Knowing this, I make it a point to make sure my students create something on DAY ONE. There are of course things I am required to cover on the first day, fire drills etc, locations of basic supplies etc.
I start the class with a quick Prezi:
http://prezi.com/8rp6whv3oawy/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
A few Memes and some basic directions for the days lessons.
After we go through the prezi, which I fly through, 10 minutes at the very most, we talk about the painting we are going to complete. my 7th and 8th grade students are on block schedule, they have 79 minute classes. 6th grade is still skinnied for electives and have 38 minute classes.
On the first day this year I decided to complete a collaborative project in which each student completes one piece of our big installation. 6th, 7th and 8th grade art students all complete one 8.5"x 8.5" painting.
First we look at Wassily Kandinsky's Concentric Circles. We have a very brief overview on utilizing tempera cakes, and then they are off!
Students begin in the center of their paper and paint a small circle. They switch colors and paint another circle around that one. they continue until they fill the paper.
I then took their papers, and mounted them onto black roll paper to be hung in the hallway all together to create a beautiful art installation, just days after school has started. This installation is going to be a traveling installation and will be moved around the building as the year goes on until it meets its final resting place in the conference room where important meetings are held :)
No comments:
Post a Comment