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Animals from the Land and the Sea<br />
Robert Salmon<br />
Grade: K<br />
School: Brooklyn Arbor Elementary School<br />
<strong>Art</strong> Teacher: Laurie Marcus<br />
Watercolor, oil pastel, pencil, and Sharpie on paper<br />
STUDENT: I like to make art because<br />
you can make anything. Even if it’s<br />
not sticking up you can make it look<br />
like it’s sticking up. You can make a<br />
picture of real things and fake things.<br />
You can make a shark diving into the<br />
water and a butterfly right next to<br />
a hand. And I can make a wild boar<br />
behind me. I want people to know<br />
that the animals and fish are not real<br />
and that the clouds are not really<br />
these shapes. You can make them<br />
the shapes you want!<br />
TEACHER: The kindergarten self-portrait<br />
unit was based on observation. When<br />
the artists completed drawing their<br />
faces they constructed imaginary<br />
background landscapes inhabited<br />
by creatures they found intriguing.<br />
Students used realistic toy animals<br />
as models for inspiration. Then<br />
they choose between a variety of<br />
materials in order to add color.<br />
Robert experimented with wax resist<br />
techniques (watercolor over oil<br />
pastel). This lesson and the resulting<br />
artwork reflect both the drawing and<br />
painting performance indicators of<br />
the Blueprint for Teaching and<br />
Learning in Visual <strong>Art</strong>s, especially<br />
experimentation with a variety of<br />
materials, mixing colors, organization<br />
of space, and control of a paint media.<br />
Animals from the Land and the Sea<br />
makes visible the fluid interplay<br />
between observation, materials<br />
and creativity.<br />
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