My daughter shows a fond interest in art. She loves all things painting, coloring, molding, etc. I really wanted to nurture that interest, and so we’ve started a new mother-daughter tradition: canvas painting. The idea is: we each get a canvas, or share one, and paint art that conveys a message or theme we’ve been talking about. We’ll display our art in my daughter’s room as a reminder of the experience we shared, and will switch up the wall displays with each new art adventure we take :). Here is our first set of canvases: The Theme/Message: We chose to have a star theme. “Reach for the stars” is the first quote that came to myContinue reading
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8 Ways to Teach Landscape Art
Landscapes are so beautiful to look at, which is why it is so great to teach your students how to recreate them. There are so many artistic principles that can be taught through a landscape unit. For example, you can create lessons around line, foreground & background, artistic messages, color representations and symmetry (to name a few). Landscape art also ties in really nicely with a Social Studies unit on Urban & Rural communities. Here are ways to teach landscape art. 1. Start with the sky: In this form of landscape art, the sky is the main feature. So naturally, students plan out their landscape by first painting/coloring the sky. I like the swirl approach,Continue reading