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Draw A Face
Learners discover how to sketch a face. In this sketching lesson, students explore the steps to construct a facial drawing. Spacing and symmetry of facial features are explored.
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Facial Studies Through Creation of a Face Jug
Young scholars study facial expressions and create a face jug. In this facial study lesson, students look at images of face jugs through history before drawing thumbnails of facial images. They use the coil method to make a jug, and use...
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Draw Johann Sebastian Bach
Young scholars sketch a portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach. In this portrait lesson, students discover the elements of drawing a face. Young scholars manipulate curved lines and shading to create an original piece of art.
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Invent - A - Saurus
Fourth graders get to invent their own dinosaur! This is done by using a very clever worksheet embedded in the plan. The worksheet leads them through naming their dinosaur by having explanations of the Latin terminology that is used with...
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Identifying the Problem in a Story
Model how to identify and describe the problem in a story with Eve Bunting’s My Red Balloon. Then guide your learners through the process with Olivia and the Missing Toy. For independent practice, individuals draw a picture and write a...
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Face Study: Draw the Other Half
Build fine motor, spatial, and drawing skills by having the class complete the other half of a portrait. They choose an image of a face from a magazine, then attempt to draw the other half of the face as accurately as they can. Two book...
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About Faces and Fractions
Third graders review concepts of fractions, and one-half. They discuss self portraits and the relationships of eyes, nose and mouth to the whole face. Students create base-line self-portraits. On the second day, 3rd graders observe and...
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Making Faces
Students analyze facial expressions on artifacts. For this artifacts lesson, students examine facial expressions on artifacts. Students draw a face with an expression of their choice.
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Portrait Drawing Using a Model - Activity 1
Students create a realistic portrait using a live model and charcoal in this introductory art lesson on portrait drawing. A video and resource links are included to aid in instructional strategies.
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Perspective and Leonardo’s “Perspectograph”
Filippo Brunelleschi's invention of linear perspective during the Renaissance was further developed by his apprentice, a young artist named Leonardo da Vinci. Now modern artists can give da Vinci's famous perspectograph a try...
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Using Light and Shadow to Create a Sense of Character
Students heighten awareness and mastery of the subtle factors of drawing technique. Activities focus solely on the human figure, particularly the face. students list 5 of elements of light and shadow which affect portrayal of character...
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Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas
Art is a great way to convey or express an idea. Learners choose an idiom, draw it, and use transfer paper to create photograms. They discuss how why they chose the phrase they did, and how they expressed that idea through their...
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Cornshuck Dolls
Students are shown examples of dolls from the Appalachian mountains area. Using corn, they trim as many shucks as they need and soak them in water. Using the shucks, they follow a set of instructions to make a cornshuck doll. To end the...
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City Streets: A Fold-up of a Street Lined with Buildings
After walking in a nearby neighborhood, have your class create this amazing city street pop-up. They study the facades of the buildings they see, focusing on geometric line, shape, and architecture. They then draw, cut, and create a city...
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Picture a Tarantula
Students create an illustration based upon a read-aloud. In this visual arts lesson plan, students listen to the book The Tarantula Scientist and listen for details. Students create a picture based upon what they imagined during the...
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A Way with Words or Say What?
Students explore the language of Shakespeare. In this literature lesson, students examine words invented by Shakespeare as they interpret their meanings in drawings. Students pantomime the meanings and then write a short story...
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A Model of Three Faults - Part One
Young scholars construct a fault model using the Fault Model Sheet imbedded in this plan. They create a 3 dimensional model of the Earth, and use dashed lines to illustrate where the fault lies. A discussion of faults follows the...
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Vegetable Faces: A Guiseppe Archimboldo Portrait Study
Students create drawings of vegetable faces.In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify various vegetables, which they use as models to create drawings. Students experiment with the vegetable drawings by adding faces to their...
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Facial Tattoos or Face Painting
Students use a grid-like method to create a life-size self-portrait from a 3X5 black and white photo. They explore the different customs and rituals surrounding face painting from ancient through modern civilizations. Students create a...
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Face It!
Learners experiment with proportions and drawing in this excellent Art lesson for grade 5-8. The lesson includes a PowerPoint slide show and requires the use of the educational software entitled "MatchWho". Students are required to use...
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A Chair For My Mother
Students create art inspired by literature. In this literature lesson, students read A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams and then design cards and draw gifts they would present to new neighbors.
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Smile For Leonardo
Students engage in a lesson that focuses upon the artwork of Leonardo Da Vinci. They are introduced to a biographical sketch of the artist with the guidance of the teacher. Students recall an emotional experience and think of the feeling...
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Using Math to Draw the Mayflower
Third graders access information from a website about the Pilgrims trip on the Mayflower and discuss the number of people on the ship and the time they spent on the ship. They draw, label and measure the Mayflower to perspective.