Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Art Levels 3 & 4, 11/12/2013


This week we created our own silhouettes.  Each student had their profile traced onto white paper last week.  We used this as our template, by cutting it out and tracing it onto black paper.  It was then cut out and glued onto another contrasting color paper.  It was a fun activity.  Most students wanted me to hang on to the finished work until the end of the year celebration.  Please let me know if you want them to come home, that is fine too.
 Thank you for taking the time to watch the videos last week, it really helped the lesson make sense for them. 

Optional Activity

Try making a silhouette of a family member or friend.  Here are the directions.

Materials Needed

Flashlight (and a dark(ish) room)

Construction paper (white & black)

Pencils

Poster board

Masking tape

A friend to trace your silhouette

What to do:

Tape a piece of white construction paper to the wall in a dark room.

 Place the flashlight on a table. Shine the light at the white construction paper.

 Sit between the light and the paper so that your profile appears on the paper.

 Have a partner trace around your silhouette onto the paper.

 Remove the paper from the wall and make sure your lines are smooth.

 Next, cut the silhouette out of the paper, place onto black construction paper, trace around it and cut it out.

 Glue the black silhouette onto white poster board. Add your name and date to the work.

 Optional: You may wish to add more than one silhouette to the poster board (as shown in example above).