Notice the orange walkway as it flares out at the bottom. Of course, there is nothing wrong with a full-size Mega Truck on a mountain that is twenty miles away across the lake. This benign little ‘stuffy’ below, was a real hit last Thanksgiving. It takes an awareness of which muscles to use as you draw your Sun, pushing and pulling lines always from the center outwards. Practice these ‘S’ lines and then start twisting and turning them. I see forests and great shining pyramids with sailing boats all tangled together in an ancient harbor. Red, blue and green make for powerful allies when it comes to color harmony. I have included some Warm up shapes in 3-D to help you get to the next level and give you some confidence when playing the game. You can make your drawing simple and easy if you start with just two triangles. The fish are interacting instead of just posing. Notice the braids on the left use the coordination exercise you just completed. The RED ball on the bottom left is the closest to you. piece of 3/8th. Now you have established one in front and two behind. Except for some fading and a few dings, it has kept its dignity and charm for 11 years. Lots for K-3 and some real challenges for Gr.4-6. Simply fill your page with Round and Round with a Dot in the middle. This was one of our favorite spots since it was next to one of the original 1960’s Dairy Queens. Three Dimensional Art is one step higher than Two-Dimensional Art. Combine them with the Artabet character drawings and Draw a Story and you will have a confidence that will release your creative imagination every time you draw. With my 6 universal lines of art, you can draw anything in the world. I’ve taught art in classrooms for 25 years and know that teachers need fun, simple exercises, and art activities to get students going. Look around the classroom, the schoolyard or a green space outdoors and make some assembled art using the ‘Shish Kaball’ 3D Developmental Exercise. Now we draw this reference line after we have drawn the flower and the ladybugs. Learn the principles, develop muscle awareness, broaden your technique, add some artistic imagination and you have a recipe for a successful art class. As you can see there isn’t a wrong way only different ways. You learned in front and behind now we have on top and below. These are ready-to-use lesson plans that are sent every holiday in the school year. Some of those techniques included scumbling, dash and dab, controlled stroke, rapid back and forth strokes, glazing and veiling in white. An easy and simple classroom project would be to make your own color experience cards with paint, colored pencils, or felts. But it’s hard and fun if you are five, six, or seven years old! A line starts … it flows …and it ends. If you remember the Wiggle Game a few posts back you will find this game to be one ‘notch higher’. Crossover with a new theme. I would suggest that you do the linking and clustering games first and then let them at this one. To perform this exercise, take out exactly five minutes to draw … The green painter’s tape is removed when the picture is finished.It leaves a crisp clean edge and is display ready. Symmetry is a fundamental ARTABET principle that cannot be ignored and must be developed. There are no mistakes in art. Let the technology bring expertise into your classroom.You direct and they follow. Keep your paper size small or at least keep your drawing small. All were different, all had depth all had artistic composition. Last to draw is the actual 8 on the bottom right. Cut outs really make us think ‘SHAPE.’. How can we use cutting edge technology as a teaching tool in our elementary school classroom? It’s the star of the show. Simple done well is extraordinary. Now you come to the 3-D part where you add the straight lines to the left bottom and top. On this website I use cookies to improve your experience. Let’s take a look at a crafty idea for your classroom.Just admire the ‘craftsmanship’ as you look at Danielle Linn’s felting.