Art
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ART ACTIVITIES
Some art activities for the year may include the following. For examples
of student work, click on the links.
- Canada Collage
- Colour Collage
- Creative Crazies
- Egg Art - inspired by Ukrainian egg designs - marker on eggs
- File Folder Folk - file folders, tissue paper & mucilage
- Gargoyle Portraits - pencil crayons on black & white photographs on bond paper
- Gargoyle Sketch - primary pencils or conte crayons on cartridge paper
- Grid Art - proportions, coordinates, enlargements
- The Important Book
- Junk Art Sculpture & Owners Manual
- Lettering
- Old Ontario Architecture Sketches - drawing pencils
- Paper Mache Mask
- Portraits (National Geographic Cover) - conte crayons or drawing pencils on cartridge paper
- Psanky - geometric egg designs - marker on finger paint paper
- Shoe Sculpture - old shoe, found materials, glue gun
- Shoe Sketches - drawing what you see
- Shoe Story - story board, illustration, creative writing, publishing
- Symmetry
- Ted Harrison style drawing - oil pastel
- Tesselations - inspired by M.C.Escher - marker on finger paint paper
- Toy Story - creative writing, story board, illustrations, publishing
- Yearbook Cover Design
Art Skills & Medium that are part of the FabFour Art Program (not in any particular order)
- lettering, bubble letters
- creativity exercises - Creative Crazies
- folding - crisp, neat fold, in half & thirds
- making a collage from magazine photos
- cutting & gluing
- portrait & landscape orientation
- making something from found objects - Shoe Sculpture, Junk Art Sculpture
- reusing material
- using a variety of paper - bond, newsprint, cartridge, tracing paper
The FabFour Rogues Gallery ~ Photos taken throughout the year in various costumes & poses.
Additional Sources of Information
Good Resources for Teachers & Interested Parents
- Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards ISBN 0-87477-513-2
- Drawing with Children by Mona Brookes ISBN 0-87477-396-2
Source: You're On Your Own, Snoopy by Charles M. Schulz