Art Mom Project Calendar

(2008-2009)

September/October:

• Art Principle – Line
• Artist – Marcel Duchamp was an inventive, playful artist who believed in “happy accidents” in his work.
• Art Project – “Happy Accident String Drop” (dip pieces of string into bowls of tempera paint, then drop them onto paper)
  

November/December:

• Art Principle – Shape
• Artist – William Blake was a painter, printmaker, and a poet.
• Art Project – “Scratched Prints” (roll printers ink onto a cookie sheet then, using a toothpick, scratch basics shapes – press paper on top to reveal a print)

January/February:

• Art Principle – FormArtist – Georgia O’Keeffe was famous for her paintings of flowers that fill up the entire canvas.
• Artist - Geogia O'Keeffe was famous for her paintings of flowers that fill up the entire canvas.
  
• Art Project – “A Chalk Flower” (students will trace the edges of flower stencils with chalk then lay them on paper and smear the chalk into the shape)

March:

• Art Principle - Space
• Artist – Vincent Van Gogh always tried to express his thoughts and emotions in his work.
• Art Project – “Starry Night with Resistance” (Using a vanishing point students will create a nighttime scene with white crayon, then paint over to reveal the starry night scene)

April:

• Art Principle – Color
• Artist - Paul Gauguin used color in an entirely new way. He might paint a sky yellow, grass orange, and mountains red.
• Art Project - "Water Color Wrap" (paint an entire piece of paper with all the colors, then cover with plastic food wrap & squish it around)