TEACHING ARTIST SESSION CATEGORIES
After exploring emotionally-charged artwork and poetry created by various artists and authors, students will create their own artwork or writing featuring images or words based on things (not people) that make them emotional.
Each student will receive two adjectives and a noun, randomly pulled from a hat. They will then be encouraged to create an illustration or write a story
Students will be challenged to use their imaginations to go on a fantastic adventure.
After reading examples of haiku poetry and a brief discussion on the elements of a haiku poem, students will write their own haiku poems and create an illustration to accompany their poem.
This project teaches about warm and cool colors and gives lots of practice in measurement.
Louisiana artist, Clementine Hunter, was a self-taught black folk artist known for artwork depicting plantation life in the early 20th Century.
Beginning with a favorite book, students will draw from observation and create details with line designs and patterns.
In this session, students will learn how to draw a crawfish, step by step.
They will learn shapes, perspective, depth, and position when viewed from a particular point of view as they paint a nighttime scene of stars, a moon, sky and tree tops.
This project enables us to see the parts of the flower and emphasizes warm and cool colors.