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Instructional Objective:
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The students will
understand and apply media, techniques, and processes.
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The student will make
connections between the visual arts and other disciplines.
Curricular Integration:
As part of the third grade
science curriculum the students study birds of prey, as the art
teacher I feel that it is important to incorporate the student’s
regular curriculum into their art curriculum as often as I possibly
can. This particular project encourages the students to utilize the
prior knowledge that they have learned about birds of prey and owls in
particular especially during the drawing process of this project.
Then to disregard reality for the whimsical when we begin to color and
paint our owls using complimentary colors. Children find that it is
fun to look at reality in a slightly different way and to use higher
level thinking skills to develop the color scheme for the owl.
Materials and
Equipment:
12”X18” white drawing paper
12”X18” colored construction paper
12”X18” black construction paper
permanent markers
fluorescent oil pastels
oil pastels
brightly colored cake tempera
color wheel
Resource Materials:
All About Owls by
Jim Arnosky
Dynasty/FM Brush - Eye
of the Tiger Brushes:
Oval: #6
Flats: #10, #12
Project Requirements:
- This project allows the
student to draw an owl utilizing basic shapes and based on their
scientific knowledge trying to develop the owl as a realistic
rendering.
- Explore the use of
complimentary colors in coloring the owls.
- Multi media approach.
Project Introduction:
- Read All About Owls
by Jim Arnosky. Reading Jim Arnosky’s book is a good way to review
the facts about owls that will be used in completing the owl
drawing. After completion of the book discuss the characteristics
of all birds of prey and in particular owls such as the location of
their eyes, purpose of the types of feathers, general physiology of
the owls, food source, and their habitats. Brainstorm a list of
facts necessary to complete the project.
Art Production:
- The owls are drawn using
basic shapes and teacher led instructions drawing the owl sitting on
a pine tree stressing how those shapes represent the owl’s
particular means for survival.
- Line patterns are added
to each section of the owl to represent the types of feathers.
- The students will then
outline the drawing with a permanent marker.
- Review complimentary
colors and instruct the students to choose a different colored
fluorescent oil pastel for each section of the owl, outline
the shape and line pattern contained in that section with their
choice of oil pastel. Remind the students that they are to outline
only and not to fill these in. Continue using a different color for
each section until all of the parts of the owl are outlined.
- Color the tree branch
using shades of brown to continue with the reality portion of this
project and using 3 shades of green add the needles, a light value,
medium value, and a dark value.
- Choose the compliment of
the color used to outline the sections of the owl and paint the
section using the cake tempera paints. If the student has outlined
with blue oil pastel they would then use orange cake tempera to
paint the corresponding section and complete each subsequent section
to represent a different color and its compliment.
- After the owl and tree
branch are complete cut it out and mount it on construction paper
for display or you may choose to have the students finish the
background to represent the owl’s habitat.
- Contrasting the owl
painted using complimentary colors with the natural is a fun way to
integrate the art curriculum with the regular science curriculum.
Evaluation:
Teacher observation, record keeping and a continued conversation about
the color wheel and complimentary colors.
© Christy
Hartman 2007
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