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Lines, lines, and more lines.


After attending a local art teacher in-service in which we were introduced to a wet tissue multicultural project, I decided to incorporate this technique with an upcoming line lesson with our kindergartners.

Introducing Line

Our local art standards state that our kindergartners will be able to identify straight, curved, zigzag, wavy, and spiral lines spiral line
n.
See intertrochanteric line.
. With this in mind, I introduced the art of abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky Noun 1. Wassily Kandinsky - Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944)
Kandinski, Kandinsky, Wassily Kandinski
. Our kindergartners loved the freedom of expression in Kandinsky's work. We examined his paintings looking for Looking for

In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with.
 various lines, and then we searched our room looking for lines. Next, we practiced making lines with our fingers in the air. Now students were ready to make their own lines.

Steps One and Two

I passed out 18 x 24" (46 x 61 cm) white paper and white crayons. Students drew different kinds of lines, pushing down hard with their crayons. Next, I passed out an assortment of long strips of bleeding tissue paper of various widths. Students picked out the tissue paper colors they wanted to use and laid them on top of their white crayon drawings, overlapping colors where desired. I passed out spray bottles of water and students enthusiastically sprayed the water on top of their tissue papers (some students may need assistance with this step). I carefully placed the wet papers in a rack so they could dry before the next session.

Step Three

The next session I passed out students' dry papers. Students removed the tissue paper to find a printed impression of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed.

See also: Color
 on the white paper. The white crayon crayon, any drawing material available in stick form. The term includes charcoal, conte crayon, chalk, pastel, grease crayon, litho crayon, and children's wax colors.  lines were now visible against the colored paper. We reviewed different kinds of lines and then I passed out watercolor paints, brushes, containers of water, and paint shirts.

Students painted an assortment of lines ranging from small to large that could go all the way across the page, overlapping and touching each other. The white crayon lines really popped out now, and the lines printed from the tissue contrast nicely with the flowing water colored lines.

This project introduced our students to lines in their visual surroundings, the magical appearance of lines with crayon resist, wet-tissue printmaking printmaking

Art form consisting of the production of images, usually on paper but occasionally on fabric, parchment, plastic, or other support, by various techniques of multiplication, under the direct supervision of or by the hand of the artist.
, how to overlap lines, how to identify and make different kind of lines, and how to fill all of the paper with a line design. Our young artists enjoy this discovery of lines made with the various media of crayons, tissue paper, and watercolor paints. I invite you to try it with your young students.

NATIONAL STANDARD

Students know the differences among visual characteristics and purposes of art in order to convey ideas.

WEB LINK

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Sara Kirker is an art teacher at Apple Glen Elementary School Glen Elementary School is a elementary school in Coquitlam, British Columbia.  in Bentonville, Arkansas
For the surrounding metropolitan area (Northwest Arkansas) see Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metropolitan area
Bentonville is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 19,730 at the 2000 census.
. skirker@bentonville.k12.ar.us
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Title Annotation:Early Childhood Studio Lesson
Author:Kirker, Sara Schickle
Publication:School Arts
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Date:Aug 1, 2006
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