Watercolor Shapes in Fourth Grade
Cubism and almost anything abstracted from reality is my favorite thing in art and in my opinion shows creativity. When I was back in elementary school I always dreaded art assignments or activities that required precision and rigid step by step directions. Blame it on my caregiver 's permissive parenting style but, I liked to do things independently. Following teacher’s direction in art, frustrated me when the final product didn 't look exactly like the teachers. It made me hate art. Much later in high school, I learned about Salvador Dali and more in depth about Pablo Picasso. Picasso’s Cubism of faces was my favorite. The art made me happy and kind of silly that a rectangle could me a nose. Learning that, …show more content…
Kate Morris explains: “I showed the students the colors that are next to each other on the color wheel are also next to each other in the watercolor paint trays. I spent a couple minutes quizzing them to check for understanding”. This teaches kids the role of colors and how they all connect to each other and develops craft in the art world by learning how to use tools like paint brushes, water colors, and salt (Hetland 6). The next part of the art project is to paint each shape a two or more different analogous color so in the middle it would bleed creating an ombre effect. Kate Morris describes using the salt: “I showed the students how to sprinkle a TINY bit of salt on the wet paint to create a texture. They always think it 's like magic to see the salt soak up the paint.” The salt portion would create an awesome variation in the color add a sensory feeling to their art. This art project is important because it teaches a lesson on shapes and colors and shows kids that their art project does not have to be exactly like the teacher’s or like any of the students. Choosing which analogous colors, shapes, and lines is up to the individual but, it still has enough instruction to be taught is a classroom setting. This assignment teaches that there isn’t no right or …show more content…
I feel like the structure we conveyed was “Demonstration-Lectures” because we were kind of pressed on time and conveying the information quickly and efficiently was ideal. A few of the “8 Studio Habits of Mind” that was used was Engage and persist and Express. Engage and persist because problems ultimately popped up but, one of us tried to help solve it or help the child embrace that their artwork looks different and that it’s still beautiful. Express because we had instruction but we left some wiggle room for each child to add their own touch to the
Cubism and almost anything abstracted from reality is my favorite thing in art and in my opinion shows creativity. When I was back in elementary school I always dreaded art assignments or activities that required precision and rigid step by step directions. Blame it on my caregiver 's permissive parenting style but, I liked to do things independently. Following teacher’s direction in art, frustrated me when the final product didn 't look exactly like the teachers. It made me hate art. Much later in high school, I learned about Salvador Dali and more in depth about Pablo Picasso. Picasso’s Cubism of faces was my favorite. The art made me happy and kind of silly that a rectangle could me a nose. Learning that, …show more content…
Kate Morris explains: “I showed the students the colors that are next to each other on the color wheel are also next to each other in the watercolor paint trays. I spent a couple minutes quizzing them to check for understanding”. This teaches kids the role of colors and how they all connect to each other and develops craft in the art world by learning how to use tools like paint brushes, water colors, and salt (Hetland 6). The next part of the art project is to paint each shape a two or more different analogous color so in the middle it would bleed creating an ombre effect. Kate Morris describes using the salt: “I showed the students how to sprinkle a TINY bit of salt on the wet paint to create a texture. They always think it 's like magic to see the salt soak up the paint.” The salt portion would create an awesome variation in the color add a sensory feeling to their art. This art project is important because it teaches a lesson on shapes and colors and shows kids that their art project does not have to be exactly like the teacher’s or like any of the students. Choosing which analogous colors, shapes, and lines is up to the individual but, it still has enough instruction to be taught is a classroom setting. This assignment teaches that there isn’t no right or …show more content…
I feel like the structure we conveyed was “Demonstration-Lectures” because we were kind of pressed on time and conveying the information quickly and efficiently was ideal. A few of the “8 Studio Habits of Mind” that was used was Engage and persist and Express. Engage and persist because problems ultimately popped up but, one of us tried to help solve it or help the child embrace that their artwork looks different and that it’s still beautiful. Express because we had instruction but we left some wiggle room for each child to add their own touch to the