Art Engagement: This Week's Theme is "Line"
As you have learned from your art teachers in Hingham, there are many ways to engage with art! This week 4th grade Hingham students again have some choices. Please remember, you are NOT required to do any of these. We miss you, and know that many of you miss being with us at school, and we want to give you opportunities to engage with art if you wish!
Here is a way for you to begin your engagement with this week's theme, "Line" through song! (Watch out! It might get stuck in your head!
Lines Lines Lines. Lines
(chorus) A horizontal line you should know From Left to Right or Right to Left it goes It seems calm and soothing and really slow A horizontal line you should know A vertical line you should know Up and down or down and up it goes Standing proud and strong and really sta-a-ble A vertical line you should know (Chorus) |
Chorus:
Lines are all around you and me Long or short or thick and thin they'll be! Curvy, Wavy, Broken...Fancy, Free! Look around, how many can you see? |
A diagonal line you should know
It goes across from low to high or high to low It has action it has movement, it is on the go A diagonal line you should know There are many other lines you can know Like Geometric, Organic and Ges-tu-ral Or zig-zags or spirals that grow and grow There are many other lines you can know (chorus) Credit: ScratchGarden |
Line Explore at Home
Line: Art Engagement for Grade 4
OVERVIEW & PURPOSE
EDITING IN PROCESS
OBJECTIVES
Art Engagement: LINE!
Art At Home Choice 1:
Create two Photos with Colors/Objects you Like; in each photo change the way the objects/colors look by changing the light.
MATERIALS
INTRODUCTION
In the video you reviewed color; it can show different feelings, and change depending on light. Artists use color in many ways. You will be creating 2 photos of the same objects changing the color with different light sources.
ACTIVITY
After watching the video you are going on a “single color scavenger hunt” Choose a color, red, for example. Find a few objects in your house that are that color. Shoes, a shirt, something from the kitchen drawer - any object is fine if your parents say that it is ok to use.
Arrange the objects in a way that you like. Artists enjoy trying to arrange objects in different ways.
Have two different light sources. By the window, you have an outdoor light source. You can use a flashlight, or lamplight as a source. Wonder: how will this change when the sun goes down?
Experiment; how much can you change the color by changing only the light? Take two photographs for this assignment. Think about how the light changes the value and intensity of the colors. How does this change the feeling of the photograph? I hope that your objects are more exciting than mine! If you would like, you can share them with me on your Google Classroom drive (ask your teacher to add me to the class). I can’t wait to see your photos! Be kind to your parents and make sure to put away the objects.
Examples of different light sources on red.
Line: Art Engagement for Grade 4
OVERVIEW & PURPOSE
EDITING IN PROCESS
OBJECTIVES
Art Engagement: LINE!
- Students are reminded how artists art is a product of where they live and their beliefs, just like themselves
- Students decide how they want to engage with line, based on their interest and available supplies. CHOOSE one
Art At Home Choice 1:
Create two Photos with Colors/Objects you Like; in each photo change the way the objects/colors look by changing the light.
MATERIALS
- A way to take a digital photograph
- Objects that you collect (see below)
- A light - this can be a flashlight; a lamp you set your objects near; a window.
INTRODUCTION
In the video you reviewed color; it can show different feelings, and change depending on light. Artists use color in many ways. You will be creating 2 photos of the same objects changing the color with different light sources.
ACTIVITY
After watching the video you are going on a “single color scavenger hunt” Choose a color, red, for example. Find a few objects in your house that are that color. Shoes, a shirt, something from the kitchen drawer - any object is fine if your parents say that it is ok to use.
Arrange the objects in a way that you like. Artists enjoy trying to arrange objects in different ways.
Have two different light sources. By the window, you have an outdoor light source. You can use a flashlight, or lamplight as a source. Wonder: how will this change when the sun goes down?
Experiment; how much can you change the color by changing only the light? Take two photographs for this assignment. Think about how the light changes the value and intensity of the colors. How does this change the feeling of the photograph? I hope that your objects are more exciting than mine! If you would like, you can share them with me on your Google Classroom drive (ask your teacher to add me to the class). I can’t wait to see your photos! Be kind to your parents and make sure to put away the objects.
Examples of different light sources on red.
Art At Home Choice 2: Create a color wheel with objects that you find inside/outside your house.
MATERIALS
MATERIALS
- Objects of all colors from around your home.
- A way to take a digital photograph
- Here is an animated color wheel to help you arrange your colors around the wheel.
ACTIVITY
After watching the video about color you are going on a color wheel scavenger hunt. Use the linked color wheel, above, or the examples, to help you arrange your colors in an organized way. Try to find either SATURATED (really bright) colors or UNSATURATED (pastels/light) colors. It is easiest to begin with the Primary Colors (red, yellow and blue) then fill in the secondary colors (remember, red and yellow make orange, so orange goes between them…) Wonder: Which wheel below is most saturated? Least saturated with color?
Have fun with this, take a photograph of your “found object color wheel” and upload it to your Google Classroom folder if you wish. I can’t wait to see what you do with this! - Mrs. McKeon