Turn over and admire everything cut in silhouette. Lay the Chalk stenciled background on top and gently smooth to be sure everything sticks. Once all of the shapes are cut out - It is OK to have floating ghosts - flying bats and such too - just lay them right side down where they go - dot glue on the drawn side of all shapes and around border (just tiny dots). I even let students use some X-acto Knife I had (these were very good kids). Cut out windows of the house - spaces between branches - and so forth. Cut out the negative spaces on the black paper - including the path leading up to the house (we talked a little about one point perspective here). Add a large bare branch tree (using the Y's technique - having branches touch the borders) - add fences - Jack-o-lanterns - anything they desire. Draw in a line for the land - make a path if desired leading up to the house. Using a ruler - draw a border about one inch all around to create a type of frame for the picture. Students worked on a drawing on what would be the back side of a sheet of black Drawing Paper with white Colored Pencils (or white Chalk). Torn Manila Paper - pastel drawn on edge and rubbed off - repeat stencil process to fill the page - Many of you have used this, I'm sure. Students created a background on white paper using the chalk stencil technique. I provided lots of pictures of old Victorian houses for the kids to look at. Lesson for third grade (adaptable to other grades). Haunted House Silhouette - from Judy Decker They loved it, it went home, and we are ready to start a new project next week. trick or treating, all in different costumes, overlapping, details, and spooky houses, trees, graveyards in the background. I gave them black Drawing Paper and white Colored Pencils and we drew a parade of Halloween revelers including all sorts of fancy vehicles for transportation (you might even want to introduce students to the Death Carts of New Mexico and Mexico that are paraded through the towns). One year I had the students create teacher witches/warlocks and give them to the faculty for decorating their classrooms. This is one of the few times where I will pull out all of my "junk" ( Beads, bangles and bows along with the hot Glue Gun ) and let the students go to town. They are also asked to use a minimum of 5 different lines and 5 different shapes. The students create the cones, one large (for the body) and two smaller ones (for the arms). The most popular themes seem to be athletes, dancers, and computer geek witches. My 5th graders work on a "theme" cone witch. Paper Cone Witch/Warlock from Chris Lincoln "The Scream" Interdisciplinary Connections from Judy Decker They blame it on a volcanic eruption half a world away." Why the sky was red in Munch's 'The Scream' - "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For those who have ever wondered why the sky was a lurid red in "The Scream" - Edvard Munch's painting of modern angst - astronomers have an answer. I just found this news from CNN that sheds some new light on the famous painting THE SCREAM. I painted that picture, painting the clouds like real blood. I felt as though the whole of nature was screaming- it seemed as though I could hear a scream. The sun went down- the clouds were stained red, as if with blood. "I was walking along a road one evening- on one side lay the city, and below me was the fjord. March To The Scaffold 4th Movement 'Symphonie Fantastique' Edvard Munch - The Scream | Edvard Munch (fan site) | Edvard Munch Official site |
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