Elementary Choice: Name Spiral or Mega Line

by Elizabeth Van Allen for scribblesbyartteachervanallen.blogspot.com 

choices imagined by art teachers and edited by the author

Subject: Elementary art, E-learning, Choice learning
Level: Elementary

Elementary Choice: Page of Shapes or Silly Socks

by Elizabeth Van Allen for scribblesbyartteachervanallen.blogspot.com 

choices imagined by art teachers and edited by the author

Subject: Elementary art, E-learning, Choice learning
Level: Elementary

Cardboard Tube Sculpture

by Elizabeth Van Allen for scribblesbyartteachervanallen.blogspot.com 

Original idea from the Facebook Art Teachers Group

Subject: 3D art, e-learning
Level:middle school +/-

Elementary Choice: Cardboard Roll Sculpture or Interstellar Travel Agent

by Elizabeth Van Allen for scribblesbyartteachervanallen.blogspot.com 

choices imagined by art teachers and edited by the author

Subject: Elementary art, E-learning, Choice learning
Level: Elementary

Elementary Choice: Mandalas, Story Characters, and Food Having Fun

by Elizabeth Van Allen for scribblesbyartteachervanallen.blogspot.com 
choices edited by the author

Subject: Elementary art, E-learning, Choice learning
Level: Elementary

Monday 4/27/20-Sunday 5/03/20

You can choose any activity on the list below for your weekly art class. Use whatever materials you have at home. Write your name and the name of the activity you choose on your project.

Object vs Contour Drawing

by Elizabeth Van Allen for scribblesbyartteachervanallen.blogspot.com 

Original idea from the Facebook Art Teachers Group

Subject: 3D art, e-learning
Level:middle school +/-

Elementary Choice: Cartoon Faces, Origami, and Landscapes

by Elizabeth Van Allen for scribblesbyartteachervanallen.blogspot.com 
choices by Carrie Johnson, edited by Elizabeth T. Van Allen

Subject: Elementary art, E-learning, Choice learning
Level: Elementary

Elementary Choice Activities: Cartoon Faces, Origami, and Landscapes
Tuesday 4/21/20-Sunday 4/26/20

You can choose any activity on the list below for your weekly art class. Use whatever materials you have at home. Write your name and the name of the activity you choose on your project.

Recreating Artwork: Accept the Challenge!

by Elizabeth Van Allen for scribblesbyartteachervanallen.blogspot.com 
project by Danette Albino-Rodriguez, edited by Elizabeth T. Van Allen

Subject: 3D art, e-learning, Art Criticism
Level: All Ages

Recreating Artwork: 

Accept the Challenge!

Two museums across the globe from each other have issued a challenge to the world: to re-create your favorite art using objects lying around your home. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) to the Getty in Los Angeles (USA), have both taken to social media to engage their friends and followers in this fun activity.  We are among the many who are going to rise to the challenge as this week we recreate some amazing artworks!

Our Objectives: 

1. To use your art criticism skills by describing, analyzing, and interpreting an artwork.

2. To recreate an artwork by using objects found in your home, yourself, your family or pets, or whatever you have available.  (DO NOT RE-DRAW OR RE-PAINT THE ARTWORK)

Criteria and Steps:  

1) Decide which artwork you want to recreate.  You can choose an artwork from the suggested list or you can choose your own.  I

have provided a list of suggested artworks in EDSBY.  If you want to recreate an artwork that is not suggested and if you are going to look it up online, please do so with adult supervision.

2) Critique the artwork.  You will describe, analyze, and interpret the artwork you chose in a "test" on EDSBY.  It will not count as a test, we're just using that format because it allows for written answers.

3) Look for objects around the house to recreate the artwork.  You can also have "models" (yourself, family, pets, etc.). You are NOT trying to redraw or repaint an artwork.

4) Arrange your objects or model to match the artwork and take a picture.  Pose everything the same way they are posed in the original artwork.

5) Submit/Upload the picture to the assignment on EDSBY.  Please include a note with the name of the artwork, artist, year it was made, and medium (if available)

What is Art Criticism?

Art criticism is about learning to talk about art in a deeper and more meaningful way.  There are four steps to art criticism:

1. Describe- When you are describing a piece of artwork, you are listing what you see in the artwork.

2. Analyze- When you are analyzing a piece of artwork, you are identifying how the artist used the elements (line, shape, form, color, etc) and principles of art (emphasis, movement, etc.) in the artwork.

3. Interpret- When you are interpreting a piece of artwork you are figuring out the meaning or the story of the artwork.

4. Judge- Making decisions about the artwork (This painting works or doesn't work because...)

*In your assignment on EDSBY I have included two .pdf files.  One is the assignment with more examples and details, and the other is a list of suggested artworks.  DISCLAIMER: If you'd like to look for and re-create an artwork that isn't on the list, make sure you have adult supervision... not all artwork is necessarily for all ages!

Choose-Your-Own-Drawing! grade 1-3

by Elizabeth Van Allen for scribblesbyartteachervanallen.blogspot.com 

Subject:  Art/Drawing, e-learning
Level:grade 1-3, but can be modified for almost any age 

Treasure Maps: Pirate Fun For All!

by Elizabeth Van Allen for scribblesbyartteachervanallen.blogspot.com

*first posted in 2016, this lesson has been updated for grades 2-3 e-learning in 2020, but can be used & modified for any and all grade levels

This exceptional project from a first grader used multiple points of view!

What's mysterious, full of intrigue, and lots of fun to both make and use?  A Treasure Map, of course!  Maps have been used for thousands of years around the world in all different cultures as a tool to help communicate location from one person to another without having to speak directly to them.  During our standardized testing window one year I decided to create a project that could be modified to be appropriate for all ages.  All you need to do is keep it simple for younger artists & add more challenging details for older ones.  In 2020 I realized that it was also a perfect project for all of my safer-at-home E-Learners! This treasure map project can be made as simple or complicated as you want, and can be tied in with geography/social studies, math, language arts, and/or science.  It can be made in any language and with any materials available, with lots of mess or an easy clean-up.  The treasure map is an easy way to build student buy-in in the classroom or involve & excite kids (and adults) at home. 

Rampello K-8's Spirit Week Map

Materials:

• Practice paper
• Pencil & Eraser
• Paper for the map (white, manilla, brown paper bag, tea-stained, textured, any type and size you want to use!)
• Drawing media that shows up well against your background paper (markers, paints, oil pastels, crayons, construction paper crayons, etc.)

A little sparkle or shine goes a long 

way!  We used dried markers to 

apply tiny metallic tempera details. 

• Optional: metallic paint, glitter glue, sequins, ribbon or yarn, magazines for collaging, really anything you have laying around the house.  Get creative & crafty, or at least give them the opportunity to do so! 

This second grader
included a map key!

Good To Have On Hand: 

(Resources & Preventative Measures)

• Compass Rose
• Map- any type will do, just check your car's glove box!  This comes in handy as a real-life example of how a compass rose, map key, and areal view can be used.  This is also a great tie-in with geography and giving & writing directions.
• Old fashioned map examples with sea creatures and symbols. (find online)
• Smock/apron and wipes or damp paper towels (if using paint or glue)
• Newspaper or large plastic place mats (for easy clean-up)

One of my favorite "hazard" details from a very creative first grader

Process/Directions:

Third grade compass rose

1. If you are tea-staining or aging your paper in any way, do this first and practice drawing any details you want to include while the paper dries.
2. Decide on a size and shape for your paper.  Are the edges torn or cut?  Will it be rolled into a scroll or folded?
3. Draw a compass rose near one of the corners (good opportunity for a geography cross curricular tie-in)
4. Draw an island, archipelago, peninsula, or shoreline- basically you want part of your map to be land and part should be water.
5. X marks the spot!  Experiment with different ways to show your X: wooden planks, swords, palm trees, old-timey lettering etc. 

   

   I am still amazed that a
   first grader drew this!

6. Place your ship off the coast.  It can be anything from a dinghy to a multi-masted tall ship.  Don't feel limited to drawing, you can cut and paste from a printout or collage together a boat if you're so inclined!   
7. Represent different geographical landmarks through drawing or collage (trees, caves, quicksand, cliffs, rocks, mountains, volcanoes, rivers, waterfalls, ponds, swamps, etc.)
8. Draw a dotted line from your docking point to the X, winding it through and around the geography of your island.
9. Show the water on the map through different types of waves.

   

   A great example from a fifth grade
   artist showing waves just off-shore.

    One good way to show water is through a set of layered dashed lines clinging tightly to the shoreline.  Start them small and tight near the shore, then loosen and lengthen them a few layers out.
10. Add in some details like sea monsters, canons on deck, flags, treasure chests etc. 

 SUNSHINE STATE STANDARDS

VA.2.C.2.1- Use appropriate decision-making skills to meet intended artistic objectives.

VA.2.S.1.1- Experiment with tools and techniques as part of art-making processes.

VA.2.S.3.2- Demonstrate growth in craftsmanship through purposeful practice.

VA.2.H.2.1- Identify differences or similarities in artworks across time and culture.

VA.2.H.3- Connections among the arts and other disciplines strengthen learning and the ability to transfer knowledge and skills to and from other fields.

VA.2.F.1.1- Use imagination to create unique artwork incorporating personal ideas and selected media.

This fourth grader really got into the details on her map!