Drawing: Lines in Motion

A line starts and stops.

fighter jets flying through the sky

 “Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II fighter jets” by aeroman3 is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0.

Lines can curve.

“Drawing book” by HydrogenPops is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Lines CAN look like they can move.

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Project- DRAWING: LINES SHOW MOTION

What you need:

-really long paper

-crayons


  1. Close your eyes and listen to a song OR MUSIC for a while.

  2. slide the paper under the crayon to create a line that reminds you of the musiC (OR DRAW ON YOUR IPAD).

  3. Add details to your line to make a picture.

  4. add more color.

  5. UPLOAD AN IMAGE OF YOUR ARTWORK TO SEESAW WHEN YOU ARE DONE.

EXTENSIONS

MUSIC: EXPERIMENT WITH CHROME MUSIC LAB TO EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH MUSIC +ART!

SCIENCE:  MAKE DRAWINGS THAT SHOW THE PATH OF MOVEMENT THAT MIGHT BE MADE BY A BIRD FLYING, A FISH SWIMMING, A LEAF FALLING OR A LAWNMOWER MOWING.

SOCIAL STUDIES: DRAW MAPS THAT SHOW A PATH OF MOVEMENT TO AND FROM VARIOUS PLACES (THE CLASSROOM TO THE LUNCH ROOM OR FROM HOME TO SCHOOL)

LANGUAGE ARTS: LOOK AT ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ART BOOKS SUCH AS:

GOING FOR A WALK WITH A LINE BY ELIZABETH AND DOUGLAS MACAGY (DOUBLEDAY 1959)

going on a walk with a line

DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? BY HELEN BORTON (ABELARD-SCHUMAN, 1959)

 

 

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