Warm and cool colors

We are going to complete the 2nd and the 3rd table that we made two weeks ago, the 1st one has the gray scale.

In the 2nd table we are going to make a range of warm colors.

In the 3rd table a range of cool colors.

You can only use your colored pencils and the 3 primary colors, yellow, magenta and cyan blue.

You have to see the tutorials in this order:

1. Warm range

2. Cold range

To do this exercise I offer you two options:

1. A drawing using the silhouette of your hands.

2. A drawing using a symmetrical figure cut out of cardboard as a silhouette. You can use all the colored pencils you have but divide them between warm and cold colors. If you don’t have many colors you can mix them to get more shades.

In this work we’ll work with recycled materials as diary paper. This technic is called papier maché, and you have to mix paper with white glue. We’re going to make birds, and we’ll paint them using temperas. Each student will choose if he or she wants to paint the bird in warm or cool colors.

In this exercise we’ll work with temperas, applying our knowledge about cool and warm colors. In this case we’re going to make a selfportrait.

These are the final results.

Aquarium

The class is divided into three groups that will work in differents aspects: point, line, plane with textures. They can work with dry and wet techniques, markers, colores pencils and tempera.

It will work in pairs on a large card:

  • There will be three boxes with points, lines and planes with textures.
  • Each pair of students will select the papers they like for their own work, which will consist of  representing a MARINE ANIMAL. These papers should be adjusted to the needs of they want to represent.
  • When you have drawn the outline of the FISH, you’ll have to fill it out by cutting the pieces of paper that interest them and sticking them in the most appropiate areas.
  • Afterwards, the different results will be shown and an aquiarium will be made as a mural.
  • These are the fish that students made:

Polygons

How to draw an octagone inscribed in a circle:

How to draw an heptagone inscribed in a circle:

How to draw a pentagone inscribed in a circle:

How to draw an hexagone:

https://youtu.be/3BZgcI1Ipn4

Here you can find the characteristics of a polygon:

Polygons For Kids Rap Song | Geometry Video

https://youtu.be/zI3rUMrRLF8

Star polygons

First thing we have to do is to find out the center of the sheet:

Once you have have found the center of the sheet….watch this video. In this video you can see how to make and decorate a star polygon, but it is only a suggestion, now you can choose the number of sides of your star polygon and decorate it however you want.

Starting from a star-shaped polygon of more than 12 points, the students have made a mandala like the ones you can appreciate here in this video:

Day of the dead

The days of the dead are truly a celebration of life which take place in Mexico, the second of November..  When children dance with caricatures of death, eat skull sugar molds and learn to respect that life is brief, they learn there is a circle to life and to not fear death and then are free to enjoy and appreciate every moment.

Here you can see some examples:

To start doing this exercise, you first have to learn how to make an ovoid.

After drawing the ovoid, you are going to draw different elements to the mask as you were doing an axial symmetry.

https://youtu.be/vEro2-qcFqU

Dividing a line segment into equal parts

Let’s start by drawing our name with a lot of creativity.

To perform this exercise you must learn to divide a segment into equal parts. But warning! it is very important to know how to do parallel with square and bevel.

Here you can see how to do parallels.

Last year we did a very nice job applying it to making your name. We are going to do a brief review and we are going to apply it to the construction of regular polygons.

The order you have to follow to watch the videos is as follows:

1. Thales Theorem

2. Doing a margin on the sheet (opcional)

3. Second task : Divide a segment

4. General Method