| Lesson Plan Submitted by Teri Schlotman, elementary art teacher at Villa Madonna Academy, Kentucky.  Grades: Three week class (three art periods) Grades 4 and 5 Adaptable to all grades!
Materials: Chalkboard,
chalk, drawing paper marked with 1" grid, pencils, ball point pens,
erasers
Week one:
Discuss with the children all the types of lines they can think of. (wavy, zigzag, thick, thin, circular etc. etc.) Progress on to how lines can work
together to form patterns. ( bricks, circles with dots in the middle, plaid,
herringbone, varieties are obviously endless!)
Now, on the chalkboard, draw a large grid with enough squares for each child.
Have them come up to the board and fill in a square with a line pattern of
some kind. It can be as simple as diagonal lines or more complicated like
wavy lines on the diagonal with periodic dots. Next, each child should have
a piece of paper with a grid (1 x 1 inch squares) at their desk. (My kids made
their own grids) Have them copy the patterns from the board onto their own
grids and have them add some new patterns or variations of the ones on the
board.
Week two:
Tell them that this week they are to draw a large simple object that has a
multiple of sections. Tell them to think in terms of what they might see in
a child's simple coloring book. Some examples my kids have done are: A
large bear dressed in a shirt and shorts with a ball at its foot: A large
butterfly with lots of large sections: (Bring in coloring books for ideas).
They are to now draw this onto their paper VERY LIGHTLY!!!!..with pencil. I
can't stress this enough!. They need to draw this outline LIGHTLY because
the final step will be to erase the outline next week.
So, they draw this picture, LIGHTLY. Now, using a black ball-point pen (your
basic BIC is fine!) start filling in each section of their picture with one
of the patterns from their own personal grids. Be sure fill in the pattern
all the way to the edge. Patterns can be repeated for effect. They will not
be able to finish this part in week two.
Week three:
This last class is devoted to finishing filling in their patterns in the
sections of their pictures. When finished, use a GOOD eraser, and now erase
the original pencil drawing so that all that remains is a paper filled with
patterns in the shape of their original drawing. It is a very impressive
project when finished yet very simple to do.
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