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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
What is Art and Why Should We Study It?
What is a Substantive Art Program?
Critiquing
Portfolios
Materials
I A Brief Overview of Elements, Principles, and Other Terms
1. Elements
2. Principles
3. Other Terms
II Everywhere
1. Sketch Diaries
2. Observational Drawing
3. Photography
4. Rubbings
5. Found Objects
6. Big Questions
III At Home
1. Color Mixing
2. Photo Design Quilt
3. Paper-Bag Puppets and Masks
4. Paper-Plate Masks
5. Printmaking with Styrofoam Plates
6. Value Collage
7. Magazine Rainbow/Color Wheel
8. Paper Houses
9. Staring at Colors—Complements
10. Food-Colored-String Pulling
11. What If You Illustrated this Story?
12. Still Life/Portrait/Landscape/Genre
13. Drawing with Black Crayon
14. Paper Weaving with Magazine Pictures or Newspaper
15. Interpret Values with Newspaper
16. Using Line to Create the Illusion of Form
17. Distortion with Drawings, Magazine Pictures, or Printouts
18. Drawing to Music
19. Pattern/Texture Fill
20. Vegetable Prints
21. Homemade Play-Doh or Self-Hardening Clay
22. Building People and Cartoon Characters From Magazine Photos
23. Imaginary Shape
IV At the Art Museum
1. Generate a Word List
2. Autobiography
3. Scavenger Hunt
4. Find the Concept
5. Write a Poem, Song, Play, or Story
6. Which is Your Favorite? Why?
7. Vanitas Hunt
8. Drawing in the Museum
9. How Would You Arrange Your Museum?
V In the City
1. Find a Style
2. Look for Different Forms or Shapes
3. Drawing on Photos for Perspective
4. Finding Letters
5. Urban Elements and Principles
6. Find Your Favorite Structure
7. City Draw and Fill
8. How Would You Draw These Noises? Smells?
9. Reduce Scenes to Shapes and Lines—Simplify
10. Write a Poem, Song, Play, or Story
11. Photo Blowups
VI At the Park
1. Trace and Rub Leaves
2. Fall Trees
3. Match Using Only Red, Yellow, and Blue
4. Sand-Casting
5. Rock Sculptures
6. Drawing Trees
7. Prose/Poetry/Play/Music
8. A Naturalist’s Diary
9. How Would You Interpret Smells, Sounds, and Feelings?
10. Snow Creatures and Sand Castles
11. Andy Goldsworthy
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index of Projects by Elements and Principles
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