one other color draw patterns in each of the 4 quadrants: lines, x’s, polka dots are some ideas.

10.    Finish filling the page with color using watercolor paint. Outline pencil marks with pen if desired.

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