Art as a Way of Learning®

#3 ART LEADS LEARNING

The arts provide a medium for creative and critical thinking.

Art as a Way of Learning®

Thinking with our Hands

Art as a Way of Learning®

SHAPESSHAPE is the result of a line that

travels back to its beginning. Shapes are two dimensional as in a

drawing or painting and may be angular, circular, free-form, small, repeated, irregular, geometric, expressive, positive, negative, silhouette, or symbolic.

Shape generally refers to a contour, the outer reference of a form. “The contours of a good shape will have meaning, emphasis balance, and rhythm.” Kenneth Bates

“Shapes jump out at me.” Georgia O’Keeffe

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LINESLINE is a mark or stroke long in

proportion to its breadth.Lines can be straight,

horizontal, vertical, long, short, thick, thin, diagonal, curving, smooth, broken, fuzzy, blurred, zigzag, outline, energetic, delicate, or strong.

They depict energy, movement and connectivity in a work of art.

Repeated lines can create patterns and textures. Lines can also create an illusion of three dimensional space or depth.

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“ESCAPES”

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Reflection

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The Learning Cycle

PERCEPTION

PRODUCTION

CONSTRUCTION

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Landscapeso Perception - Look at a landscape print and identify

what you see. Discuss each art elements: color, light, texture, shapes, lines. Which textured papers are similar to parts of the landscape?

o Construction - Explore a variety of lines (string, ribbons, pipe cleaners, etc.) to create or recreate various landscape designs. Compare and contrast various landscapes focusing on principles of visual organization. What mood or feelings do the different landscapes create? How does the artist move your eye through the landscape? How did the artist create a “sense of place”?

o Production - Use your knowledge of landscapes to create your own personal “Escape”. The medium is collage.

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National Visual Art Standards

1. Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes

2. Using knowledge of structures and functions 3. Choosing and evaluating a range of subject

matter, symbols, and ideas 4. Understanding the visual arts in relation to history

and cultures 5. Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics

and merits of their work and the work of others 6. Making connections between visual arts and other

disciplines