The Dot

The learning goals for this activity is for you to develop comfort in naming
and experimenting with different art materials in your kit, to explore the
Element of Shape using the simple shape of a circle, and to connect Art with
Language Arts as you will be doing as an Elementary or Middle School
Teacher in a teaching environment that encourages integration.
Materials:
  • Water colour pencil crayons
  • Crayons
  • Crayola Felt Pens
  • Sharpies – 2 widths
  • Compass and pencil
  • ½ of your round stickers
  • Straw
  • Qtip
  • 1/4 of your paint
  • 1 piece of watercolour paper
  • Oil pastels

 

Directions: Play with the materials in your kit. What can each material do? Can you mix materials? Can the materials mix with each other? What kinds of dots can you make? Can the dots themselves make patterns or designs? You will be using these materials and ideas next week to create a Shape Art Work.
Method: For the pink flower I used water colour pencils and tried to make the centre of the petal circular with a light ombre to dark pink. For the blue flower I used felts to make the dots on the petals, centre, and stem then filled it in with water colour pencil. For the blue/green flower I cut up two circle stickers for the petals and leafs then used sharpie for the dots. For the orange flower I used a straw and paint for the flowers and felts for the stem. For the sun I used oil pastels blended by a q tip and two circle stickers.
Foam Stamp

This activity is to practice combining simple geometric shapes to make complex shapes.

Materials:

  • Foam Stickers
  • Crayola Felt Pens
  • 1/2 Piece of Watercolour Paper folded in half

Directions: Make a picture of pattern using the foam stickers on one folded half (1/4 sheet) of your water colour paper. Colour the foam stickers with Crayola felt pens then fold the paper to print your picture.

Hands on Shape Activity

Materials (bolded was used):

  • Q Tip
  • Watercolour pencil crayons
  • Paint
  • Oil pastels
  • Crayons
  • Oil pastels
  • Round stickers
  • Pencil
  • Compass
  • Water colour paper

Note: Vegetable oil was also used

Directions: Use the knowledge gained from your own and others
experimentation to plan a shape-inspired art work in your sketchbook
(rough plan) and created your piece on 1 piece of heavy water colour
paper. It can be a picture, a pattern or an abstract but should be
based on the Element of Shape.
Method: For my piece I was inspired by Ted Harrisons art work and my time star gazing in New Zealand. On the water colour paper I roughly sketched out my landscape focusing on large general outlines. I filled in the shapes with oil pastel and to blend colours and smooth the pastel into a paint like look I dipped a q tip in oil and rubbed it across the paper.

Artists:

Yayoi Kusama

Roy Henry Vickers

Unit Plan on Shape Grade 4 307A2021Unit Plan on Shape