Line Project: A continuation: vertical and horizontal line- smaller project

Vertical and horizontal line-
Time Period 60 minutes
age : 5-9 yrs
 firstly review what the students have previously learnt- horizontal and vertical lines
You can teach them about classroom equipment . Download free flashcards from www.havefunteaching.com
Go through that
for this project you can show students an artwork by Dutch artist Piet Mondrian.Make sure to show several different ones.http://www.twitterevolutions.com/bgs/mondrian-twitter-background.jpg

Be sure to show different ones. Ask students to show you where the vertical and horizontal lines are


Materials
A2 or A3 size paper
Three primary colours, red, yellow and blue( it can either be acrylic based paint or pastels
Black oil pastel or black strips of cardboard paper
glue stick ( if students are going to paste black strips)
flat paint brush ( if students are going to paint)
paint tray or palette



  oil pastels blend better than crayons








  acrylic paint





paint brush





paint palette



 
 black strips of paper
Styrofoam cups are great for cleaning paint brushes -just add water
glue stick

Procedure: ask students to randomly draw vertical or horizontal lines with black pastel or paste the strips on paper . Then ask students to fill in those spaces with three primary colours anywhere they like. Be sure to tell them to colour in only one colour

Variation to lesson- if students are going to use paint - have students draw vertical and horizontal lines with pastel , then let them paint. For first time students show them how  to paint with a paint brush and explain to them it is not necessary to add or wet a paint brush too long with water- show an e.g on another piece of paper so  students can get the idea of what watery paint looks like.Wait for paint to dry or use a hair dryer. Then asks students to paste their black strips over the drawn black pastel lines.

Chinese New year lanterns-
Time :1-3 lessons depending on age
age: 5-9years

 since it was Chinese New year and the lantern festival celebration came up . I decided to incorporate this lesson  into a lantern making one.
We used the same materials as above  but instead of paper we used cardboard boxes or empty carton boxes. I let the students follow through with the same procedure .
Materials
 cereal box
(same materials as above)
glue gun
and
lantern




any kind of cereal box will do. If it's not white ,paint it white first . Make sure the box is flattened when students draw the vertical and horizontal lines and when they  fill in the spaces
.Use a scissors to let students cut out zigzag gaps.
Help students to put the box back together. Make sure to add a handle (use a glue gun).

 

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The lantern light can be bought at a DIY or hardware store

P.S use recycle materials whenever you can. I collect empty tea cups, or Styrofoam cups ,rinse them out and use them. Whenever you buy something think about whether or not you can re use it in art class-start to build up a collection of recyclable or  re usable materials . You could of  course ask your students parents- however there will also be  some students' parents who forget to bring.If your students  are not from Asia you could also teach them story about lantern festival. Since mine  are from Taiwan , we didn't focus too much on the lantern festival since most students will have learnt about it at school or other English classes.

For younger kids you can use larger oil pastel sticks especially designed for their fingers.
If you have any left handers in your class-it's a good idea to invest in a pair of scissors designed for left handers too. It may be expensive but well worth the invest , minus a teacher's headache and a happy left hander who can cut.

left hand scissors

large oil pastel sticks