NSU Art Methods- Kennedy Pearson

This activity was called Hidden Safari. We chose an animal that we would see if we were to go on a safari trip. However, we had to draw our animals upside-down on our sheet of white paper. By drawing our animals upside-down we are paying more attention to space and we may include more details in our drawing. Another key aspect of this lesson is learning the warm and cool colors. We want to draw our animals in the cool colors and then cover them up in warm colors. The purpose of the warm colors is to "hide" your animal. We cut our glasses out of red cellophane that we'd use to see our animals. On the notecard, they write three hints for their classmates to guess their animal. When they put on the glasses they will only see the cool colored animal through the warm colors. As an extension activity, you could draw cool colored shapes and cover them up with warmer colors. In this activity, you could give the students a checklist with different shapes. They will use their

For this project, we read the story "The Dot" written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. The story is about a girl who doesn't see herself as an artist. All she manages to jot down on her sheet of paper is a dot. Her teacher is blown away by her dot and declares her a true artist. She ends up having an exhibit showcasing her many dots shes drawn and she runs into another student who doesn't view himself as an artist. She gives him this advice, "Just start with a dot". Stemming from the story, the students received two coffee filters to act as their dots. On these coffee filters, they had the opportunity to design it with a white crayon so it stands out against the watercolor paint. When they have drawn their crayon design they are free to paint their dots with watercolors. They can choose to use warm colors, cool colors or even complementary colors. We let the dots dry for a class period so they were ready to be peeled off the back white paper. If the