Oliver Jeffers
Description
One of the artists we have studied is Oliver Jeffers, one of our favorite authors and illustrators. You may know him from his books, the Day the Crayons Quit or This Moose Belongs to Me, to name a few. We read several of his books and created a K-W-L chart, what we know, what we wonder and what we learned in addition to also creating many pieces of work inspired by his illustrations in his books, including a watercolor resist crayon, a digital this animal belongs to me artwork and a dipped picture inspired by his performance based art of dipped portraits. During this project we focus on creating an image and then changing it into something new.
Books we LOVE!
Star Paintings
Description
We read the book How to Catch a Star, and discussed what we would do to catch a star. Students used a wet-on-wet watercolor technique using salt, decorated and cut out their unique stars and attached them altogether.
Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Use a variety of media to create art
- Use a variety of techniques to create art
- Identify various art materials and tools
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Differentiation
Intervention:
- Some students may have sensory issues when it comes to the wet-on-wet technique or putting salt on their paper. Allow students the option to wear gloves or assist in helping with directions from the student.
- Some students may need more time to paint the entirety of their paper, allow students to use a spray bottle of water to rewet their paper before adding salt.
- Some students may have difficult time holding the small watercolor brushes, allow them to use larger brushes to paint with.
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Crayon Feelings
Description
In The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt, Duncan learns his crayons have different needs when they communicate their problems with the way he treats them. We will read The Day the Crayons Quit asking various questions such as what happened to the crayons to make them feel this way? How does this make the crayon feel? Students will then choose a color to make their crayon and create a watercolor resist crayon using crayons and watercolor paper. They will cut out and glue the tops, bottoms, arms, and legs of the crayon, and lastly students will explore the various emotions of Jeffer's crayons and create a face inspired by it for their crayons.
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Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Create art that expresses ideas about oneself
- Use visual arts to illustrate how people express themselves differently.
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Understand characteristics of the Elements of Art, including lines, shapes, colors,
and texture.
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Differentiation
Intervention:
- Some students may have a difficult time with regular size crayons, small paintbrushes and glue. Have larger options available for them to use
- Some students may need more time to paint the entirety of their crayon, have time set aside where they can work on their project if they need extra time.
This Animal Belongs to Me
Description
Students will create drawn and digital landscape collage project. We will read This Moose Belongs to Me and after discussing the book Students will brainstorm an animal they would like to have. Students will then draw these animals and themselves on a piece of white paper. Teachers will scan these images and take the background off. Students will sit with a teacher and pick out a digital landscape background from the book that they would like for their picture. Students will click and drag their drawn image into the background placing it where they want it.
Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Use a variety of tools safely and appropriately to create art
- Students choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication.
- Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations
Differentiation
Intervention:
- Some students may have difficulty using the computer (clicking and dragging) aid students in this by modeling (I do, you do), if they still need assistance you can click and let them drag their design where they want it located.
Dipped Portraits
Description
While Jeffers makes mixed media picture books filled with stories and images equally pleasing and amusing to children and adults, he is also a visual artist with an amazing body of paintings and installation art. He has a series of art where he focuses on making an image, then taking it away. It is a study on memory and loss. For this project students picked an image to focus on decorating and creating their own. We then had a discussion about how sometimes we create and then we make a mistake or something happens to our artwork, and instead of getting upset and throwing it away we can turn it into something new. Students then took their artwork with their partner and dipped their paintings into a bin of paint. Afterwards, we reflected on how we changed our artwork into something new and all the things we like about our new artwork.
Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Recognize that artists may view or interpret art differently.
- Use a variety of techniques to create art
- Use the processes of drawing, painting, weaving, printing, collage, mixed media,
sculpture, and ceramics to create art.
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Differentiation
Intervention:
- Some students may have sensory issues when it comes to dipping their portrait, aid them by allowing them the option to wear gloves
- Some students may experience big feelings when it is time to dip their portraits. Aid them in this by asking them what they need and allowing them to take a break before discussing the key concepts of the project including changing what we have created into something new. You can even take before and after pictures so students have a photo to remind them of their previous artwork.