Clay Kindergarten Rainbows
Learning Targets
I can...
- Create an original Clay Kindergarten Rainbows using ceramic techniques learned in class
- Use color order (red orange yellow green blue purple), form (two dimensional three dimensional), and texture (actual, visual, implied) inspired by English Artist (1965-Present) Damien Hirst
- Use water marbling techniques (Ebru, Suminagashi, stone marbling, Renaissance) and design principles (repetition, harmony, proportion) based on Contemporary Art
- Define Rainbow (a multicolored arc in the sky that appears when sunlights shines through falling rain or mist)
Lesson One
Day One, Art Start
1. Butterfly Rainbow, Blue (2020) Damien Hirst
2. Read My Color Is Rainbow by Agnes Hsu
3. Discussion Questions "Who likes the rain? Who has seen a rainbow? Can we name all the colors we used to make our beautiful rainbow starting at the top? If you had to pick one color from your rainbow to be the best color ever, which one would it be? What things in our classroom or at home are the same colors as the rainbow? What do you know about primary colors and what do you know about secondary colors? Do you think rainbows would be interesting if they were just one color? How can artists use color, pattern, and imagination to communicate feelings and positive messages? Why do you think rainbows always have colors in a particular order?"
Lesson Activities
1. Add line types (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) for the proportions (foreground, rainbows) within the positive space (foreground, middle ground, rainbow) of the Clay Kindergarten Rainbows
2. Mold clay into basic shapes (ovals, triangles, circles, squares) for the positive space (foreground, middle ground, rainbow) of the Clay Kindergarten Rainbows
3. Use needle tools to draw basic shapes (ovals, triangles, circles, squares) for the positive space (foreground, middle ground, rainbow) of the Clay Kindergarten Rainbows
Day Two, Art Start
1. Retrieve Clay Kindergarten Rainbows for Assigned Tables
2. Rainbow, Small Laminated Giclee Print On Aluminum (2020) Damien Hirst
3. Discussion Questions "What do you think is the best clay tool? Do you think that if I were to drop this clay tool it would stay together? Can you create a three-dimensional rainbow out of clay using the techniques of scoring, slipping, cutting, and smoothing? Can you use specific colors to paint three-dimensional rainbows realistic or abstract? Can you add at least two unique details to the three-dimensional rainbows by using texture or shapes? Can you participate in a discussion of how artists use clay? What shapes do you see in this rainbow sculpture? If you could touch this, what would it feel like? Why do you think this artist chose to make art out of something we can see in nature?"
Lesson Activities
1. Add basic shapes (triangles, ovals, circles, rectangles) to the negative space (background) of the Clay Kindergarten Rainbows
2. Add details (swirls, clouds, sun, stars, moon, wind) to the positive space (foreground, middle ground, rainbow) of the Clay Kindergarten Rainbows
3. Use modeling tools (paddle, brush, grip) to smooth out the positive space (foreground, middle ground, rainbow) of the Clay Kindergarten Rainbows
Day Three, Art Start
1. Retrieve Clay Kindergarten Rainbows for Assigned Tables
2. Set Up Studio Area (rolling pins, rubber mats, modeling tools, air dry clay)
Lesson Activities
1. Add color combinations (warm/cool colors, analogous colors, complementary colors) to the positive space (foreground, middle ground, rainbows) of the Clay Kindergarten Rainbows
2. Add color combinations (warm/cool colors, analogous colors, complementary colors) to the negative space (background) of the Clay Kindergarten Rainbows
3. Apply Gloss to the positive space (foreground, middle ground, rainbows) of the Clay Kindergarten Rainbows
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