Dreams: 3rd GradeArtists: Kandinsky and Horiuchi

Lesson by: Dorie Mishael. 2014

About:All grade levels are simultaneously learning about how Art can be inspire by dreams

Unit:Essential Questions:

● How do Dreams inspire Art?● Why do artists collaborate?● How is instillation art different from art in

museums? Interactive.Objectives

● TSW learn how to weave on a circle loom as well as the associated vocabulary.

● TSW learn about installation art and collaboration.

● TSW learn how to make a book and incorporate both verbal and visual journaling techniques.

Learning Activities● TSW make Kandinsky inspired Dream

Journals and document their experience making a collaborative installation artwork

● TSW weave circles inspired by Horiuchi and make one large collaborative installation

Assessment● TSW complete a circle weaving and know

all weaving associated vocabulary.● TSW be able to talk about Instillation art,

how it is different from other art forms, and about the experience of making a collaborative work.

● TSW complete their Dream Journals with both visual and written elements, including but not limited to; Kandinsky Dream Circle, writing about what it felt like to collaborate on an installation work, writing about how their dreams feel, and a sketch of the final installation.

Lesson 1: Dream JournalsEssential Questions

● How can art be inspired by Dreams?● How can we express our emotions

through abstract art and color? ● How does our own experiences change

how we perceive meaning?Objectives

● TSW learn about dreams and surrealism.● TSW learn about self expression through

abstract art and color. ● TSW learn about the properties and

proper use of oil pastels.● TSW learn simple book making

techniques.

Learning Activities● TSW discuss, analyze, and interpret

dreams as an inspiration for art.● TSW construct a book.● TSW use that book to document their

dreams through words and abstract color with oil pastels.

Assessment● TSW be able to describe surrealistic

qualities.● TSW use all materials appropriately.● TSW understand that color meaning is

subjective.Supplies

● 11/17 white paper, oil pastels, colored pencils, scissors,

Lesson 1: Dream JournalsInstruction:

I have found that it is helpful to have good metaphors prepared for helping them get the book folding correct. It took me three classes to get this process down, so don't feel bad if the first time you do this the kids books don't quite open as they should.

Process: We fold the (11x17ish) paper Hotdog. Then we open it up and fold it Hamburger. Then we open it up, hold it Horizontal, and fold it like a Door, with both sides meeting at the middle. When I see their folds are correct I pass out scissors. Next we hold our paper Vertical and cut up the center line but Stop just before the last square. It should look like Pants. Once I see that everyone has made their pants we move onto folding.

Folding: Hold the pants Horizontal and we start with just one Leg of the pants. What we are doing is called an accordion fold. Put your pants flat on the table, and fold the first page over. Then we flip our pants over and fold again, just like before, Flip and Fold. Once our pants look like an "L" it is important to remember that we should have an accordion out of our folds. Show the kids that it looks like an accordion and demonstrate that we always want to be able to play our accordion. If we fold our accordion into the next page, we won't be able to open it up and play. So we always need to fold away from the accordion. If you can't play your accordion, you are doing it wrong.

By this point, half the class should be done folding and a few will need a little extra help. At this point I either let the ones that are done decorate their cover for a little bit, or I move straight into Oil Pastel Demo. Not everyone will be ready for Oil Pastels at that time, but I let them know I will come around to their tables to help them after the Demo. I do not want a giant blob of kids surrounding me needing me to fix their projects.

Lesson 1: Dream JournalsInstruction:

Oil Pastel Demo:

First thing I do is talk about which direction a book opens from. We talk about how when we write in english, our books open from Right to Left, in some languages, like Hebrew or Arabic or maybe Chinese, the books open from Left to Right. I am pretty sure we will all be writing in English/ Right to Left book languages, so lets keep our books like that. (I honestly don't mind if they write in different languages or even languages that go a different way than english, but their choice needs to be on purpose rather than accidental.)

Then we open to the first two pages. On the Left page I want to write about my dream; What was it about? Was it happy, scary, calm, an adventure? Nightmare, Daydream, etc? I do this with pencil. Then on the Right page I use Oil Pastel. Why do you think I am using Oil Pastel? Exactly, Kandinsky used Oil Paint and this does something pretty similar to oil paint. What do you think that is? Yes, it blends together very well. Lets say my dream was calm, who can tell me a calming color? Ok, so no I will take the purple and color a little purple circle in the middle of the page. Who can raise their hand and tell me another calming color? So now I will draw a circle in blue around my purple circle. (color in lightly and badly) Now, do yall think I want it to look like this? No. I don't want to see any whitespace at all, we should be coloringing in pretty thickly. This will help with blending. Now that I have colored in better, I can use my finger and blend the blue and the purple a bit. Who can tell me another calming color. Oh, that is interesting that you said Yellow, because I don't really think that yellow is a very calming color, but just because I don't think it is calm, does that mean you can't use it to mean calm? You can totally use it because it is calming to you. It is Subjective, remember, that means that there is really no right or wrong answer to what a color makes you feel. If you think it feels right, you go ahead and use that color. (Next I draw a few more colors and make sure to ask again, Do I want to see any white space on this? No. So I want you all to take the color all the way up to the corners, just like Kandinsky.)

Remember; I am going to come around to your tables to check your books, then you write about your dream on the Left page with pencil, and you do a dream circle in Oil Pastel on the right page.

If they get finished with the first two pages I let them work on another two pages of story/circle or they can decorate their cover. Their cover has to have their name on it because they are the Author of their books.

Dreams

Agnes Cecile

Basquiat

Allison Schulnik

Yayoi Kusama

Kandinsky

Today we are...Finishing our POP art:● Remember: Bright colors, Dots, Outline● Frame

Creating Dream Journals:● Fold our paper into Dream Journals.● Write about a dream using Adjectives on one page using PENCIL● Draw a Kandinsky inspired dream circle on the next page using Oil Pastel● Write your name on the cover

EQ: How can we express our Dreams with Color?

Toshiko Horiuchi

Weaving

Kandinsky

Toshiko Horiuchi

OLEK

Yarn Bombing

Jacob Hashimoto

Today we are...Weaving with our Wefts!● Remember: Take inspiration from your

Dream Journal.● Remember: If you do NOT see a

checkerboard, you need to go Over or Under TWICE and then keep going

Creating our Installation● Hole punch the “four corners” (Like a Plus sign)

EQ: How can we

express our Dreams

with Color?

Noteshttp://scribbit.blogspot.com/2010/07/summer-kid-crafts-weaving-without-loom.html

http://manualscanigo.blogspot.com/2009/02/telers_25.html

http://www.artisbasic.com/2013/04/circular-weaving-with-2nd-graders.html