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Portrait Proportions and Flesh Tones
Using the provided blank face template, learners of any age draw to learn how to create proper facial proportions. This lesson focuses on two dimensional facial proportions, how to estimate those proportions, and drawing techniques. If...
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Face It!
Students experiment with proportions and drawing in this excellent Art lesson plan for grade 5-8. The lesson plan includes a PowerPoint slide show and requires the use of the educational software entitled "MatchWho". Students are...
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Portrait Drawing Using a Model - Activity 1
Students create a realistic portrait using a live model and charcoal in this introductory art lesson on portrait drawing. A video and resource links are included to aid in instructional strategies.
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Countdown Challenge: Measuring Angles
In this measuring angles instructional activity, learners draw hands in clock face to depict a given time. Next, they observe the angles created by the hands and determine the number of degrees. Students write proportions to solve the...
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Funny Face Self Portraits
Students gain appreciation for the drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. They show human emotion by drawing facial features in correct proportion - studying ratio of eye width to the rest of the facial features. They create values by varying...
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Drawing Lessons
Pupils recognize and respond to the content of visual art using art vocabulary. They recognize the differences between art materials, techniques, and processes.
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Drawing Anime Style
Students use a graphic organizer to explore the drawing style known as Anime. They conduct research from a variety of internet resources to come up with a better comprehension of the style and how it is drawn.
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Clay Portrait Project
Students discuss facial proportions and mix colors similar to flesh tones. For this art lesson, students draw and paint a portrait and then translate this image into a 3D form using clay.
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Set Design
Students explore proportional reasoning. In this middle school mathematics lesson students investigate scale drawings as they create a proportional representation for the carvings on Mt. Rushmore.
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Face It!
Learners explore the proportions of the human face and utilize a graph to draw a self portrait based upon the techniques and styles of a variety of artists.
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Unit 6 Math Vocabulary Cards (Grade 6)
Fifty-eight flashcards make up a set designed to reinforce math vocabulary. Within the set, you'll find bold-faced word cards as well as definition cards that offer a labeled example. Terms include base, percent, theoretical probability,...
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The Boy of a Thousand Faces
Students discuss what an illustrator is and illustrations help readers follow the story line. Using the illustrations, they identify the characteristics of facial proportions and draw their own face. They use glue to cover the lines...
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Explore Elizabeth I
Keen observation skills are an essential trait for good artists. Discuss the elements of a portrait with your class using terminology such as, full-face, profile, quarter-length, full-length. After that, they can use the included...
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Self Portraits
Student pictures are taken with a digital camera. The picture is opened on the computer, and selected. On the computer, the image is cloned, and traced (using the computer, not a "real" pencil). Students discuss how well the "average...
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Draw Like an Egyptian
Second graders explore Egyptian life and art and examine Egyptian figures and translate them to their own artwork. Students use objects other than paint brushes to paint. Students practice using watercolors and practice figure proportions.
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The Human Head and Picasso
Sixth graders view human head paintings by Picasso. Using the paintings, they identify the facial proportions by a frontal and profile view. With a partner, they create a portrait of them after observing and measuring their face. They...
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Self-Portraits
Eighth graders practice the techniques of color, face proportion, emotion through color, and how to integrate handheld applications in Art projects in this Art lesson for the 8th grade classroom. Self-Portraits are used and emphasized in...
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Expressive Papier-Mache Masks
Students create papier-mache masks showing different human emotions. In this mask lesson, students choose what facial expression they want and sketch out their mask and background. They form the "face" in clay and then papier-mache over...
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Another Dartboard
Fifth graders solve a word problem that involves predicting probabilities of an event and making deductions from probabilities. They discuss dice and coins and the probability of rolling each number or face of the coin, and in small...
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Using Fabrics in Your Art Curriculum
Young scholars use a dicut machine to do block printing on fabric. In this fabric lesson plan, students draw, carve, and print onto blocks for this art project.
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American Revolution and Constitution Take-Home Assessment
In this early American history instructional activity, students draw diagrams of that feature the responsibilities of each of the 3 branches of the federal government and then create their own original visuals that highlight the...
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How Much Is Too Much?
Young scholars examine population growth and collect data. In this statistics lesson, students create a scatter plot to represent the different species found in the water and are being harvested. They graph their data and draw conclusion...
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Coin Art 4-6
Students study the historical figures and symbols of U.S.
patriotism depicted on the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter coins and learn that artists designed the portraits and other images on the coins. They research Texas symbols and...
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Art Techniques
Third graders create a self portrait using correct proportions and details. After completing their portrait, they exchange their portrait with that of a classmate and offer constructive criticism of the portrait and suggestions for...