Warm And Cool Colored Hands

Learning Targets

I can...

• Create an original Warm And Cool Colored Hands using drawing techniques learned in class
• Use warm/cool colors (red orange yellow; green blue purple), shape variation (free form, organic, geometric), and space (positive, negative) inspired by English Artist (1898-1986) Henry Moore
• Use figure techniques (gesture, contour, movement lines) and design principles (composition, proportion, repetition) based on Modern Art
• Define Figure (drawing human form in various shapes and postures using any drawing medium)

Lesson One
Day One, Art Start

1. The Artist's Hand III (1979) Henry Moore

2. Read Hands by Lois Ehlert

3. Discussion Questions "How do artists know if a color is warm or cool? What are the primary colors? Do you see any differences between warm and cool colors? What type of temperature do you think blue has? What type of temperature do you think red has? How accurate were your predictions where mixing colors? What colors remind you of fire? What comes to mind when you think of something cold? What kinds of images would you choose? How do each of these pictures make you feel? What would happen if you used opposite colors? Do you notice how the warms colors advance and the cool colors recede? How are complementary colors used?"

Lesson Activities

1. Choose 12" by 15" Drawing Paper

2. Draw three outlines of hands using drawing techniques (contour line, outline, continuous) for hand drawings

3. Add line types (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) to positive space (hand) and negative space (background) for Warm And Cool Colored Hands

Day Two, Art Start

1. Retrieve Warm And Cool Colored Hands for Assigned Table

2. The Artist's Hand (1986) Henry Moore

3. Discussion Questions "What types of lines are in this artwork? What types of colors are in this artwork? How does your eye move through this artwork? What choices did the artist make to make that happen? How would you describe this artwork to someone who has never seen it? Who do you think this artwork was created for? What do you think this artist is trying to say in this artwork? What is the meaning or message? What emotions do you notice in this artwork? What emotions do you feel when looking at this? How do you think the artist was feeling when he created this artwork? How did the artist use line, shape, and color to contribute to the mood or meaning? What type would you give this artwork? What symbols do you notice in the artwork?" 

Lesson Activities

1. Use drawing techniques (contour line, outline, continuous) to add basic shapes (geometric, organic) to positive space (hand) of hand drawings

2. Use drawing techniques (contour line, outline, continuous) to add basic shapes (geometric, organic) to negative space (background) of hand drawings

3. Use drawing techniques (contour line, outline, continuous) to add details (movement lines, repetition) to Warm And Cool Colored Hands

Day Three, Art Start

1. Retrieve Warm And Cool Colored Hands for Assigned Table

2. Set Up Studio Area (markers, erasers, pencils) 

Lesson Activities

1. Use warm colors (red orange yellow) to fill in the positive space (hands) of the hand drawings

2. Use cool colors (blue green purple) to fill in the negative space (background) of the hand drawings

3. Add patterns (wavy, curved, swirl) to the positive space (hands) of the Warm And Cool Colored Hands

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