NEWSELA QUIZLET FOR ART GRADE 4 QUIZLET ON DEGAS & THE DANCER QUIZLET ON DEGAS's ARTWORK
You will FIRST be creating a CONTOUR LINE DRAWING of your HAND. So, get 1 piece of sketch paper and click the LINK above for Contour Line Drawing Intro.
Nike Flyknit Air Max in colored pencil by @Grahams_art
FUN TIM BURTON INSPIRED HOW TO DRAW LESSON FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER
FOURTH GRADERS perform a little detective investigation and hunt our own JERSEY DEVIL! We use PRINTMAKING METHODS to create a WANTED POSTER in hopes to catch this elusive creature.
Without a doubt, New Jersey’s oldest, most enduring, and important pieces of folklore is the tale of the infamous Jersey Devil. For close to 300 years now, Jerseyans have told tales of this mythical beast that stalks the Pine Barrens and terrorizes local residents.
- What is a folktale? (folk tale/folklore)
A folktale is a story or legend forming part of an oral tradition. Folktales possess many or all of the characteristics listed below.
- Are generally part of the oral tradition of a group.
- Are more frequently told than read
- Are passed down from one generation to another
- Take on the characteristics of the time and place in which they are told
- Sometimes take on the personality of the storyteller
- Speak to universal and timeless themes.
- Try to make sense of our existence, help humans cope with the world in which they live, or explain the origin of something.
- Are often about the common person
- May contain supernatural elements
- Function to validate certain aspects of culture
VISUAL INFORMATION
Horns from the Top of its Head
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Antlers like Deer
Talon-like Claws
Leathery Bat-like Wings
Hair and Feathers all over the body
Eyes Glowing Bright Red
Reptilian/Lizard Forked Tail
Collie-Dog Shaped Head
Horse Face
Body of a Kangaroo or Crane
Small Arms
Walks on Two Legs
Numerous sightings of the Jersey Devil have continued to be reported to this day. The tale of the Jersey Devil has spread beyond the Pine Barrens and has been embraced by all of New Jersey, even to the point where it has been largely commercialized. The Jersey Devil is portrayed in toys, on t-shirts, and is even the subject of his own feature film. Most famously, the Jersey Devil has lent its name to New Jersey’s NHL hockey team as well as an Atlantic City, NJ Surf Shop!
While some Jerseyans embrace the Jersey Devil as nothing more than a quaint figment of our collective imagination, a source of unification and pride, and a unique and important piece of NJ folklore, others see it as a very real creature and a threat to their safety. Whether it’s deep in the Pine Barrens or deep in our imagination, one thing is certain–the Jersey Devil still lurks in New Jersey, and most likely always will.
Texture– element of art that refers to the way an object feels to the touch or looks as it may feel.
3-D Texture– refers to the way an object feels to the touch 2-D Texture- refers to the way an object looks as it may feel
Visual texture– the illusion of a 3-D surface Simulated- imitate real textures
Invented– 2-D patterns created by the repetition of lines of shapes
Rough textures– reflect light unevenly
Smooth textures– reflect light evenly
Matte– surface that reflects a soft, dull light. Shiny surfaces are the opposite of matte.
Impasto– a painting technique in which the paint is built up on the surface to create a texture
When drawing or painting texture, it is important to pay close attention to the values- they reveal the illusion of texture.
DIRECTIONS: 1. Download Value Scale below
GOOGLE DOC LINK TO VALUE SCALE
2. Make a Copy.
3. Save as PDF.
4. Go to Sketchpad.com
5. Click file folder icon.
6. Choose Upload as new then choose upload as new again.
7. Choose Copy of Value Scale PDF.
8. Choose fill tool (paint bucket) and create your own Value Scale with a Hue of your choice.
9. Screenshot your Value Scale. (CTRL, SHIFT and top middle rectangle with 2 vertical lines to the right)
10. Upload to GRADE 4 Padlet!
line-drawing-worksheet pdf
Monster Created from iPad App, MonsterKit
Watch the video on the ART SMART page about VALUE and FORM for our October and November Lessons.
2-D & 3-D Monster Buddies Prezi
4th Grade Color Still Life Sculpture
VIDEO INTRODUCTION TO RADIAL SYMMETRY/BALANCE BELOW
Click this sculpture to be introduced to Degas!
“Degas’s ballet works, which the artist began creating in the 1860s and continued making until the years before his death, in 1917, were infused with a very modern sensibility. Instead of idealized visions of delicate creatures pirouetting onstage, he offered images of young girls congregating, practicing, laboring, dancing, training, and hanging around studios and the backstage areas of the theater.” Excerpt from Harper’s Bazaar 2016
MISTY COPELAND AND DEGAS: ART OF DANCE
As she channels the artist Edgar Degas’s most famous ballet works ahead of a new exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, dancer Misty Copeland opens up about what it feels like to make history.
“I definitely feel like I can see myself in that sculpture…Ballet was just the one thing that brought me to life.” -Misty Copeland
VOCABULARY TO KNOW…
Movement: The visual flow of your artwork. It’s the path that you intend your viewer’s eye to follow. You can create this by purposefully placing art elements in a way that creates this path. The image below of an apple tree shows movement through the strong line of the branch from left to right.
Great Works: Dynamism of A Dog on a Leash (1912) Giacomo Balla
Artwork description & Analysis: Balla was fascinated by chrono-photography, a vintage technique whereby movement is demonstrated across several frames. This encouraged Balla to find new ways of representing movement in painting, and Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash is perhaps his most famous experiment. The work shows a woman walking a small black dog, the movement collapsed into a single instant. Displaying a close-up of the feet, Balla articulates action in process by combining opaque and semi-transparent shapes.
Oil on canvas – Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Key Ideas Behind FUTURISM
FROM EDISON HIGH STUDENT!
Folk Art
Folk Art is art which does not come out of the fine art tradition. Folk Artists are typically from rural or pre-industrial societies, and are more closely related to craftsmen than they are to fine artists.
Folk Art is characterized by a naive style, in which traditional rules of proportion and perspective are not employed.
Closely related terms are Outsider Art, Self-Taught Art and Naive Art.
Well-known Folk Artists include the American painters Grandma Moses and Edward Hicks, and the Canadian painter Maud Lewis.
The show Tinga Tinga Tales was visually inspired by the Tingtinga art of Tanzania.
The Tingatinga artists paint wonderful animals in bright colours with an intricate use of pattern and design. The Tingatinga collective grew from the work of one man – Eduard Saidi Tingatinga – over 40 years ago. Now there are over 700 Tingatinga artists in Tanzania. Tiger Aspect is working with artists from the Tingatinga Arts Co-Operative based at Morogoro Store in Dar es Salaam.
Fourth Grade will be using owls as their subject for this FOLK ART inspired lesson.
