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Introduction to K-6 Visual Arts Education

Introduction to K-6 Visual Arts Education. By Deirdre Russell-Bowie and Moira Gibson. Visual Arts. Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he or she grows up. (Picasso). The benefits of including the Visual Arts. Personal expression

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Introduction to K-6 Visual Arts Education

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  1. Introduction to K-6 Visual ArtsEducation By Deirdre Russell-Bowie and Moira Gibson

  2. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he or she grows up. (Picasso)

  3. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie The benefits of including the Visual Arts • Personal expression • Develops imagination & creativity • A vital form of communication of ideas & thoughts in a non-verbal way • Develops problem solving skills • Develops language • Fosters self esteem • Develops fine motor skills

  4. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Visual Arts Lessons • Introduction • Motivating • Set rules and routines • Use stimulus (picture, music, artwork, poem, story, etc) • Demonstration • If new skills are to be learned • Make explanations clear • Repeat instructions, question for understanding

  5. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Visual Arts Lessons Development of skills, techniques & creative artworks • Allow children time to be creative • Be available to comment, praise, encourage, extend, keep children on task • Plan ahead for early finishers • Reflection and sharing • Talk with children about their artworks • Teach and reinforce the language of art • Check achievement of indicators from lesson plan

  6. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Practical tips for art lessons • Collect resources NOW • Check out school resources • Check out libraries, internet sites • Keep materials clean, tidy, labelled • Develop routines • Have children bring art smock

  7. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts Syllabus • Making – Forms and Matter Forms (drawing, painting, S3D, printmaking, clay, fibre, electronic media) Matter (people, living things, objects, places & spaces, events) • Appreciating – their own work and others

  8. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Subject matter • People • Real • Imagined • Different cultures • Different contexts • Portraits • Realistic/abstract/cartoon

  9. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Subject matter • Emotions • Art can be used to express emotions • Use emotions as a stimulus for art • Often easier to draw than write about how you feel Unknown Joy: Unknown joy is a mystery but we keep trying to find it in the world around us. JB

  10. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Subject matter Other Living Things • Animals • Birds • Fish • Reptiles • Plants • Trees…. I am the independent falcon: I am like the independent falcon who lives by itself and doesn’t need anyone to follow. I am strong and I never give up. TD

  11. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Subject matter Objects • Still life • Fruit • Flowers • Vegetables • Toys • Cultural objects

  12. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Subject matter Places and Spaces • Landscapes • Cityscapes • Australia and overseas • Remembered / pictures • Real or fantasy • Outer space The Country: Australia is a very dry country, so I chose yellow and orange to show this.JL Sydney Harbour Bridge: from observation (Charcoal)

  13. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Subject matter Events • Celebrations • Special occasions • Festivals • Cultural, historical, religious • Direct experience • Reading / internet / pictures New Year’s Eve

  14. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Using the language of Art • Elements of Art • Line • Give artwork shape • Bring focus / emphasis • Define or separate an object • In the classroom • Draw contours • Life drawings • Still life • Buildings, squiggle pictures My life rules:This artwork represents my life because everything in it means something to me. The big heart stands for kindness. The 4-coloured ball represents fun. The fish represents love and hate. The road signifies my love of cars. KH

  15. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Elements of Art • Tone • Use of light and shade • Tonal quality affected by use of light and dark colours • In the classroom • Use spotlight to show how one side can be light and the other dark; draw or paint this effect Picasso-styled self-portrait uses tone to express the artist’s emotions.

  16. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Elements of Art • Colour • Primary colours • Secondary colours • Tertiary colours • Brown, Grey • Complementary colours • Opposite • Analogous colours • Near

  17. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Elements of Art • Colour • Cool Colours • Warm colours • Monochromatic colours(Colour + black/white) • In the classroom • Create artworks exploring the different categories of colours

  18. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Elements of Art • Texture • Smooth, bumpy • Rough, prickly • Silky, sharp • In the classroom • Create rubbings • Photograph actual textures • Create collages

  19. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Elements of Art • Shape • Flat, 2D area defined by a boundary • Geometric • Irregular • Use lines to form boundaries • Can make 2D look 3D • In the classroom • Draw 3D objects on paper, concentrate on outline and shape

  20. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Elements of Art • Form • 3D shape • The space that an object takes up in its environment • Looks different from different angles • In the classroom • Create sculptures, carvings, papier mache artworks

  21. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Elements of Art • Space • Area between shapes and forms • Perspective gives 2D depth and reality • Crowded, empty • Positive (object) or negative (area around object) • In the classroom • Draw landscapes with background, middle and foreground • Examine artworks for perspective and create similar artworks • Explore negative and positive space

  22. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Elements of Art • Pattern • All around us • Effective in art • Symmetrical / Asymmetrical • Geometric / Irregular • In the classroom • Create geometric and irregular patterns • Use printing techniques to create patterns • Explore the work of Escher; create similar artworks

  23. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts Elements of Art: Test yourself! • L • T • C • T • S • F • S • P • Line • Tone • Colour • -Texture • Shape • - Form • Space • Pattern

  24. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Art Forms • 2D • Drawing • Painting • Printmaking • Marbling • Photography

  25. Drawing Why teach children to draw? Drawing is an extension of seeing- children acquire the abilities of : • Perception • Interpretation • Imagination • Communicating the way we see, think and feel about our world

  26. Different Types of Drawing • Explore different ways of making marks on the paper • Drawing to recall an experience • Imaginative drawings- futuristic event • Drawing from memory or observation • Drawings as illustrations • Cartoon drawings • Contour or continuous line drawings

  27. Drawing Media • Pencils (2B, 4B, 6B) • Coloured pencils • Crayons • Oil pastels • Charcoal • Felt tipped pens • Coloured inks

  28. Imaginative Drawings • These drawings can be imaginative, fantastic, futuristic, mysterious and can inspire students to draw in different ways • For example- a mysterious picture at night • Robots or space creatures • A city of the future • A happy picture or any other emotion

  29. Drawings from Observation • Drawings from close observations encourages children to look and see very carefully the properties and characteristics of what they are drawing -- a natural object -- an animal brought into the classroom -- an object such as a shoe -- a still life such as flowers

  30. Drawings from Different Perspectives • Look up at the clouds and imagine what shapes you can see in these forms • Look down at the earth & focus up close • Look through a magnifying glass & draw • Observe the textures & patterns of objects • Look through keyhole & draw • Look through a viewfinder & draw • Look at artist’s drawing and paintings • View things from an animal’s perspective

  31. Different Drawing Papers • Paper in a variety of sizes • Cartridge paper • Brown paper • Newspaper • Coloured paper • Cardboard • Silver, gold, black paper

  32. 2D Topics These are some of the topics you may consider for your CAPs presentation: -- Political cartoons -- Poster art -- Murals or banner-making -- Graffiti -- Advertising -- Fashion in art -- Portrait painting -- An Artist -- Landscape Paint -- Egyptian art -- Animals in art -- Asian art *Free Choice of topic

  33. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Art Forms • 3D • Sculpture • Mask making • Puppets • Collage • Paper making

  34. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Art Forms • 3D • Ceramics • Cards • Textiles: • Silk painting • Batik • Tie Dying • Weaving • Digital forms

  35. Art Appreciation Program art By Moira Gibson

  36. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Art Appreciation • The aim of an art appreciation program is to develop strategies for looking at art and making sense of what they see • An art appreciation program should assist students to understand their own art, as well as other artists

  37. Different forms of Art Appreciation • a child reviewing his/her own drawings • two children comparing their paintings • a discussion between a teacher and child about his/her progress • children researching about their favourite artist in books, magazine, videos, internet • a visit to an art gallery • an artist giving a talk to students • a class discussion about some artworks

  38. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Art Appreciation • Personal, reflective responses • Analyzing artworks in terms of elements, style, history • Explore artist’s intentions • Peer artworks • Visit art galleries

  39. Artmaps Ask questions about what we see:- • What is it? • Who made it? • What is it made of? • How is it made? • Where is it made? • When was it made? • Why was it made? • What is it about?

  40. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Art Appreciation What is it? Ken Done: Olympic Medallists’ Wildflowers(Naive, 21st C) Monet: Waterlilies(Impressionism, 19th C)

  41. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Art Appreciation Who created it? Da Vinci: Mona Lisa(Renaissance, 16th C) Elioth Gruner: Spring Frost(Realism, 19th C) Rembrandt: The Night Watch(Baroque, 17/18th C)

  42. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts Art Appreciation What is it called? Van Gogh:Starry Night(Post-Impressionism, 19th C) The Blue Boy:Gainsborough(Rococo, 18th C) Jackson Pollock:Composition(Abstract Expressionism, 20th C)

  43. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Art Appreciation – Why was it created? Ken Done:Olympic Games(Naive, 21st C) Picasso:Guernica(Cubism, 20th C)

  44. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Art Appreciation What media and techniques were used? Margaret Preston:WA banksia (Coloured woodcut) Rodin:The Thinker (Bronze sculpture)

  45. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Art Appreciation In what historical, cultural and geographical context was it created? Ingres:Joan of Arc(Neo-classicism, 18th Century) Kandinsky:St George(Expressionism:Early 20th Century) Goya: The Parasol(Romanticism, Mid-19th Century)

  46. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Art Appreciation • What message and/or emotions does it convey? Edvard Munch:The Scream Edvard Munch:Young Woman on the Shore

  47. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Art Appreciation • What might have happened before/after what is portrayed in the artwork? Perdreau:Hayride

  48. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Art Appreciation • What elements of visual arts were used to convey the message? LineToneColourTextureShapeFormSpacePattern Van Gogh:Sunflowers Picasso:Flowers

  49. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Art Appreciation • How does it compare with other artworks you have explored?

  50. Introduction to Visual Arts Education: Deirdre Russell-Bowie Visual Arts • Art Appreciation What utilitarian use does it have, if any? Annie Griffiths Belt:Signatures of 250,000 Australians join artist Fiona McDonald in supporting Aboriginal Claims

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