This week students left the Arctic Tundra and traveled to a completely new environment, New York City! Students learned about graffiti and murals in their own community, as well as pieces of "street art" that could be found in NYC. Specifically, this week's lesson focused on line and how students can convey movement through lines in their artwork. Students learned about Keith Haring and how he incorporated line and movement in his work. Then, using Haring as their inspiration, students created their own work in which they picked a pose and traced their own figures.
Students also worked on two other centers during this week's class. One center was creating a collaborative mural in which students used chalk pastel on black paper. The other center was creating art with recycled materials. Students used a variety of materials to make their own cityscapes.
Continuing this Lesson at Home
- Drawing Sounds
- In our class this week, we did an exercise to get students thinking about sound and movement in relation to art making. This can easily be replicated at home by a fun activity we did in class where students would dance around to music and strike a pose when the music stopped. Other students in the class would quickly draw these students in their pose, and then they would continue to dance.
- Creating with recycled materials
- Have children create pieces of art using materials or "found objects" that they can find in their own home. Students can create sculptures using these materials. In our class we used materials such as water bottles, rubber bands, bottle caps, tape, egg cartons, boxes, Popsicle sticks, ect.
- Murals around Us
- Go on a mural tour of state college! There are so many amazing materials in our own community, some of which we briefly discussed in our class.
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