Pipecleaner man & Wire Armature

These are not my work.
I was not at this class but as I want to have all these activities available to me I am including them in my portfolio.

Pipecleaner Man:
-fold in half, make a loop for the head
-twist at the hips and then make the legs
-a good preclude to the wire armature

Wire Armature:
-take a piece of wire about the length of your armspan
-fold in half, make a loop for the head
-make the arms 3 head lengths long
-twist for the torso
-extend hips and legs
-you can build it up with foil and then papermache.

Plastercine on Styrofoam

-take a piece of styrofoam
-add plastercine to make whatever scene you want
-use scissors and toothpicks for texture.

Landscape with Water Colour

-use water colour paper and water colour paint will work better
-draw the horizontal line
use various painting techniques

Tessellation and Painting techniques

Tessellation: cut out a figure, then trace it over and over again

Scraffito: paint and then scratch the surface
Pointillism: point with various dots
Gradated Wash: add colour, then add water
Dry Brush: put paint on brush, then wipe off and point.
Frottage: add separate colours, add water to blend
Wet on Wet: wet the paper, then add wet paint
Sponge Painting: paint ith sponge dipped in paint
Oil Pastel resist: put oil pastel, then paint (they will resist)

Complimentary colour Wheel

-pick two complimentary colours
-fold a piece of paper in half, then then again, and then again
-draw the lines to make the 8 rectangles in charcoal
-begin with the light colour and mix the shades accordingly to make the scale

Monochromatic Scale

-take a piece of paper and fold it in half, and then again, and then again so that there are 8 rectangles
-take charcoal and draw a line to form each rectangle (the charcoal keeps the paint from spreading into the other rectangle)

Colour Wheel and Mixing Colours

-draw a circle, with a line and an x to make a colour wheel
-fill in the colours
-draw lines to divide the paper into 10 spaces
-have the students colour each space a different colour.

This copy is not completed but if you follow the instructions it will be!

Primary Colour Wheel

-fold a piece of paper in half
-draw a v to make lines to the end of the page
-fill in the primary colours (B R Y)
-fill in the secondary (O P G)
fill in the blended colours
-paint the colours to make the wheel

Positive and Negative Space and Pop-up Weave

Pop-Up Cards

Talking Head with Folded Paper

Pop-up Card with Triangle Folds

Pop up Card with Cut

Straight Weave and Organic Weave

-make slits 3/4 of the way up
-make strips of a different colour
-make sure to use contrasting colours
-weave between the first one
-add enough to complete the weave
glue the edges

Paper Cut outs

Hard cover book

Paper Book

One piece of paper equals 4 page book

Principles of Design

-have students create their own principles of design with construction paper
-make sure they use contrasting colours

Perspective of a Circle

-start with a circle at the base
-keep drawing circles up and extending them to make ovals
-draw the lines up the sides

Two Point Perspective

-Draw the horizon line in the middle of the page
-draw the vanishing point on each side of the line
-draw a vertical line that extends above and below
-extend lines to the vanishing points
draw vert lines to close the building
-make sure windows follow the vanishing points too

I found a video on YouTube so I thought I'd throw it in here too, it's a good demonstration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMNG2xBq8dA

Block Name in one point perspective

-Draw a horizontal box near the bottom of the page
-divide the box into the boxes need to make your name
-make a vanishing point near the top
-extend all boxes to the vanishing point
-draw in letters
-erase lines not needed
-shade in areas not needed

One Point Perspective

-draw the vanishing point in the middle of the page
-draw a box
-extend lines down to the vanishing point
-connect the base and sides with vertical and horizontal lines

Transparent box

-Draw the horizon line
-draw the two vanishing points on the line
-draw a vertical line
-extend lines on the top and bottom of the vanishing points
-draw vertical line to connect the top and bottom
-now that the outside of the box is done:
-draw a vertical line up the back of the box (where th corner was created)
-start at the corners and draw a line to the opposite anishing point to connect to the inside corner.

Still life with Different Mediums

These are representations of still life works using different mediums.
I must clarify that these are not my works, I was not able to make it to the class where these were done and thus did not have the different mediums that they required.
1)Still life collage
2)Still Life with Pastel and Water Colour
3)Still Life with Chalk
4)Still Life with Pastel
5)Still life with chalk on Coloured paper.

Shading with Words

Use words to shade the parts of the drawing
Overlap to create deep shadows and write larger to create lighter areas.

Still life with Marker and Water

This is not my work. I wasn't in this class but still wanted to have the idea in my portfolio because it is a great activity.
It uses a different medium to create different textures.

The Rule of Thirds

Drawing techniques

These are various ways to shade parts of a picture.

Drawing Real Life

-Really look closely at the lines as you draw and try to replicate them.

Figures in gesture

Draw lines and then circles
then draw the ovals
keep the body 8 head lengths long.

Self Portrait

Take your time and really look at the features in the mirror.

I also Found a good lesson using symbolism in a self portrait...

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/Caroline-portait.htm

Upside Down Drawing

Have students look at the lines when they draw

Cartoon Faces

fun for kids to draw different expressions.

Here is a link to a YouTube video that can help:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNZCcz4MBcs

Proportions of the Body

-8 head lengths tall
-hips are in the middle
-draw lines, then add ovals
-elbow is where the belly button is
-bottom of hands is at the bottom of the hips

Portions of the face

-eyes in the middle of the face
-the head is 5 eye widths wide
-the eyebrows shape the face, often when someone has a strong resemblance it is because of the eyebrows
-the centre of the eye is the outside corners of the mouth
-the inner corners of the eye determine the width of the nose
-the bottom of the eyebrow is where the top of the ear is
-the bottom of the nose is where the bottom of the ear is.

Blind and Semi-blind Contour Drawings

Close eyes and draw a self portrait without lifting the pen.

Semi-Blind contour: same idea but can look at the paper-try not to though.

Gesture Drawings

1st Activity
do not lift pen, look in mirror while drawing what you see, do not look down at drawing.

2nd activity
do not lift pen, have twice as long as you had before, can't lift pen off paper.

Story of Opposites

Tell/read a story that describes opposites. Have students draw as you read.

Repetition of a Line

Students start with a few lines and repeat them time after time until the page is filled in.

Value of Shades

Students could do this at the beginning of a lesson or mini unit on drawing or shading.