Name Drawings on a Grid
Lesson Plan Submitted by: D.
Sterner
Special Ed Art K-12
Buffalo, NY
Grade Level: 5th -6th Grade
Materials:
| large white paper |
rulers |
pencils |
paint |
colored markers |
Sharpie markers (black) |
Vocabulary:
| Pattern |
Design |
Positive Space |
Negative Space |
Arrangement |
Procedures:
1. Create a grid using
pencils and rulers on any sheet of paper that will fit the name - for 1st
time use large grids.
2. Bubble letter the
name on the grid - lightly in pencil - no overlapping of letters.
3. Then in sequence
format...color the grids as the plan outlines...+ - space in that part
of the letter appears within the grid and part appears outside the grid,
inside outside the line - to reveal an optical illusion of the name from
the grid format.
4. Consider: within
each square a space needs to be considered inside or outside the letter
of the space within the grid. Using a selected color scheme - color
inside spaces 1 color and outside spaces another color...then the name
can be seen as the color selection reveals it!
**I use it all the time with behavioral and learning disorder kids.
Of course I see more WuTang Clan and West Side Pride....2Pac and ...the
list goes on....but
it works!
Extensions:
Can be used to reinforce color concepts,
such as analogous colors, complimentary colors, etc. Also is a natural
extension of math concept of measurement and using a ruler.
Grid Name Design on Computer
Jan Hillmer has students do Grid Name Design as an
introduction to computer graphics/drawing software.
