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Old School Lesson Plans

During the summer, I’m going to dig back to some of my old lesson plans that I had posted on artsonia.com to show to you.  Maybe I will revisit these again during the upcoming school year.  This was favorite of mine and I don’t know why I stopped teaching it. The pictures all turned out gorgeous.

CUBIST CATS  for Second Grade
The kids learned about Picasso and his dynamic, fragmented Cubist artwork.

1.  First we did a step-by-step drawing of a cat.  I demonstrated, then they drew on their paper.  The cats all ended up having their own personality even though we followed the same steps.
2.  Next, take a ruler and draw diagonal lines through the cats.  Divide up the space to create the fragmented feeling.
3.  Go over the lines with a black marker.  Finally color in each of the sections with a different color colored pencil.

A colorful child’s drawing of a cat sitting on a circular rug with a geometric pattern in the background.
A child’s drawing of a smiling orange striped cat with a colorful geometric background.
Colorful geometric drawing of a cat sitting with a serious expression against an abstract background.

Teacher Tip:  Demonstrate how to color with colored pencils in an even and solid manner.
The artist books by Mike Venezia are awesome.


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About Marcia Beckett

Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.

One Response to Old School Lesson Plans

  1. Tisha Smith says:

    Thanks for sharing. I did this lesson w/ my students!
    Here it is:
    http://artwithmrssmith.blogspot.com/2012/01/cubism-cats.html

    tisha

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