Monday, June 29, 2015

Keith Haring Characters






















Keith Haring Characters

Students learned a bit about Keith Haring, his life of advocacy for human and equal rights as well as his fun simple characters that express joy and movement.

Special Education Art Lesson - Middle and High School students

Artist Focus: Keith Haring

Medium: Drawing/Painting

Pablo Picasso African Masks





















African Masks

Artist Focus: Pablo Picasso

Medium: Collage & Sculpture

Vocabulary: Symmetry

Special Education Art Lesson - Middle and High School students

Students studied African Artwork and its influence on Pablo Picasso's work

Students then created their own unique African Masks, illustrating their understanding of symmetry

Textured Portraits












Textured Portraits

Students used textured plates to create various papers

Later they cut out simple shapes to create a portrait

We spoke about simple shapes and how they can be used to create our facial features

Special Education - elementary and middle school students

Materials: broken crayons, paper, textures plates, construction paper, scissors, glue

Medium: Collage