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    Ted Harrison Art and More!

     
     
     
    If you’ve read many of my posts, you’ll know by now that we integrate almost all of our content areas in class.  Rarely do we let an opportunity for writing go by, and using our own art is so motivating!

    But we do keep it simple! For example, we recently studied the art of Ted Harrison, who painted in the north of Canada. His colorful but simple images are perfect to study with elementary students.

    Ted Harrison Art

    We googled his artwork and simply talked about what we noticed. We noticed how he used large patches of warm colors beside patches of cool colors to create contrast. We noticed how he broke apart lines of different colors, moving from dark to light, creating the impression of distance (perspective).

    And then it was our turn! We completed these pictures as a directed drawing. I used a teacher script to talk about Ted Harrison’s life and painting style, and then walked the students through each step!

    If you’d like to do this project with your class, you’re in luck! I’ve typed out the complete lesson, including the teacher scripts and the steps for making this artwork, as a free bonus in the art set called:

     Art History For Little Ones

    If you already own that set, it will be a free download. If you don’t own it yet, you can still try it! Just click the blue box below to download the whole lesson for free!

    If you are looking for more NO PREP art lessons to do with your class, there are a huge bunch to choose from depending on what you’d like to study. You can choose from art history, modern artists, or art around the world. Click any of the pictures below to take a look! All of the collections have read-aloud scripts, photos of work, and literacy components included. All the work is done for you – and there’s enough to last the whole year and then some!

    Easy art lessons for elementary students. Includes lots of writing extensions and a teacher script to read aloud as you introduce the topic. Enough to fill your entire year with art!
    Art History 2 - 30 art lessons with teacher read aloud scripts so there is no need for a background in art or art history - all the work is done for you. 150 step by step photos!
    Art Around The World explores art from different cultures using 18 easy art lessons and literacy activities.

    If you’re having trouble finding what you need for math, literacy or clip art, you can grab this handy Clickable Catalogue for everything available in my TPT store – a big time saver!

    Tuck it away for when you need it!

    Clickable Resource Catalogue WWT
    Click to download this clickable resource list for your files!

     Click here to download the clickable resource list to keep for later.

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    9 Comments

    1. Teaching Autism

      June 19, 2015 at 1:51 pm

      Sounds like you've had a great week! I LOVE your clipart 🙂

    2. Carolyn Kisloski

      June 20, 2015 at 12:08 pm

      Your Trace a Face is PRECIOUS! I am counting down the days til I get to meet my fabulous friend in REAL 3D LIFE! 🙂 see you soon!
      Carolyn

    3. Erin Beattie

      June 20, 2015 at 6:32 pm

      Susanna, do you have your Ted Harrison lesson posted?? Those look awesome! 🙂

      ~Erin
      Mrs. Beattie's Classroom

      • Susanna Westby

        September 11, 2015 at 10:08 pm

        Yes! There’s a tutorial under the FREE tab (under the literacy heading).

    4. Liveloveserveteach

      June 21, 2015 at 4:42 am

      Love the trace a face projects! Those are adorable! How great for the kids to have hands-on experiences with all those animals. That's something they won't soon forget. Happy Summer!

      Joya 🙂

    5. Whimsy Workshop Teaching

      June 21, 2015 at 7:18 am

      I don't have a post on it yet; we just did a directed drawing and then talked about the warm colors on the sky, cool for the land. As you can see one student didn't do that, but still looks cute!

    6. Whimsy Workshop Teaching

      June 21, 2015 at 7:19 am

      Happy summer to you too, Joya!

    7. Whimsy Workshop Teaching

      June 21, 2015 at 7:19 am

      aww… thank you!

    8. Whimsy Workshop Teaching

      June 21, 2015 at 7:19 am

      Oh I just can't WAIT!!!

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