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Lower Elementary (1st and 2nd Grade) Art Part Two

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Jenny Miller
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This class gives your artist 15 different art projects, one for each week of the course. With each your artist will learn a new skill and about a new artist, art movement, or art culture.

Class Experience

US Grade 1 - 2
15 lessons//15 Weeks
 Week 1
Lesson 1
Op Art illustrations
drawings segmented into strips to create optical illusions like those of the Op Art movement. Needed supplies include white paper, a pencil and eraser, a ruler, and colored markers.
 Week 2
Lesson 2
Kandinsky circles
a painting series made to resemble the circle painting of Wassily Kandinsky. Needed supplies include white mixed media or sketch paper, watercolor paint, a paint brush, and a water cup.
 Week 3
Lesson 3
Face collages
a paper collage of an animal or human face created after studying and celebrating the art and diversity from the many peoples of Western African from the Sub-Saharan Africa, between the Sahara and the Kalahari Desert. Needed supplies include construction paper, scissors, and glue.
 Week 4
Lesson 4
Monster faces
clay sculptures made after studying the history of statues. Needed supplies include air-dry clay, a container of water, paint and paint supplies after the project has dried, and a spoon, fork, and knife to use as clay tools.
 Week 5
Lesson 5
Paul Klee fish
oil pastel drawings made to resemble the painting styles of Paul Klee. Needed supplies include white or black paper and oil pastels or crayons.
 Week 6
Lesson 6
Pop Art hand print
a four-print series of one's hand on bright paper to resemble the famous celebrity prints by Andy Warhol during the Pop Art movement of the 1950s. Needed supplies include construction paper, scissors, glue, a pencil with an eraser, black paint, and a paintbrush.
 Week 7
Lesson 7
Ted Harrison landscapes
chalk drawings of landscapes to study contrast. Needed supplies include white or construction paper and oil pastels or crayons.
 Week 8
Lesson 8
Paint paper weaving
an abstract painted paper cut into strips to make a paper weave. Needed supplies include white mixed media or sketch paper, construction paper, scissors, glue, watercolor paint, a paint brush, and a water cup.
 Week 9
Lesson 9
Chinaware
paper China paints illustrated to resemble the Chinaware traded with Europe during the 1800's. Needed supplies include white paper, something to trace a circle as large as the paper, scissors, a pencil and eraser, a blue marker, and a black marker.
 Week 10
Lesson 10
Layered hamburgers
a mixed media collage to learn about texture and layering in composition. Needed supplies include white paper, crayons or colored pencils, scissors, and glue.
 Week 11
Lesson 11
Windmills
a paper windmill using the action painting designs of artists like Jackson Pollock. Needed supplies include white mixed media or sketch paper, scissors, a brass fastener, a black crayon, watercolor paint, a paint brush, and a water cup.
 Week 12
Lesson 12
Pointillism
a marker drawing made with dots to resemble the pointillism of Georges Seurat. Needed supplies include white paper, a pencil and eraser, and colored markers.
 Week 13
Lesson 13
Musician collage
a collage illustration done in Cubist style to mimic the painting of the Three Musicians by Pablo Picasso. Needed supplies include white paper, scissors, glue, construction paper, and crayons or colored pencils.
 Week 14
Lesson 14
Warm and cool color cityscapes
a 2D mixed media design of a warm color cityscape mirrored over a cool color cityscape. Needed supplies include white mixed media or sketch paper, a pencil and eraser, a black crayon, watercolor paint, a paint brush, and a water cup.
 Week 15
Lesson 15
Clay calligraphy
a clay design of one's name made to copy Ancient stone writing both from Southeastern Asian countries like. Needed supplies include air-dry clay, a container of water, paint and paint supplies after the project has dried, and a spoon, fork, and knife to use as clay tools.
  • Students will learn about fifteen major artists, art movements, and/ or art cultures. Students will also learn how to manipulate at grade appropriate levels various art media including clay, paint, colored pencils, and oil pastels.
I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Visual Arts education, am certified by the state of Indiana to teach art for grades PK-12, and have been in education since 2008. I have taught versions of each of these projects in public, private, and charter school; and this course is designed to meet the standards/ requirements for art in most U.S. states.
1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Homework
Frequency: included
Feedback: included
Details: Each unit will come with resources such as instructional videos, art history interactive learning activities, photos of finished examples, and review activities.
Grading
Frequency: 7 or more throughout the class
Details: Students will be given individual feedback within two school days for each project after the student has posted a photo of the project to the class page. No grades will be given.
I will provide a step-by-step guide that features pictures and a description of each step in addition to the provided instructional video.
Students need to have taken part one of this course.
 1 file available upon enrollment
8.5x11" or 9x12” sketch or mixed media paper #2 wooden pencils with erasers Scissors Glue (liquid or glue stick) Watercolor paint (with a brush and water container) Construction/ colored paper (9x12”) various colors 12” ruler Colored markers A black marker Black acrylic or tempera paint 2.5 pounds of air-dry clay (white) Crayons and/or colored pencils Optional supplies include tempera or acrylic paint of various colors, a plastic straw, a brass fastener, and oil pastels, but crayons and watercolor paint can be used as a substitute; and the windmill project that uses the straw and fastener can be made just as a painting. Most supplies excluding the clay can be purchased for under $1 or 2 each at local department stores. The clay which is also found at local department stores and on Amazon can be purchased for under $10 but does need to be white to hold paint well.
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Several art movements and artworks from art history will be displayed, and the original purpose of those artworks will be discussed which may include its religious and/ or cultural purposes.  No nudity will ever be shown.

Please note for the Chinaware project, I do mention that porcelain was once made with ground bone.
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Indiana Teaching Certificate in Music/Theater/Arts
Bachelor's Degree in Music or Theatre or Arts from Northwestern College of St. Paul, MN
Hello, I’m Miss Jenny! I have a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts Education and a teaching license from the state of Indiana.

I’ve been an professional educator since 2008.  In addition to teaching art for grades k-12, I have been a substitute... 

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