Students will learn about the elements of the art form including:
- To play with line, colour and composition
- Free hand drawing
- Spatial organization: patterns, repetition
- The language of visual arts: shapes – rounded and angular
- How to mix paint colours
- How to trace an object
Materials:
- Slim, Long sheets of paper
- Markers
- Acrylic Paint
- Paintbrushes
Hook:
The goal is getting connected! To realize that people, whether different genders, ethnicity or religious can all become one. I would regularly use a book but instead we are going to play a game called doctor mix up.
- One person will be the doctor, leave the room and wait to be called back in.
- Everyone else will form a circle and take the hands of two separate people.
- The ‘doctor’ will come back in and try to untangle them.
- We all have eyes
- We all speak a language
- We all have hearts
- We all breathe
Directions:
- Have everyone pair up into small groups of 2-4 people. Each person will have a separate piece of paper. The reason they are grouped together is so that they can help trace each other.
- Once each group has enough room, they will lay all of their papers side by side on the floor. One at a time, each person will lie down and strike a pose; meanwhile their group members will trace their silhouette onto the paper. (The goal is to have overlapping traces)
- After they are finished tracing they may add more lines if they so choose.
- Next they will paint abstract areas in different colours.
- Once complete they may be displayed for everyone to enjoy.
Alternatives:
- If students do not want to be traced or do not want to trace others they may complete the task with their hands and complete the activity alone. However, it is preferable that they work together.
Variation:
- If there is limited space another option could be done with hands. This would involve tracing both hands and it would be done repetitively on everyone’s paper. Since it is so repetitive it would take about the same amount of time as tracing each person.