Let's explore Different Art Techniques!
Art can be a spontaneous way to express what has been learned in any homeschool subject area. As with all homeschooling, give children room and materials, time and some food for thought and it can often flow naturally. However, sometimes plans are needed to help you as a parent direct those art activities, improve them and explore them more fully. Below, I have listed some ideas of how to teach Art by Exploring Different Art Techniques.
How you will teach art and incorporate art into your homeschool plan depends on your big picture homeschool goals.
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Drawing is the skill to use lines and shapes to create a pleasing composition which shows depth, contrast, light and shadow and gives the impression of dimension, using different degrees of detail.
Draw shadows by shading and crosshatching.
Draw with texture- lines to indicate texture. Practice drawing trees, tree trunks, leaves, furry animals. Add more details in the shaded areas.
Draw using geometric shapes; find shapes in nature; Practice overlapping the shapes.
Work with light source- using different coloured pencils to show light on one side of an object and shadow on the other; In this context, it is important to learn about complementary colours.
Learn about perspective- Lines which go back to the horizon line will connect at a "vanishing point".
Use Two Point perspective to draw a house receding to two vanishing points.
Use perspective to draw landscapes, roads, train tracks, cars, trucks, shelves; Practice from observation.
Studio Art for Teens on SchoolhouseTeachers.com presents middle school and high school students with art lesson plans based on the masters. The first fifteen lessons cover the basics of line, shape, texture, space, color, form, balance, etc. If your student has studied art previously, they can begin at any lesson as they incorporate the skills that were studied in lessons one through fifteen. The lessons are self-contained.
Experiment with monochromatic drawings; Use these above values and paint a still life with only one colour.
Learn about warm and cool colours; Draw two similar pictures and colour one in "cool, sombre" colours, andthe other in bright and cheerful "warm" colours.
Use colourful wax crayons on a page; Cover it entirely. Then cover it with tempera paint or India ink. When dry scratch to see the crayons underneath and create a picture.
Use a sponge (dip the paint in a sponge or rub the sponge on the painting.
Use a roller (wrap string around it; roll it in different pools of colour; change directions..
Make paper collages or use this art technique on wooden trays as a gift idea.
use a variety of paper (different thicknesses/shapes/textures- corrugated cardboard, coloured paper, tissue paper, cellophane, transparent paper) and make a torn paper drawing. Can be used across the curriculum -spring pictures/ architecture/ historical themes.
Make animals using junk materials - spools, boxes, toilet rolls, paper, felt, buttons. Glue,paint and cover with varnish.
Make an object out of rolled newspaper - cyclindrical shape for the body; tie legs and arms to the body with string; Use strips of newspaper dipped in paste (as paper mache) and wrap around the figure. Paint when dry.
Make model buildings out of cardboard.
Make a clay mould, leave to dry; Cover with cooking oil and then cover in newspaper strips dipped in paste (the glue we have used is the wallpaper glue from the hardware); Paint when dry.
Use this to model any shape - fruit, animals, bowls, portraits.
When dry (can take one week), it can be sandpapered, carved, painted and varnished.
With more than 35 different activities and activity ideas, the Preschool Playground Arts, Crafts, and Music collection can be used to supplement early learning or as part of our complete Preschool Playground curriculum.
Here children can use clay, wood, plaster of paris, soap to form into three dimensional forms.
Other 3D constructions can be made from wire, straws, and a combination of any re-cycled junk.
Computer Drawing; 3D computer modelling; Powerpoint presentations, Web Design; Film; Video and film making; See my page on Computer Curriculum ideas and free training from Microsoft.
This digital art course introduces students to the world of possibilities for putting their artistic and creative skills to work online in any number of fields. The course covers rules governing images, where to find them, how to edit and manipulate images, fonts and word art, logos and banner ads, images for social media branding, product design, and more.
Puppetry, Murals using paint, paper, chalk, crayons; Photography, Mosaics- using paper, tiles.
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This is such a wonderful resource for any homeschooler who wants to perfect some handcrafts. So, it doesn't matter if you're not an expert in these fields, because Craftsy is!
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