Wildlife Illustration: 2 Day (PK, K, 1)
Overview
| Program Description: |
From Rousseau"s fierce jungles to Audubon"s scientific watercolors, many artists over the centuries have been inspired by animals. Now it is your chance to join their ranks and create some animal artw... Read more
From Rousseau"s fierce jungles to Audubon"s scientific watercolors, many artists over the centuries have been inspired by animals. Now it is your chance to join their ranks and create some animal artwork of your own! Students will have the opportunity to sketch a live animal from the Lutz Children"s Museum in their very own homemade sketchbooks. 1: Students will learn about several famous artists and practice several different types of fun and challenging drawing exercises to build observational skills, fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, and imagination. They include: drawing with opposite hand, couture drawings, and drawing with eyes closed. Meet an animal at the end of class.Day 2: Gathered around a circle on the floor students will quietly observe a live animal. The teaching artist will make observations and ask students specific questions so they too can make observations. Teaching artist will engage the children in dramatic play as they discover the animal's habitat, nutritional needs and predators. Students will draw the animal during the duration of class. Students will pet the animal at the end of class. Day 2 animal is typically a turtle , as it can walk around for most of the class time.
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| Available to Grade(s): |
PK, K, 1 |
Logistics
| Program Format: |
In-School Short Term Residency |
| Cost Per Student: |
$10 |
| Number of Visits: |
2 |
| Length of Visit: |
45 min minutes |
| Availability: |
Prefer April and May bookings |
Requirements
| Program Can Serve: |
Visual Art |
| Program Requires Prior Meeting: |
no |
| Meeting Method: |
Phone, Email |
| Materials Arts Provider Provides: |
Pencils, sketchbooks, props, natural history artifacts, laminated images of artwork for various artists, and a live animal. ( For Arts Focuses Programs we additionally supply paper, crayons, and color pencils.) |
| Materials School Provides: |
Pencil for each students. Clean desks for workspace. Room on the floor to make a circle, to meet animal. |
| Space and/or Set Up Requirements for Program: |
We need open floor space (so all students can sit in a circle on the floor to meet the animals at the end of the program) and tables or desks (so all students will be able to observe and draw the anim... Read more
We need open floor space (so all students can sit in a circle on the floor to meet the animals at the end of the program) and tables or desks (so all students will be able to observe and draw the animals). Day 1 is drawing at desks . Day 2 is sitting in a circle on the floor to observe an animal for the duration of class.
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Learning Standards
| Curriculum Focus: |
Science |
| Art Form: |
Visual Art |
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