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Artful Emotions Lesson PlanArtful Emotions Lesson Plan
Publisher
National Gallery of Canada
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K - 3rd
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Visual & Performing Arts
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1 hr 30 mins
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Artful Emotions

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Blue is sad, and red is angry, but why is that? Young artists explore the expression of emotions through art by observing and creating artwork. Starting with a questioning session about images of art, this plan moves into a sculpture project. Individuals select a color and sculpt an animal.

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Concepts

cool colors, colors, elements of design, warm colors

Additional Tags

warm colors, cool colors, sculpture, elements of design, visual thinking strategies, joe fafard, visual and performing arts

Classroom Considerations

  • Find the images of the art in the Artwork and Artists and See and Compare sections of the webpage

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