School Year 2023-2024:
November Lesson:
PROVOCATIONS (AND QUESTIONS YOU CAN ASK YOUR ARTIST):
-WHAT IS A PATTERN?
-HOW DO WE MAKE A PATTERN? -WHERE CAN WE FIND PATTERNS?
– HOW CAN WE DESCRIBE A PATTERN?
DEFINITION OF A PATTERN: A PATTERN is anywhere a design that repeats and can be found
They can be made by repeating shape, line, or color. Patterns can be simple like a checkerboard or complex like the branches of a tree. In art, pattern is used in organizing and decorating designs.
READ: –ALMA’S ART BY RODA AHMED PICTURES BY ANITA CHEUNG
-YAYOI KUSAMA: COVERED EVERTHING IN DOTS AND WASN’T SORRY BY FAUSTO GILBERTI
MATERIALS: WATERCOLOR PAPER ACRYLIC PAINTS SPONGES, Q-TIPS, ETC. IMAGINATION
ARTIST RESOURCE LINK:
ALMA THOMAS: https://nmwa.org/art/artists/alma-woodsey-thomas/ YAYOI KUSAMA: HTTPS://WWW.DAVIDZWIRNER.COM/ARTISTS/YAYOI-KUSAMA
October Lesson:
FOCUS: SHAPES
FOCAL ARTIST: FANNY SANIN, COLUMBIAN
PROVOCATIONS (AND QUESTIONS YOU CAN ASK YOUR ARTIST):
-WHAT IS A SHAPE?
-HOW DO WE MAKE A SHAPE?
-WHERE CAN WE FIND SHAPES IN OUR ENVIRONMENT?
DEFINITION OF A SHAPE: WHEN A LINE BECOMES AN ENCLOSURE OF SPACE, WHERE THE LINE FORMS THE BOUNDARY AND THE SPACE WITHIN IS THE SHAPE. TO PUT IT SIMPLY, A SHAPE IS ANY TWO-DIMENSIONAL SPACE. SHAPES DO NOT HAVE TO BE CREATED WITH LINES.
READ: MUSEUM SHAPES BY MOMA
MATERIALS:
COLORED CARD STOCK, VARIETY OF SHAPES IN DIFFERENT MATERIALS, GLUE, MARKERS, IMAGINATION
ARTIST RESOURCE LINK: FANNY SANIN: HTTPS://NMWA.ORG/ART/ARTISTS/FANNY-SANIN/
September Lesson:
THE ART STUDIO WITH MS. SUZY FOCUS: LINES
FOCAL ARTIST: ROSE WYLIE, BRITISH
PROVOCATIONS (AND QUESTIONS YOU CAN ASK YOUR ARTIST):
-WHAT IS A LINE?
-HOW DO WE MAKE A LINE? -WHERE CAN WE FIND A LINE?
– HOW CAN WE DESCRIBE A LINE?
DEFINITION OF A LINE: A MARK WITH GREATER LENGTH THAN WIDTH. LINES CAN BE HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL, DIAGONAL, STRAIGHT OR CURVED; THICK OR THIN.
READ: LINES THE WIGGLE BY CANDACE WHITMAN AND STEVE WILSON STRAIGHT IS A LINE: A BOOK ABOUT LINES BY SHARON LERNER
MATERIALS:
DRAWING PAPER, MARKERS, IMAGINATION
ARTIST RESOURCE LINK: ROSE WYLIE. https://nmwa.org/art/artists/rose-wylie/
ENJOY!
~MS. SUZY, ART ENRICHMENT
School Year 2022-2023:
School Year 2021 – 2022
