How to Fake it Like an Art Teacher ARTS Express 2018 by Christine Palmer TBH (as kids say) It s not really faking it. It s about trying some things out. Sometimes they work, other times not so well, and then you try again. To be a great art teacher you really just need to follow three simple steps: 1. Be Brave! 2. Provide Open-ended Opportunities 3. Provide Interesting Materials
Printmaking Tar Paper and Glue with Oil Pastels and Paint Iron-on Fabric Collage
Goodbye Diorama, Hello Retablo Jeronimo E. Lozano- Utah Artist!
The never-ending sketchbook will save your sanity. As an alternative to reading for fast finishers, provide your students with an art corner only available at certain times when quality work is passed off. I limit my students to one page at a time in their sketchbooks to ensure that they are doing their best work. Sketchbooks are accessible to the students and idea prompts* and materials are found in the art corner. *See some cool sketchbook prompts attached.
Utah Core Standard Connections These art methods can span many grade levels and core subjects. Here are just a few suggestions: Note: I always include some form of writing to accompany all project based learning even in Kindergarten See one example (A poet when they didn t know it ) attached Retablos: Life Cycles, Plants, Living and Non-living things, Things In the Sky, Communities, Day and Night, Pioneer Life, Famous Battles or Events, Ecosystems, Solar Systems/Planets, Under the Sea/Earth, Native American Dwellings, Migration of Animals, Habitats, Imaginary Worlds, Earth Changes, i.e., volcanoes, Egyptian Life, Holidays around the World Fabric Collage: Folk tales/fables, Arrays, Geometric Patterns, Architecture, Famous Journeys or Events (Pioneer, Historical), Family Traditions, Communities, Portraits, Creative Creatures, Patterns, Seasons, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Mythology Printmaking: Logos, National Symbols, Landscapes, Designs, Geometric and Organic Patterns, Patterns to create arrays or combine to create equations, Slogans, Advertisements, Portraits/Self-Portrait, Animals, Butterflies/Insects, Trees/Nature, Dinosaurs/ Fossils, Ancient Egypt, Middle Ages, Positive/Negative Space References and Resources: Jeronimo E. Lozano http://www.mastersoftraditionalarts.org/artists/194 Supplies: Sculpey Clay- Oven-bake clay (ANY polymer clay will do) Presto Foam for Printmaking (or you can use the bottom of Styrofoam plates from the dollar store) Tar Paper Available at Home Depot (Huge role $20 in roofing section & lasts forever) Brown or Rose Craft Paper Also called painters paper ($13 for Huge roll at Home Depot in paint section) Black Glue Elmer s All Purpose (not washable) glue mixed with a black acrylic paint Fabric Adhesive Wonder Under or Heat-n-Bond can be found cheapest by the roll at Walmart
Sketchbook Ideas Draw Your Happy Place Draw a Haunted House Create a new character for your favorite cartoon or video game Draw an Animal in a Costume Create a New Superhero Draw Food Doing Something Humans Do Create a Logo Using Your Initials Design a Ride at an Amusement Park Draw an Alien Dancing Design a Dream Car Draw Laughter Create a New Fish Draw What is Under Your Bed Draw a Teacher with Two Heads Draw a Strange Flavor of Ice Cream in a Cone Combine 3 Animals Together into a New Species Create a New Invention Fill a Whole Page with Eyes Create a New Musical Instrument Draw Something You Found Outside Draw Something You Found on the Floor Find Something Tiny and Draw it Humongous Draw Something You Hate to Eat in a Lovely Frame Draw Your Favorite Memory Draw an Owie You Got Create a New Flag Draw Yourself When You are 100 Draw Yourself Drawing Yourself Create a New Planet
Sketchbook Ideas (Continued) Design a Robot Design a Tree that will Grow Something Cool Draw Your Teacher Without Looking at Your Paper Draw Wings on Something that Should Not Have Wings Draw a Magical Garden Draw a Monster with Bad Breath Draw Something in a Cave Draw a Comic Strip Draw Your Feet... Draw on Your Feet Draw with Your Feet Design a Spaceship Design a Business Card for Yourself Draw Your Dream Real Bedroom Draw Your Dream Bedroom Make a Map of the School Make an Escape Route out of the School Make a Treasure Map Draw an Animal as a Pirate Draw Something You Fear Draw Something in the Deep Sea Draw Something Unexpected in the Deep Sea Draw a Food or Object Running Away Combine a Tool with an Animal Draw Your Dream Home Design a CD Cover for Your Favorite Band Draw Stuff About You Draw 5 Stems with Leaves and Draw Your Friends Heads Growing on Them Draw a Delicious Dessert
A poet when they didn t know it... By using formal structure of poetry, students are able to create a successful piece of writing while developing skills in Language Arts, Art Criticism, verbal communication, observation, and evaluation. A Cinquain is a Five Line Poem (adapted for elementary use) Line 1: One Word (one-word name or title) Line 2: Two Words (adjectives that describe) Line 3: Three Words (action verbs- ending in ing ) Line 4: Four Words (a four-word statement a complete sentence) Line 5: One Word (synonym, another noun or title) Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5,,,.