Tag Archives: Line Drawings

More Zendalas, Please

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 5:  Exploring Pattern with Zendalas This was a quick lesson to fill in with the grade 5’s as the 4’s were working on their Medieval castles.  There was less instruction on my part than the last time I taught … Continue reading →

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Trees of Life

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 2/3:  Their Own Tree of Life   This was a quick project near the end of the year that I put to the grade 2/3’s.  I intended for them to have one more class period to complete them, but … Continue reading →

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Drawing & Painting Still Life

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Art Education

The Grade 7/8’s Construct a Still Life Bring in a favourite object, I said.  When it came to class time, very few remembered to (Aaagh – even with reminders), so it became rather a collection of hastily grabbed objects.  Too … Continue reading →

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Op Art Goes Garlic!

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 5/6 Op Art Squares After an introduction to things Op, I had the class follow me in an exercise in drawing garlic cloves!  We had none to speak of in the classroom, but we packed them in our 4″ … Continue reading →

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Zendalas Across Jamaica

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Art Education

We are back from our travels in Jamaica, and we saw many of our friends who work so hard on the farms around us in Niagara year after year.  We were welcomed by their families, visited on the road and … Continue reading →

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Exhalation

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 5 Line Project/Exhalation About the same time as the Grade 6’s at St. Michael were wielding umbrellas, I had this class pantomime blowing/spewing/singing/laughing/calling:  exhalations!  As with the other class, I photographed them in two different poses, suggesting they think … Continue reading →

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Weathering the Storm

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Art Education

Fall 2011 / Grade 6 Line Project Okay.  Here is the start of a new year in Art at St. Michael:  I took 2 pictures of each of the kids, posing in front of a blank wall with an umbrella. … Continue reading →

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Doodle Hair Photo-Ops

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Art Education

Fall 2010 / Grade 5 Line to Doodle Self Portraits After their first line project with the stylized animals, the grade 5’s took their line templates onto a new project.  I photographed each student against a white wall in a … Continue reading →

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Zendalas!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Art Education

Winter 2011 / Grade 5’s meet Zentangle meets Mandala Here is a fun lesson in line exploration that the students at St. Michael took on by force!  After a brief intro discussing lines,  they completed their individual line templates to … Continue reading →

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Lines to Doodles

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Art Education

Fall 2010 / Grade 5 First Line Project What is a line?  Where does it stop, where does it end?  What happens when you repeat them?  What about when they become a symbol? I gave the students three options of … Continue reading →

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