MET Museum

Educational Resoures from the MET.

http://www.metmuseum.org/education/index.asp

Space

Space in artwork makes a flat image look like it has form. Space can be added by:

-overlapping: place an object in front of another and makes the object in front look closer

-changing size: an object that is smaller looks like it is smaller, in the distance, and an object that is larger looks closer

-using perspective: objects can be drawn on a flat surface to give an impression of their position and size

Space Vocab:

behind, distance, front, overlapping, size, vanishing, perspective, point

Painitng Activity:

Tonal Silhouette: Paint a wash of colour on paper using broad sweeping strokes in a horizontal pattern. Draw tree shapes on black construction paper and glue them on the paper.

Literature Reference:

Ringgold, F. (1991). Tar Beach. New York: Crown Publishing.

Artwork Reference:

The Studio by Jacob Lawrence, 1977.

Value

Value is the lightness or darkness of any colour.

At full value they appear strong and bright

Mixed with white they appear muted.

Mixed with black they appear as darker tones or shades.

Value Vocab: 

bright, infinite, light, muted, strong, tint, tone, scale

Painting Activity: 

Monochromatic Study: Paint an image in one colour.  Mix it with black and white for shading and highlighting.

Literature Reference:

Lisle, L. (1997). Portrait of an Artist: Georgia O’Keefe. Washington, DC: Washington Square Press.

Artwork Reference: 

Indian Church by Emily Carr

Madonna of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci

Texture

Texture can be created in pictures by using a repetition of lines and shapes.

Texture Vocab: 

bumpy, fluffy, feel, hard, smooth, prickley, touch, grainey

Sculpture Activity:

Use a variety of carving tools to create 5 different textures on a piece of clay.  (fill up the entire surface area with texture)

Literature Reference: 

Ehlert, L. (1995). Snowballs. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company.

Artwork Reference:

Ecriture No. 931215 by Seo-Bo Park, 1993.

Red Currant Jelly by Mary Pratt, 1972.

Form

Form: when a flat 2-D shape is bent to create another dimension including height, width, and length is created.

Common Forms:

cylinders, cones, spheres, cubes, pyramids, and prisms

Form Drawing Activity:

Shoe Drawing: Take off your shoe. Observe it from a variety of angles. Draw it in profile using light, middle, and dark areas. Use different hardness and softness of pencils to create a greater effect.

Literature Reference:

Benton, J.R. (1997). Holy Terrors: Gargoyles on medieval buildings. New York: Abbeville Press Inc.

Artwork Reference:

Haida Grizzly Bear by Bill Reid, 1990.

Cabbage by Dulcie Foo Fat

Art Class Tuesday, March 4, 2008.

Created Arpilleras. Class watched a video on Chilean Arpilleras to understand how quilt making can be a social political activity.

Group chooses a theme for the quilt. Each individual in the group creates a patch of the quilt that will correspond with the larger group theme once it is put together as a quilt.

My group chose an enviroment/enviromental theme. My individual quilt patch was an ocean scene, with sea shore, and sky.

Materials needed:

-rags that can be cut into squares (a huge container can be bought at costco or walmart.   When cutting rags it is easier to have a template size to work from otherwise all the squares might be a different size after you patch the group quilt together.

-thread (different colours) use contrasting thread colour to material therefore you can see the stiching like a true apilleras

-felt, scraps of material used to create a picture, objects on square

-ribbon, feathers, beads, googly eyes for embellishments or borders

Art Class Tuesday, February 26, 2008.

Focused on Printmaking.

Materials needed: roller, paint, spatula, rolling board, chisel

Printmaking Materials: styrofoam, cardboard, string, soft linoleum tile, canvas

-Students per group decided on a theme before creating their prints so after making prints individually they could create a poster together relating to the same theme

 

Techniques in Printmaking

-use the spatula to transfer paint to rolling board

-use the roller to spread the paint around on the board (back and forth, side to side) spreading the paint into a square shape

-rolling the roller in the paint is called loading getting it ready to make a print

-using the styrofoam, take a pen and etch a picture into it, roll the loaded roller over the styrofoam, press the painted side of the styrofoam onto paper it will create a print (note: don’t use too much paint when you press or it will squish into the etched areas that are supposed to be outlined)

-use the string to arrrange a design on the cardboard, glue the string to the cardboard with a glue gun, roll the loaded roller over the picture and print onto paper

-use the chisel to etch a design into the soft laminate (need to make a deep impression for the best results of creating a picture that will transfer well in the print process) can print on paper or canvas

• students can experiment printing an object 10 times and write 1/10 depending on the number of prints it is

Colour

Colour is produced by rays of light on different wavelengths. Three primary colours blue, red, and yellow used to mix and create all the other colours. Mixing different amounts of colour changes the hue. The difference between colours is called the contrast. Complementary colours sit opposite each other on the colour wheel.

Colour Vocab

blend, cool, warm, muted, secondary, tertiary, tone

Colour Drawing Activity- Prism Design

Draw a triangle with pencil crayons in the center of a piece of cartridge drawing paper. Draw 7 lines radiating from each side of the triangle. Colour in the lines in the order that the colours appear in the spectrum.

Colour Literature Reference

Anholt, L. (1994). Camille and the Sunflowers: A story about Vincent Van Gogh. Hauppauge, NY: Barron’s Juveniles.

Colour Artwork Reference

Woodland Waterfall by Tom Thompson, 1916

Vancouver Art Gallery Website

http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/

One of the permanent exhibits is Emily Carr’s work.

   

    

Canadian Artists for Kids Website

http://www.artists4kids.com/home.php

 Molly Lamb Bobak                Ted Harrison