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2016 Edition

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GRADES 6-8Cross Curricular: Art, Math, History and Science

Lesson Plan and Artwork by Phyllis M. Annett, Art Consultant

OBJECTIVES• Recognize paper sculpture as an art form and

experience and utilize the basic techniques of it to create a three dimensional flower form.

• Realize that the studies of Art, Science, History and Math are linked together in their projects.

DESCRIPTIONUsing basic paper sculpture techniques, students will construct a three dimensional flower.

Deckle-Edged Paper Sculpture Flower

National Core Arts Standards-Visual

CreatingAnchor Standard #1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

PresentingAnchor Standard #4: Analyze, interpret and select artistic work for presentation.

RespondingAnchor Standard #8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

ConnectingAnchor Standard #10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to art.

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DIRECTIONS1. Inform students that paper sculpture is a true art

form and that they will be using basic techniques of it to create a three dimensional flower. Paper sculpture dates back to China as early as 105AD. With the invention of paper made from parts of fish netting, bark, rag and hemp, people have turned a two-dimensional product (paper) into the three-dimensional art form of paper sculpture. Show students examples of paper sculpture such as the work of 17th century, English artist Augustine Walker whose work is still displayed in the Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, or the work of Dutch artist A. Van Omeringh.

2. Using 140lb Sax Watercolor Paper, demonstrate basic paper sculpture techniques: curling, scoring, folding, tearing, bending and the creation of complex curves to cause shadows within the sculpture. Have students try the same. Give students the definition of “deckle edge”: a rough untrimmed edge left on the paper by a deckle or produced artificially. Inform students that they will be tearing flower petal shapes to leave a deckled edge. This gives special interest to their flower.

3. Inform students they will be painting and designing both sides of watercolor paper with liquid watercolors in regular, metallic and fluorescent colors to use for the flower parts. The sheets will also be varnished with Sax Tempera Varnish so that students can bend and shape the paper better. Show the art of collage artist Eric Carle and abstract painter Jackson Pollock that illustrate surface designed papers.

4. Show photos of flowers that follow a circular design such as zinnias, mums, daisies and sunflowers. Have students realize that the study of plants and flowers is part of the study of natural science. They will need to use math skills to cut a 7" circle from watercolor paper and draw three or four concentric circles on it. This will be both the base of the flower and the guide from which to position the flower petals.

5. Students will pick a color palette and paint both sides of their watercolor papers using such techniques as bold brush stokes, sponging, dotting, stippling and overlaying of color. When papers are dry on both sides, varnish just one side of them.

6. Students will tear petal and leaf shapes from the papers and use paper sculpture techniques to form them and give them depth. A deckled edge will be formed as they tear the paper and that those deckled edges will be painted separately before the petal shapes are glued around the concentric circle base of the flower.

7. Varnished, doubled sheets of colored paper can be cut and curled into accents to place within their flower forms.

8. Use Sax Paper Clay to form the center of the flower, which will also be painted and varnished.

9. A Sax 12" Canvas board will be the base for the completed flower and can be painted with Sax Acrylics as a background for the flowers.

10. Use Tacky Glue to attach the flower and leaves to the 12" Square Canvas Backboard. Enjoy, discuss and display the paper sculpture flowers.

Item # Description List Price 9-409165-739 Sax® Liquid Watercolors, Metallics, 8 oz bottles, 6 Color Set $37.69 9-1287638-739 Sax® Liquid Watercolors, Fluorescents, 8 oz bottles, 6 Color Set $37.69 9-403473-739 Sax® True Color Liquid Watercolors, 8 oz bottles, 8 Color Set $39.99 9-462653-739 Sax® True Flow White Taklon Watercolor Brush Set, Assorted Sizes, Set of 5 $19.39 9-402024-739 Sax® Heavy Weight Art Paper, Assorted Colors, 12"x18", Pack of 50 $6.99 9-358445-739 Sax® Acid-Free Watercolor Paper, White, 140 lb, 18"x24", Pack of 100 $134.99 9-1301311-739 Sax® Genuine Canvas Panels, White, 12x12" $2.29 9-402270-739 Sax® True Flow Varnish, 1 Gallon $69.99 9-410706-739 Sax® Paper Based Clay, 1 lb. $6.99 9-435602-739 Miracle Sponges, Pack of 12 $14.29

MATERIALS

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GRADES K-12Cross Curricular: Art and Science

Lesson Plan and Artwork by Nadine Dresbach, Art Consultant

OBJECTIVES• Learn and use a basic marbling technique with an

alternate medium.

• Use finished marbled papers to design an assembled piece.

• Practice paper folding and manipulation to create a peacock image.

DESCRIPTIONThe watercolor papers used to create the peacock in this lesson plan are marbled using Roylco Foam Paint Bottles. This is a simple nontoxic method of marbling that produces beautiful results for any age level.

Marbled Watercolor Peacock


CreatingAnchor Standard #2: Organize and develop artistic ideas in work. Anchor Standard #3: Refine and completeartistic work.

PresentingAnchor Standard #5: Develop and refine artistic work for presentation.

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DIRECTIONS1. Begin by preparing your materials. The Foam Paint

Bottles come with a recommended recipe for paint solution. Use this recipe along with Sax liquid watercolor paints. Once the recipe is prepared, fill the bottles the remaining distance with water. After experimentation you may wish to increase or decrease the amount of paint used in the recipe to adjust your colors to the desired intensity.

2. A smooth piece of glass or plastic can be used for this process. Choose your color combinations and pump foam onto the surface area of the glass or plastic starting with several pumps of the main color to create a base approximately the size of the paper.

3. To create a marbled pattern select two accent colors. Place a pump of color number two every few inches within your base shape (as if you were placing cookies on a tray to bake). Then, add a smaller pump of a third color either below, next to, or in the center of that colored circle.

4. Take the tip of a brush handle and draw a pattern through the foam. First, draw several evenly spaced lines vertically through the foam and then draw lines horizontally. This will marbleize your foam on the glass. Do not over mix because eventually foam will get “muddy” just like real paint does. (If a formal marbled pattern is not required or children are younger, instead allow them to make swirls in the paint with a brush handle).

5. Lay a piece of Sax Halifax watercolor paper onto the foam starting at one end and gently lay it toward the other. You will see the water coming through the back of the sheet. If you see a small bubble just give it a second or tap on it gently with your finger.

6. As soon as your sheet is completely wet lift it back off, set it aside and gently remove the foam using a squeegee like a flat edge. A large disposable foam brush works excellent for this. It removes the foam but won’t tear the delicate paper.

7. Allow the papers to dry overnight. The paper specified in the lesson dries flat and does not need to be pressed.

8. This peacock was created freehand on drawing paper, cut out and traced onto the marbled paper. When cutting out the peacock, reserve the negative piece of drawing paper and use this as the stencil. This will allow you to specifically select what section of the marbled paper you will use.

9. Use an accordion fold to create and layer the feathers.

10.All of the papers were mounted on a black foam board using a double-sided adhesive tape.

MATERIALSItem # Description List Price 9-1537202-739 Roylco® Foam Paint Bottles, Pack of 3 $12.99 9-206429-739 Sax® Halifax Cold Press Watercolor Paper, White, 90 lb, 11”x15”, Pack of 100 $40.99 9-068624-739 Sax® True Color Concentrated Washable Liquid Watercolor Paint Set, 8 oz bottle,

Assorted Colors, Set of 10 $44.99

Other materials: Glass or plastic work surface Thin brush handle Large foam brush Double stick mounting tape Glycerine Clear dish soap Measuring spoons

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GRADES 6-12Cross Curricular: Art, Math and Social Studies

Lesson Plan and Artwork by Carol Miller, Art Consultant

OBJECTIVES• Students will incorporate repetitive geometric

shapes, patterns or symbols, drawn freehand or with the use of templates, to create a radial, embellished design on a circular black canvas with pens.

DESCRIPTIONRadial designs have been used in numerous cultures over time, as exhibited in European architecture, Mexican paper cutting, colonial quilts and Middle Ages jewelry, to name a few. But the Mandala from India, in this generation, has become a generic term for the art form. Here, with some inspiration from Zentagle, a Fredrix Cut Edge Circular Canvas Panel and pens are used to add a textural element, reminiscent of beading or possibly needlepoint, to this ancient art.

Black Canvas Mandala


CreatingAnchor Standard #1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.Anchor Standard #3: Refine and complete artistic work.

RespondingAnchor Standard #8: Interpret intent and meaning.

ConnectingAnchor Standard #11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.

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DIRECTIONS1. Trace the circular Fredrix Canvas Panel, onto copy

paper or something comparable. Cut out carefully because this will be used as a template. (If you prefer, you may use a compass to draw comparable guidelines directly onto the canvas.)

2. Fold the paper circle in half. Open and fold in half again creating a criss-cross. Fold two more times making eight “slices of a pie”, with all folds facing upward.

3. Gently flatten the folds and place the paper circle on the canvas. With a sharp pencil, carefully punch a tiny hole, where all the folds meet, making a mark on the canvas to indicate the center.

4. While holding the paper circle in place, make a mark at the ends of each fold, along the circumference of the canvas.

5. Remove the paper circle. Using a ruler, draw four lines from the circumference marks through the center of the canvas, so it looks like pie slices.

6. Make marks on each line, one inch apart. These pencil guidelines will look silvery on the canvas, but will be easily covered by the Gelly Roll Pens.

7. Using a pencil first and starting in the center, draw a single shape over the center or draw a symbol, shape or pattern that can be repeated four or eight times around the canvas. It can be drawn freehand or with a drawing/all purpose template. If you make a mistake, gently use a vinyl eraser to remove the pencil.

8. Cover the pencil lines with the Gelly Roll Pens and embellish as desired.

9. Continue drawing one set at a time, of four or eight shapes, symbols, patterns, etc. in pencil, then covering and embellishing with the pens.

10.Use the pencil guidelines as needed to keep the design symmetrical. Also, the canvas is textured, so you may have to apply a bit more pressure using the Gelly Roll Pens than if drawn on paper.

11.Continue drawing set after set, using pencil, then pen, until the desired amount of the canvas is covered.

Younger Student Variation

1. Step #1 is the same. You may wish to use tracing paper instead to make cutting easier and a bit more accurate.

2. Fold the paper as you would for an eight-sided snowflake and cut out small shapes along the folds. Snip off a tiny center.

3. Unfold, flatten and trace onto the canvas to making guideline shapes and your center shape. Generally follow steps 7-11, as able, but use Liquid Metal Metallic Markers and apply gentle pressure wherever pens (Gelly Roll Pens) are indicated.

MATERIALS

Item # Description List Price 9-1473569-739 Fredrix® Value Series Cut Edge Canvas Panels, 8" Round, Black, Pack of 25 $36.29 9-459056-739 Sakura® Gelly Roll Metallic Pen Set, Medium, .4mm, Set of 10 $14.59 9-1272519-739 Sakura® Gelly Roll Metallic Pen Set, Bold, 1.0mm, Set of 16 $23.39 9-1492026-739 Sakura® Gelly Roll Moonlight Pens, Fine, .6mm, Set of 10 $14.59 9-402356-739 Sakura® Gelly Roll Moonlight Pens, Bold, 1.0mm, Set of 10 $14.59 9-248930-739 Sakura® Gelly Roll Stardust Pens, Galaxy Colors, Set of 6 $11.89 9-1290884-739 Sargent Art® Liquid Metal Metallic Markers, Fine Point, Assorted Colors, Set of 6 $4.69 9-1335308-739 Flexible Drawing Template $6.49 9-1077766-739 Vinyl Eraser, White, 2 1⁄2" x 3 1⁄4"x 1" $1.39

Younger Student Version9-1290884-739 Sargent Art Liquid Metal Metallic Markers, Fine Point, Set of 6, Assorted Colors $4.69

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GRADES 4-12Cross Curricular: Art, Social Studies and Math

Lesson Plan and Artwork by Eric Orr, Art Consultant

OBJECTIVES• Observe and identify what a city skyline is.

• Identify and name basic building shapes and forms.

• Create a slab clay relief tile depicting a real or imaginary city skyline or silhouette.

• Use various tools to texture the city buildings and add detail.

DESCRIPTIONWe learn early in our art education that the horizon line is an imaginary line where the sky meets the ground. A skyline is the imaginary line in a city where the sky meets the building tops. We can see this division of space even more dramatically when the sky is light and buildings darken such as at sunset or sunrise. This is called a silhouette.

City Skyline Silhouette



Anchor Standard #3: Refine and complete artistic work.



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DIRECTIONS

1. Fold a 9"x 12" piece of paper in half. On this 6"x 9" sheet, draw a city skyline, real or imaginary. Make the buildings of many geometric shapes and sizes.

2. Roll out two pounds of clay into a 1⁄4" slab. Place drawing on the slab and trim around the edge making a 6"x 9" rectangle.

3. Place the drawing back on the slab and, using a ball point pen, draw gently but firmly enough to transfer lines onto the clay slab.

4. Cut out the city buildings on the skyline only. Keep the buildings moist and soft.

5. Roll out another ball of clay from your wedged trimmings and make another 6"x 9" rectangle. Roll to 1⁄8"-1⁄4" thickness.

6. Place city clay shape onto new background rectangle. Gently draw over again, but only the skyline. Score and slip the back of the city and the front of the new rectangle below your drawn skyline and press together. Be sure to gently press out any air bubbles. You now have a raised city of buildings on top of a flat background tile with the sky showing.

7. Using various tools, draw and press into city buildings architectural details: Windows, edges, shapes etc.

8. Draw details into sky if you wish: Clouds, birds, airplanes, stars etc.

9. Allow tile to slowly dry between newspaper and sheetrock layers. Fire only when dry to cone 04, (1949 degrees F.)

10. Glaze city and sky with Mayco Stroke and Coat glaze.

11. Details and linear items may be accented with Mayco Designer Liner.

12. Clean any glaze off relief tile back and fire to cone 05, (1888 degrees F.)

MATERIALS

Item # Description List Price 9-229167-739 Mayco® Stroke & Coat® Wonderglaze, Assorted Colors, 2 oz. Bottles, Set of 12 $40.49 9-1539478-739 Mayco® Designer Liner Kit, 1 1⁄4 oz. bottles, Assorted Colors, Set of 8 $29.99 8-200366-739 Sax® Low-fire, Moist Earthenware Clay, Cream White, 50 lbs. $31.99 9-402383-739 Sax® Boxwood Modeling Tool Set, Assorted Tools, 6", Set of 72 $61.99 9-409782-739 Clay Slabmaking Kit $44.69 9-407369-739 Hole Cutting Hardwood Clay Tool Set, Assorted Sizes, Set of 4 $9.59 9-385142-739 Kemper Fettling Knife, 4 1⁄2" long $7.69 9-411828-739 Color ShapersTM Small Clay Modeling Tool Set, Black, Size 0, Set of 5 $41.59 9-1289641-739 Royal & Langnickel® Ceramic Glaze Brush Value Pack, Assorted Sizes, Pack of 16 $19.99

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GRADES 6-8Cross Curricular: Art, Science and Art History


OBJECTIVES• To enable students to study the rainforests and create

a well balanced, composition of a rainforest creature using mixed media on elevated mounting board.

DESCRIPTIONStudents will use mixed media on tiers of Crescent Mounting Board to depict their choice of a rainforest animal, insect or bird.

Rainforest Mixed Media Composition






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DIRECTIONS1. Inform students they will be researching rainforests

to depict one particular plant, animal, insect or bird in a mixed media composition done on tiered layers of black mounting boards. Give a brief description of rainforests: an area where plants are self-watering because they release water into the atmosphere through a process of transpiration. Each tree canopy can release two hundred gallons of water into the air each year. The moisture creates a thick cloud cover that hangs over the atmosphere and keeps rainforests humid and warm. This creates an excellent habitat for plants and wildlife.

2. Show photos and paintings of rainforests, such as the work of Frederic Edwin Church entitled “Tropical Scenery”, painted in 1873, or his “El Rio de Luz” painted in 1877. Church was a prominent member of the Hudson River School of artists who painted in Central and South America to depict the mountains, waterfalls and sunsets of the rainforests.

Give students a list of possible rainforests to research, e.g., Tasmanian Rainforest in Australia, and the rainforests of Costa Rica, Hawaii, Thailand, the Amazon and Brazil. Show photos of rainforest creatures and plants, e.g., the scarlet macaw of Brazil, the red-eyed tree frog of Columbia, Mexico and Central America, the colorful lizards of El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico, and cassowary birds of Australian rainforests.

Note: this lesson’s subject is the two-inch red-eyed tree frog of Columbia, Central America and Mexico. It was chosen for its vivid colors and its ability to use camouflage to hide on leaves and then startle its predators when threatened with its big red eyes, bright orange webbed feet and colorful under belly.

3. Introduce, demonstrate and have students test the mixed media method with the supplies for their compositions.

4. Cut white drawing paper to 11" x 14" and instruct students to work out a composition highlighting their choice of subject matter. Show students they will be stacking three to four sizes of black mounting board, one on top of the other, to give an unusual perspective to their work. This helps highlight the main subject of the art work. Levels will be propped up with small stacks of mat board on the underside of the boards and, lastly, glued to one another. The overall size of their tiered work will be 11" x 14".

5. In this order, have students a) choose the number and size of mounting boards and position them in place with tape on the undersides, b) trace the shapes of the boards onto an 11" x 14" base, c) sketch very lightly the drawing on the boards or use transfer tape to transfer the drawings (use the textured side of the board when using as a drawing surface; the smooth side, when using as a mounting board), d) after the drawings are completed, remove the tape from the boards and start the mixed media process on each board, following the design. Place and glue stacks of mounting board on the underside of each board and glue in a tiered fashion, and e) display and evaluate work of self and others, and enjoy the completed rainforests mixed media compositions.

MATERIALSItem # Description List Price 9-409658-739 Crescent® 8 Ultra-Black Mounting Board, 8 x 10", Pack of 10 $10.99 9-1496108-739 Crescent® 8 Ulta-Black Mounting Board, 5 x 7", Pack of 40 $29.99 9-1496110-739 Crescent® 8 Ultra-Black Mounting Board 11 x 14", Pack of 40 $82.99 9-225222-739 Sargent Art® Gallery Oil Pastels, Metallic, Pack of 12 $7.79 9-225219-739 Sargent Art® Gallery Oil Pastels, Fluorescent, Pack of 12 $7.79 9-401340-739 Faber-Castell® Soft Pastels, Set of 48 $22.59 9-410803-739 Shiva® Artists Paintstik® Oil Colors, Set of 12 $64.69 9-248880-739 Crayola® Metallic Crayons, Pack of 16 $3.49 9-1439134-739 Jack Richeson® Pearlescent Watercolors, 12 colors $8.99 9-443024-739 Aleen’s® Original Tacky Glue, 1 Pint Jar $8.39 9-358487-739 Saral® Transfer Paper in White (optional) $17.99 9-206312-739 Sax® Extra White Sulphite Drawing Paper 12 x 18", Pack of 500 $47.99

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GRADES 3-8Cross Curricular: Art and Literature


OBJECTIVES• Establish a design for a traditional fairy tale.

• Use a traditional material in a non-traditional way.

• Create depth in artwork though drawing and media application.

DESCRIPTIONThe purpose of this lesson is to enable students to use Crayola Modeling Clay in a non-traditional method, as a “paint” on the surface, and to give dimension to their finished piece. Students will take a traditional fairy tale and select three elements of it to feature in their piece. The lesson combines the use of modeling clay and traditional watercolors.


CreatingAnchor Standard #2: Organize and develop artistic ideas in work.


PresentingAnchor standard #5: Develop and refine artistic work for presentation.

Fairy Tale Forest

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DIRECTIONS1. Students will begin by examining and brainstorming

a list of various fairy tales from childhood that take place in a forest.

2. Students will develop sketches for the teacher’s approval based on this idea. Students should incorporate three elements of the story into their artwork. For example, the piece featured in this lesson is using the woods, the red coat and the wolf. On the practice sketch indicate which colors of Crayola Modeling Clay would be used on what areas, and which areas would use Crayola Watercolors. Keep in mind, the use of the Crayola Modeling Clay also helps to create the feeling of depth in the work. The modeling clay mixes well so it can be used to create additional colors.

3. Gently sketch out the drawing onto the illustration board.

4. Begin by applying the Crayola Modeling Clay onto all the desired areas. Press firmly onto the board and it will adhere, push it down and rub it on to attach it initially, and build it up from there.

5. When most of the Crayola Modeling Clay is applied, begin to watercolor the background or any other imagery. If more clay is desired, wait until the background dries before applying.

6. When the piece is finished, and all watercolor areas are dry, gently apply a coat of Sax Multi-media Varnish over the entire piece. This will give it stability and add natural highlights to the work.

MATERIALS

Fairy Tale Forest

Item # Description List Price 9-1536184-739 Crayola® Modeling Clay, Classic Colors, Set of 8 $2.99 9-1536185-739 Crayola® Modeling Clay, Pastel Colors, Set of 8 $2.99 9-1536187-739 Crayola® Modeling Clay, Natural Colors, Set of 8 $2.99 9-007560-739 Crayola® Non-Toxic Semi-Moist Watercolor Paint Set, Assorted Colors, Set of 8 $5.29 9-1496113-739 Crescent® No. 99 Acid-Free Cold Press Illustration Board, White, 11" x 14", Pack of 40 $82.99 9-403961-739 Sax® True Flow Non-Toxic Waterproof Multi-media Varnish, Gloss, 1 Gallon $63.99

NOTE: The clay specified comes in small packages so several will be needed to suit the needs of a classroom)

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GRADES 6-12Cross Curricular: Art, Science, Math, History and Language Arts


OBJECTIVES• To enable students to recognize and utilize the

elements and principals of design in their own work and that of others.

• Realize and execute a patterned assemblage that is the sum of many parts following one central theme.

DESCRIPTIONStudents will study patterns found in nature and in objects representative of various cultures. Students will develop their own patterned designs using SharpIe Oil Markers on a number of various geometric shaped mini canvases to construct a well designed assemblage, mounted on elevated levels.

Geometric Shape Assemblage



PresentingAnchor Standard #6: Convey meaning through presentation of artistic work.



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DIRECTIONS1. Discuss and illustrate the principles and elements

of design.

2. Have students recognize the principles and elements of design in famous art work, in their own work and in that of others.

3. Inform students that they will use Sharpie® Oil Based Paint Markers on a number of mini canvas boards to create a grouping of patterns that have one specific theme in a design assemblage. Each assemblage will use as many of the principles and elements of design to carry their theme throughout the assemblage.

4. Explain the definitions of the words “assemblage” and “patterned”.

5. Inform students they will assemble each designed geometric shaped canvas on a different level to the back board so that the grouping has an elevated, floating look to the design. Students will have five to seven pieces of the geometric mini canvas board to design.

6. Discuss patterns found in nature such as those occurring in waves reaching the sand on the beach, patterns in bark, animal fur, leaves and flowers, and those found in textiles and weavings from different cultures.

7. Show and let students try Sharpie Oil Based Paint Markers and point out that they are brilliant and varied in color, opacity, permanent, quick-drying and will work well on black or white canvas.

8. Stress the use of good, clean line, repetition of shape and color, varying of size of pattern from shape to shape, so that the assemblage moves the eye from shape to shape.

9. Inform students the theme of the patterned shapes should be the overall impression that the viewer has when first glancing at the project as a whole, for example, the theme of “Tree Shapes”, in this lesson.

10. To elevate each mini canvas, students will use scraps of mat board built up in layers like a stack of bricks. Have students try different levels of these stacks under their designed mini canvas pieces to see how the levels work for the design as a whole before gluing the stacks together and before gluing each canvas piece to the mounting board.

11. The Faber-Castell® Soft Pastels may be used to create a mist of color on the black mounting board behind the elevated mini shapes. This would lend more of the elements of value and movement as well as the principles of repetition, harmony and contrast to the work.

12. Have students assemble their individual shapes over the mounting board and glue in place.

13. Lastly, have students evaluate their own art work as well as those of others to see how the elements and principles of design are present in the projects. Display and enjoy all of the Patterned Geometric Shape Assemblages.

Geometric Shape Assemblage

MATERIALSItem # Description List Price 9-405867-739 Sharpie® Oil-based Paint Marker, Medium Tip, Assorted Metallic Colors, Set of 2 $7.99 9-405871-739 Sharpie® Oil-based Paint Marker, Medium Tip, Assorted Classic Colors, Pack of 5 $18.99 9-1371759-739 Sharpie® Oil-based Paint Marker, Assorted Metallic and Classic Colors, Pack of 5 $18.99 9-1371760-739 Sharpie® Oil-based Paint Marker, Assorted Fashion Colors, Pack of 5 $18.99 9-1461912-739 Sharpie® Oil-based Paint Marker, Fine Tip, Assorted Neon Colors, Pack of 5 $11.49 9-1534846-739 Sharpie® Fine Extreme Permanent Markers, Black, Set of 4 $10.29 9-1440657-739 Sharpie® Metallic Marker, Fine Tip, Assorted Colors, Pack of 36 $71.19 9-443024-739 Aleenes® Original Tacky Glue, 1 Pint Jar $8.39 9-1539514-739 Fredrix® Mini Cut Edge Panels, White, Assorted Sizes, Pack of 180 $39.99 9-1539515-739 Fredrix® Mini Cut Edge Panels, Black, Assorted Sizes, Pack of 180 $39.99 9-409658-739 Crescent® No. 8 Medium-Weight Melton Mounting Board, 8x10" Pack of 10 $10.99 9-1496110-739 Crescent® No. 8 Mounting Board, 11x14", Pack of 40 $82.99 9-401340-739 Faber-Castell® Creative Studio Soft Pastels, Assorted Colors, Set of 48 $22.59

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GRADES 7-12Cross Curricular: Art and Social Studies


OBJECTIVES• Students will create a clay tile with the impression

of a decorated pot as its subject.

• Students will plan and carve a linoleum printing block to press into their soft clay tile.

• Students will border their tile with simple clay shapes and textures.

• The printmaking aspect will allow students to create multiple tiles with various glaze colors, thus joining ceramics with printmaking.

DESCRIPTIONThe Arts and Crafts movement began in England and became popular in America in the early 1900s. An artistic reaction to the uniformity of the industrial revolution and mass production of items, artists sought to make work with a hand-crafted look.

Artwork in jewelry, furniture, stained glass, printmaking and especially ceramics reflected the Arts and Crafts movement’s desire for simple, clean and modern lines, and was often influenced by nature, notably Frank Lloyd Wright’s Chicago architecture.

Arts and Crafts Movement:Impressed Tile Relief






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DIRECTIONS1. Decide on a simple 3-D pot form and translate it

into a 2-D shape. Draw it on paper to fit Speedball® mounted linoleum block or Speedy-Cut Easy™ block. Recommended size is 4" x 5".

2. Transfer pot sketch to carving material with carbon paper and a ball point pen.

3. Speedball Linozip safety cutters have a unique “safe” design created for the pull-type carving method. Be sure to use a table hook and keep hands away from cutting blades. Using Speedball handle and Linozip safety cutters, carve pot design into carving material/block. Slowly pull the cutting blade towards you to carve your design.

4. When carving block is finished, roll out 1 1⁄2 lbs. of white or terra cotta clay with roller and guide sticks to about a 5⁄16" rectangular slab.

5. Make a tagboard template and cut clay slab into a tile BIGGER than your carving block to allow you to create a decorative border.

Tip: Don’t forget a hole if you plan to hang your tile.

6. Allow trimmed, bordered slab of clay to dry a bit and place face up on canvas. Center carving down on clay slab and roll over the back of the block firmly with rolling pin to transfer carved pot design onto clay tile. A few whacks with a rubber mallet may be needed.

Tip: If plate sticks to clay, dust printing plate lightly with baby powder, or allow tile to dry a bit more.

7. Dry tiles slowly between layers of newspaper.

8. Bisque fire dry tiles to cone 04 (1949 degrees F.)

9. Glaze and refire to recommended glaze temperature.

MATERIALSItem # Description List Price 9-410859-739 Speedball® Mounted Linoleum Block, 5" x 7" $5.29 9-380966-739 Speedball® Linozip Pull Type Cutter Set, No. 37, Set of 5 $11.79 9-408089-739 Speedball® Ceramic Underglaze Classroom Pack, 12 assorted colors, 2 oz. jars. $46.999-1439692-739 Speedball® Speedy-Cut Easy™ Block, 4" x 6" $4.29 9-409782-739 Clay Slabmaking Complete Kit $44.69 9-225852-739 Linoleum/Wood Block Stop $8.49 9-416911-739 Sax® True Flow Clear Gloss Glaze, 1 Gallon $36.19 9-402383-739 Sax® Boxwood Modeling Tool Set, Assorted Tools, Set of 72 $61.99 8-200366-739 Sax® Low-fire, Moist Earthenware Clay, Cream White, 50 lbs $31.99 9-407369-739 Hole Cutting Hardwood Clay Tool Set, Assorted Sizes, Set of 4 $9.59 9-411828-739 Color Shapers™ Small Clay Modeling Tool Set, Black, Size 0, Set of 5 $41.59 9-1289641-739 Royal & Langnickel® Ceramic Glaze Brush Value Pack, Assorted Sizes, Pack of 16 $19.99

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GRADES 7-12Cross Curricular: Art and History


OBJECTIVES• Study the work and history of architect

Frank Lloyd Wright.

• Analyze color, highlight and shadow.

• Use perspective to render a Frank Lloyd Wright design.

DESCRIPTIONThe purpose of this lesson is to help students analyze and study the use of lights and darks in an architectural setting and conceptually reverse them, transferring them to black paper, transforming to a nighttime image. With only a few materials a striking result can be created.

An Evening with Frank Lloyd Wright





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DIRECTIONS1. Students will begin by researching the works of Frank

Lloyd Wright.

2. Select a design image that can be illustrated into an evening setting. Sketch a rough draft onto regular drawing paper the same size as the Crescent Ultra-Black Board. Think about what light sources would be coming from the interior and exterior of the structure.

3. Before proceeding to the Crescent Ultra-Black board, have students experiment on a scrap board or black piece of paper using the Faber-Castell Beeswax Crayons and the Faber-Castell Connector Paint set using a variety of brushes. Note that several coats of the paint may be applied to intensify or vary the color. Make a swatch sample board on black of all of your color choices. This is very helpful in determining which colors will work best in which areas.

4. Moving onto the Crescent Ultra-Black board, use the Faber-Castell Beeswax Crayons to lightly sketch your architectural design of choice onto the board.

5. The Faber-Castell Connector Paints and the Faber-Castell Beeswax Crayons can and should be used simultaneously. Layering is greatly encouraged to achieve the desired results. Students will also find the black Faber-Castell Beeswax Crayon to be a very useful tool as it can be used as an “eraser” or to tighten up edges.

MATERIALSItem # Description List Price 9-1438858-739 Faber-Castell® Connector Paint Box, Assorted Colors, Set of 24 $26.39 9-1438850-739 Faber-Castell® Jumbo Triangular Beeswax Crayons, Assorted Colors, Pack of 24 $9.39 9-1496109-739 Crescent® No. 8 Ultra-Black Mounting Board, 9" x 12", Pack of 40 $49.99

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GRADES 5-12Cross Curricular: Art, Botany, Science and Biology

Lesson Plan and Artwork by Joe Culotta, Art Consultant

OBJECTIVES• Develop a motif from nature.

• Apply various drawing and painting techniques to art work.

• Achieve a blending between the various drawing and painting techniques in the project.

• Gain knowledge in the use of mix media to create an art project

DESCRIPTIONNew water-soluble wax pastels are easy to apply wet or dry. They bend easily and are ideal for color mixing. These wax pastels allow students to easily make the sometime difficult transition between drawing and painting.

Transitional Drawings


CreatingAnchor Standard #1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.Anchor Standard #3: Refine and complete artistic work.




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DIRECTIONS1. Students will develop a drawing from nature on

watercolor paper using water soluble wax pastels.

2. Establish outline design on watercolor paper with dry pastel.

3. Use a variety of color and shading techniques during the dry drawing phase of the project.

4. After the basic design is established, fill in with value and shading techniques.

5. Using a directional background technique, fill the background negative spaces.

6. Use water and watercolor brush to blend and soften background spaces first and then work into detail elements.

7. Redrawing with the wax pastel in blended areas can be done to reestablish lost details. Tip: Try dipping the Reeves water soluble wax pastels in water for a different effect.

MATERIALS

Item # Description List Price 9-1289939-739 Reeves® Water Soluble Wax Pastel, Assorted Colors, Pack of 24 $7.99 9-408402-739 Sax® Watercolor Paper School Pack, Natural White, 90lb, 12" x 18", Pack of 100 $49.99 9-238338-739 Sax® True Flow White Sable Short Hardwood Brush Watercolor Brush Set, Set of 4 $11.69

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GRADES 6-12, APCross Curricular: Art and Science

Lesson Plan and Artwork by Ed Leary, Art Consultant

OBJECTIVES• Students will gain further understanding in

the creation of portrait painting using “grid work” images, including the limitations, color relationships, skills and the integration of “parts into a whole” concept.

DESCRIPTIONThis lesson is a study of iconic portraits by artist Chuck Close. These align with the dedication of student artists in the development of their style. As a specific learner in art, they will be further motivated by producing a portrait infused with the knowledge and practice of his specific “grid work” images.

Chuck Close-Inspired Self Portrait


CreatingAnchor Standard #2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.




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DIRECTIONS1. After researching the artistic style and technique of

“grid work” images, take a selfie, choosing an image that can be best used to align to this artistic idea: One that features a unique look, a bright smile or the way glasses are worn, etc.

2. Once a selfie has been chosen, make an enlargement of it, and draw a grid pattern onto it.

3. Using a grid pattern of enlargement with transfer paper, position the enlargement and trace onto the canvas.

4. Select a color pallet that you feel comfortable with and one that has a wide range of intensities and values that you have used before.

5. Start to paint in the grid squares, keeping the “family of colors” consistent. Use Liquitex® Gloss Medium and Varnish to thin Heavy Body paints.

Note: Don’t stray with colors all over the color wheel.

6. After painting is completely dry (48 hours) add a layer of Liquitex® Gloss Medium and Varnish to protect the finished piece .

MATERIALSItem # Description List Price 9-391001-739 Liquitex® Non-Toxic Classic Dry Acrylic Paint Set, 2 oz. Tubes, Set of 12 $74.99 9-403816-739 Liquitex® Acrylic Medium and Varnish, Gloss, 1 Pint $24.999-410847-739 Liquitex® Long-handle Value Brush Set, Assorted Sizes, Set of 5 $8.89 9-410849-739 Liquitex® Standard Length Handles, Set of 6 $8.89 9-1358178-739 Tara® Stretched Canvas, 12" x 16", Pack of 3 $22.99 9-459257-739 Saral® Wax-Free Transfer Paper, Graphite Black, 12 1⁄2" x 12' roll $17.99

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GRADES 5-12Cross Curricular: Art, Math, and Social Studies


OBJECTIVES• Become acquainted with various classical Greek

pottery forms and their names.

• Translate 3-D pottery forms into 2-D shapes

• Impress natural forms into rolled out vase shapes.

• Join the pot shapes to a textured slab tube in order to create a functional bud vase with a pot “facade” or false front.

DESCRIPTIONThe invention of the pottery wheel enabled early potters in many countries to easily create functional and ceremonial pottery.

Greek potters molded pots of various sizes and shapes to hold and transport water, wine and olive oil. Potters often joined with painters who decorated their pots first with geometric bands, and later with red and black slip figures.

Facade Bud Vase (It’s Greek to Me!)







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DIRECTIONS1. Draw several Greek pottery shapes:

A. An OLPE is a Corinthian flask or pitcher used for oil or other liquids.

B. An AMPHORA is a jar for carrying water or wine (phorein=to carry).

C. A LEKYTHOS is a cylindrical (olive) oil bottle

. Choose one and create a template on tag board or other heavy paper. The easiest way is to fold the paper like you are cutting a valentine and draw half the pot on the template. Cut it out. The size of your cut-out shape will be the size of your front pot facade (5-8" tall).

2. Roll out a clay slab to 1⁄4" thickness with 1 lb. of clay (apple-sized ball). Set the template on the slab and cut out your pot-shaped slab with pin tool or fettling knife.

3. Allow slab to firm up a bit and roll out another 1⁄4" slab bigger than 5" x 6". Using an Amaco (red) texture roller, roll a texture onto the slab and cut into a 5" x 6" rectangle. This is your tubular cylinder for bud vase.

4. Using a plastic, 4" x 1 3⁄4" diameter piece of PVC pipe (or other tube), cover with newspaper so the clay rectangle will not stick to the pipe.

5. Roll the rectangular-textured slab around the tube, score and slip the seam and then smooth the join.

6. Place a bottom on the tube and score and slip it. Make sure it will not leak.

7. Find small flowers, weeds, herbs or grasses and roll them onto the first pot-shaped rectangle of clay with roller. Do not choose plant material that is too thick as it will go all the way through the slab when rolled.

8. Score and slip a narrow vertical portion of the cylindrical tube as well as the center back of the pot facade slab. Press together to form your facade bud vase.

9. Dry, bisque fire at cone 04 (1949 degrees F.)

10. Glaze with AMACO® Teachers Palette glazes. They are bright, opaque and mixable.

11. Tip: Dry foot bottom (wipe off glaze) or coat with AMACO® underglaze, which doesn’t stick to the kiln shelf.

12. Glaze fire to cone 05 (1888 degrees F.)

MATERIALSItem # Description List Price 8-400258-739 AMACO® Versa Clay, White 20, 50 lbs $31.99 9-1442852-739 AMACO® Tile Cutter with Handle, 4" $14.29 9-409782-739 AMACO® Clay Slabmaking Complete Kit $44.69 9-1402963-739 AMACO® Koi Fish, Leaf Tribal, Pre-Columbian Clay Rollers, 4 1⁄2", Set of 4 $41.99 9-1494608-739 AMACO® Teacher’s Palette Glaze Class Pack, 8 oz, Set of 12 $93.99 9-385142-739 Kemper Fettling Knife, 4 1⁄2" long $7.69 9-1289641-739 Royal® & Ceramic Glaze Brushes Value Pack, Assorted Sizes, Set of 16 $19.99 9-402383-739 Sax® Boxwood Modeling Tool Set, Assorted Tools, Set of 72 $61.99 9-411828-739 Color Shapers™ Small Clay Modeling Tool Set, Black, Size 0, Set of 5 $41.59

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GRADES 8-12Cross Curricular: Art, Art History and Social Studies

Lesson Plan and Artwork by Ed Leary, Art Consultant

OBJECTIVES• Students will learn and experience the process

of design and construction in layering a paper product, Corobuff®, into a designer necklace that can be worn or displayed as a framed decorative “show piece”.

DESCRIPTIONThe transformation of paper into jewelry goes back hundreds of years. Paper as an invention dates to antiquity, perhaps as far back as A.D. 105 in China.

A flat piece of paper in the hands of a creative person is endless. Making paper jewelry as a specific learner in education can serve as body decoration, an ornament to express individualism, but also as a mark of creative craftsmanship.

Corobuff® Designer Necklaces






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DIRECTIONS1. Select colors of Corobuff® and Fadeless®

Metallic Papers.

2. Select a basic art form: a circle, square or oval that will be used as an overall design element.

3. Decide on the size. Note: 3" to 5" are typical for “waterfall” necklaces.

4. Cut a series of sizes in the form that you have chosen from the Corobuff®. Additional decorative pieces of Fadeless® Metallic Paper can be added as part of the overall design.

5. Select Gemstones or decorative buttons to highlight a center of interest in the necklace.

6. Glue and assemble.

7. Add Hemp Cord or Jute Twine as neck pieces to hang necklace.

8. Optional: Mount necklace for display in a box frame.

MATERIALSItem # Description List Price 9-006321 -739 Pacon® Corobuff® Corrugated Paper, Sheets, 12" x 16", 12 Assorted Bright Colors, 12 Sheets $8.29 9-221979-739 Pacon® Fadeless® Metallic Paper, 50lb, 12" x 18", Assorted Colors, Pack of 24 $12.19 9-054795-739 Pacon® Neon Construction Paper, 9" x 12", Assorted Colors, Pack of 20 $6.59 9-409448-739 Pepperell® Braiding Hemp Cord, 300', Rainbow Colors $6.69 9-456896-739 School Specialty® 100% Jute Twine, 3 ply, 1⁄8" x 220' $2.99 9-085728 -739 Creativity Street® Faceted Assorted Shape Acrylic Gemstone, Assorted Sizes,

Assorted Colors, 1 lb by Pacon® $19.99

9-409655-739 Sax® White Pre-cut Mats, 8" x 10", (window 4 1⁄2" x 6 1⁄2"), Pack of 10 $10.99 9-1364812-739 School Specialty® Clear Plastic Box Frame, 8" x 10" $5.59

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GRADES 7-12Cross Curricular: Art and History


OBJECTIVES• Research Renaissance artwork and framing styles.

• Create and frame composition in the historic style.

• Use patterning in frame design.

This lesson focuses on three properties of Renaissance artwork: The use and possible symbolism of dogs, the color palette used at that time and the ornate wood, sometimes gilded, frames that surrounded their work.

Dogs of the Renaissance





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DIRECTIONS1. Students will begin by examining and researching the

symbolism and use of dogs in Renaissance artwork.

2. They will then create their own “dog portrait” in the style of these artists selecting a similar breed of dog and color choices that may have been used at that time.

3. After a rough draft is completed, students may continue onto their final board using Lyra® Polycrayons Soft Pastels Sticks. They are easily blended and manipulated. The 24-color set provides an appropriate color range for this type of work.

4. When the portrait portion of the lesson is complete, the piece may be sprayed with a fixative.

5. Students can then research the history of framing styles of the Renaissance, including what woods were used and what styles were made. The example in this lesson used the brown and gold colors of DAS Color Air-Dry Clay but alternative colors may be used.

6. The frame was created by rolling coils of the DAS Color Air-Dry Clay and pressing them flat with a repeating pattern into the coils. Keep in mind when designing and measuring the frame that the DAS Color Air-Dry Clay will shrink slightly during the drying process.

7. Allow the clay to dry overnight.

8. Coat the clay with Sax® True Flow Multi-Media Varnish to give it a wonderful luster, improve stability and highlight the patterns in the frame.

9. The frame then can be glued into position using a hot glue gun or any craft glue.

MATERIALSItem # Description List Price 9-1430637-739 Lyra® Polycrayons Soft Pastels Sticks, Assorted Colors, Set of 12 $13.59 9-1430638-739 Lyra® Polycrayons Soft Pastels Sticks, Assorted Colors, Set of 24 $27.39 9-1537784-739 DAS® Color Air-Dry Clay, 5 1⁄3 oz., 12 Assorted Colors, Pack of 24 $109.99 9-1496113-739 Crescent® No. 99 Acid-Free Cold Press Illustration Board, White, 11" x –14", Pack of 40 $82.99 9-403961-739 Sax® True Flow Non-Toxic Waterproof Multi-media Varnish, Gloss, 1 Gallon $63.99

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GRADES 9-12Cross Curricular: Art, Math and Art History

Lesson Plan and Artwork by Joe Culotta, Art Consultant

OBJECTIVES• Students will learn techniques of acrylic painting

using non-traditional methods of paint application on canvas by creating and reconstructing the visual world utilizing color line, texture.

• Explore, research and create paintings that encompass the techniques of abstractionism from Cubism, Abstract Expressionism, color field painting, Minimalism, and Postmodernism.

DESCRIPTIONThis lesson explores the use of visual imagery through abstract painting. Students will communicate the use of visual perception by deconstruction of a form to create thought and imagination to convey a feeling or mood for the viewer.

Abstract Art Revisited







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DIRECTIONS1. Share with students some of the works that make

up the Modern Art Movement such as Cubism, Expressionism and Minimalism.

2. Have students investigate color schemes used during this movement including monochromatic, analogous, complementary and original color schemes.

3. Have students research the painting techniques, brushworks and the painting of various modern styles by use of color, line and texture.

4. Allow students to experiment with the different painting techniques and color schemes uncovered in their research before starting on their own work.

5. Have students share their experiments with the class.

6. Students can now create an original painting using acrylic paint on canvas.

MATERIALSItem # Description List Price 9-402433-739 Sax® True Flow Medium Body Acrylic Paint, Assorted Metallics, Set of 3 $24.99 9-439304-739 Sax® True Flow Medium Body Acrylic Paint, Assorted Colors, Set of 12 $68.99 9-402434-739 Sax® True Flow Medium Body Acrylic Paint, Assorted Fluorescents, Set of 6 $48.99 9-238338-739 Sax® True Flow Short Hardwood Handle Watercolor Brushes, Super White, Set of 4 $11.69 9-409746-739 Sax® Stretched Canvas Panel, White, 18" x 24" $14.99 9-409741-739 Sax® Stretched Canvas Panel, White, 9 x 12" $7.49 9-444587-739 Sax® Bristilina White Konex Paint Brush Set, Assorted Sizes, Set of 6 $32.99

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