Saturday, August 26, 2017

Contour drawing with a twist!

My 2nd and 3rd graders learned about observation and contour drawing in our first project. We observed, or looked closely, at a variety of differently shaped art supplies, and practiced our contour line drawing - a slow and smooth line that defines outlines and details. Once we  had a few objects drawn, I threw in a twist - we imagined the art supplies coming to life! Making something look like it is alive is called animation - we looked at examples like those in the book The Day the Crayons Quit and added features like faces, expressions, and even word or thought bubbles. We had a class discussion about the poor art supplies that were so bored over the summer while we were gone and how happy they were to see us :)! It was quite a fun time in the old art room.
Illustration from Drew Daywalt's fantastic book






















3 comments:

  1. Thank you! I'm going to try this this year and I'm looking forward to how much the kids will love it!

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  2. Hi
    I love your blog, it is very inspiring. I teach art in a school for children with multiple and complex needs so they can't really manage a lot of what gets done in the mainstream art room. So I was wondering if you knew/had come across any art teacher's blogs who work with children with similar difficulties. Thank you. I'm I Scotland btw.

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  3. This is adorable. I did a similar assignment last year for sketchbooks and the kids went gangbusters with it :) I will definitely revisit this, it's so much fun!!

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