“WORD” to the ART… You make the art, but can you “TALK” the art? *Answer the quiz questions, then choose an art activity to do in class.

““WORD” to the ART…WORD” to the ART…““WORD” to the ART…WORD” to the ART…You make the art,You make the art,

but can you “TALK” the art?but can you “TALK” the art?

*Answer the quiz questions, then choose an art activity to do in class.

Art Activities To Do:

1. Create a picture of an area in the room. Whatever you draw must be broken up into pieces and colored..

2. Create a painting using only

warm colors. Take a picture

upload it into the computer

and change it using only the

cool colors on the program.

3. Create a drawing that is a

image with lots of details.

Then redo it in oil pastels.

Art Activities To Do:

1. Create a 3D version of your

house out of toothpicks…

2. Create a tribal hut using only

natural materials you bring in.

3. Create a skyline of our city

to educate the public we have

one!

4. Create sketches of the unique

architectural details found on

our downtown buildings.

Art Activities To Do:

1. Find at least five names of

printmakers that sell their

prints in Iowa.

2. What is the importance of an

“edition” numbering on a print?

3. Name at least two artists who

are famous for their print images in the U.S., Midwest

Fort Dodge area?

Art Activities To Do:

1. What products do you have at

your home that have a lot of

“embellishment” on them?

2. What events or times in our

calendar year do we like to

“embellish” things around us?

3. You’ve been asked to design a

new image for a wrapping paper

company, what will you make

that hasn’t been used before?

Art Activities To Do:

1. Write down all the geometric

shapes you find in the room.

2. Make a worksheet for your

sibling to learn about the

types of geometric shapes

that are in your home.

3. Create a drawing that uses

only geometric shapes in it.

Art Activities To Do:

1. Look around you to see how

many things “radiate” from

another locations.

2. Where does the word “radial”

originate from?

3. Create a detailed image that

uses the concept of radial.

4. What are common images that

students like you create that

use the “radial” idea? Think….

Art Activities To Do:

1. Create a collage using scissors

much like the artist, Matisse

did for his famous artwork.

2. Does it matter what type of

scissors you use for your work

or not? (Opinion, no right or

wrong answer on this one!)

3. Trace the shape of the scissors carefully; create an

abstract image of those images

and color them creatively.

Art Activities To Do:

1. Look around the room and list

all the things you see that

have some shading visible to

your eye.

2. What are different ways to

show shading on an object;

show example of this on your

paper.

3. What artist is “known” for

using lines to create a sense

of shadow in his artwork?

Art Activities To Do:

1. Name the objects around you

that look stable; do they have

to be alive or not?

2. Think of the most “stable”

building downtown that you

can think of. What gives the

appearance that it is to you?

3. Pretend you are a designer;

you must design a new type of

school desk that is “stabile”.

How will it look to give it that

effect?

Art Activities To Do:

1. Make a small sketchbook and

create at least 10 thumbnail

sketches of objects in the

room.

2. Choose one of the sketches

you did, copy it 5 times and

color one of them any way

you choose.

3. Take the other copies and

color them differently from

the first one you colored.

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1. Take at least three of your favorite projects and scan them on the computer. Save the file. Go on to www.artsonia.com and upload your project into your gallery or folder. Make sure you use your code given to you earlier to do this part of the project.

2. Take your favorite image and email it to your classroom teacher. Next arrange a time to “show” him/her how to put it on the computer for a screen saver image to enjoy.

Congratulations!

You have learned

Art terms

used in our projects

AND

created some

incredible

Artwork

All from knowing

The “WORD”!