Art Curriculum- Week 2- 1 Point Perspective

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Week 2- 1 Point Perspective

Last week's lesson involved basic gridding. If you want to view it you can click here.

This week's lesson was 1 Point Perspective.

Artistic Movement: Renaissance

The project was good practice for watercolor painting with different methods and listening to instructions.

What you'll need:
-watercolors
-plain art paper of some kind (it doesn't have to be fancy but for water colors you want paper other than regular copy paper so that the watercolors have some texture to soak into)

Time: 40 minutes approx.

The original painting (pictured above) is something I found on Pinterest. I used it as a reference and quickly drew 7 rough copies of it using a sharpie.

I kept it basic, explained how when things are far away they get smaller and smaller whereas when things are closer they get bigger. I used a paint bottle on hand and I zoomed in back and forth in front of them.

This was another piece that I did step by step with the kids. I gave them one color at a time and we moved in stripes down the page. Blue-Orange-Yellow-Purple-etc.

For the red and orange ground I had them "messily" color within the lines with red leaving wide spaces. Then I gave them the orange and had them fill in all the white spots. I wanted there to be a bit of color mixing going on without creating mud.

The road we used black paint but I had them practice using lots of water with their brushes while taking tiny dabs of paint to achieve a lighter gray.

Overall: Easy and fun project. Simple cleanup (watercolors don't stain) and the kids love painting so it was a great learning experience.

In Addition: Something you might want to point out and explain is that cooler colors (blue, deep purple, etc) make things look farther away, while warmer colors (red, yellow, etc) make things appear closer. ;)

Related Posts:

Art Curriculum- Week 1- Gridding
Creating an Art Curriculum

(logging in 1 hour for prep and execution)

Creating An Art Curriculum

A glimpse of my plans... and my Lord of the Rings Marathon. <3

What I'm Working On

The past week I've been working on creating an Art Curriculum for middle grade children and younger.

It will take the kids through 6-7 major art movements in history. 3-4 projects devoted to each movement.

I'm trying to find a variety of projects that involve painting, cutting, and color usage.

Because the kids I'll be teaching (with the assistance of my mother and eldest sister) are an age group of 4-10 there are some basic motor skills that have not developed, as a result what I can do is limited. However there are still many delightful projects that can be accomplished.

This will be my Senior High Project, and so this will work beautifully as a place I can log my progress and hours in a pleasant manner that others might find useful or interesting.

What I've Accomplished So Far:

-Outlined 6 main movements of art + extra "Seasonal Fun" projects
-Figured out how to make a table in Microsoft Word
-Created a physical calendar + outlines in a Word Doc + Lists on my phone (all for project ideas)
-Come up with projects that will take the kids September-December this year
-Created 2 extra Pinterest boards which have proved amazing for pinning projects and ideas
-Gotten a good start on creating a parallel curriculum for my niece who's on the brink of highschool
-Enjoyed the pros of having 2 experienced teachers in the family who have fantastic resources and advice

The Parallel Curriculum

I'm creating a curriculum for my eldest niece who's on a more advanced level. It's following the same structure of artistic movements, but the projects vary from "advanced takes on the kids projects" to different aspects of the art movement itself.

She will be getting more challenges involving pencil, different tools like knives in painting, and photography, etc. She will also have a great deal more freedom with what she can pick and create whereas the Littles will have to be guided step by step for most of the projects.

Because she differs from the main projects and ideas I've created an entire table and list for her that follows the same dates and formula.

Eventually I hope to post the execution of each project and how the Littles (and my niece) handle the projects I pick out.

Basic Outline-

Major Art Movements:
Rennaisance
Post-Impressionism (Fauvism/Expressionism/Pointillism)
Cubism
Surrealism
Abstract Expressionism

Extra:
FALL
WINTER
SPRING

So far this experience has taught me that while I'm a hyper organized person I am not a tidy person. ;)
(Today I'm logging 7-8 hours for outlining, research, and planning)