Cycle 2 Week 2- Geometric Bear

Fine Art for week two is Mirror Images.  The exercises this week are great for training students to pay attention to shapes and angles, while also practicing the skill of manipulating images in their head.  They will need to study the shapes and be able to flip them around in their mind’s eye before they draw them.  This can be tough to do!

As in the last post, this project is tied to the science for the week.  Students will be drawing a picture of a bear.  For the 4th edition guide, this was tied to types of consumers (bears are omnivores, excluding polar bears which are carnivores.  Pandas are technically omnivores, but prefer to eat mostly plants).  Now that we are in the 5th edition, bears can be tied into biomes: from Giant Pandas in the tropical rainforest, Polar Bears in the tundra, and Grizzly Bears in grasslands and forests. (Bringing in a picture book about bears could be fun for younger students.)


Materials needed:

Pencils

Print-outs of warm-up

Print-outs of bear image

Colored pencils, or markers

Whiteboard or other surface for tutor to draw on


Each lesson contains a warm-up for students, drawing guide for tutors, and lesson plan.  Along with mirror-images, the lesson also focuses on geometric shape.

The geometric bear design is inspired by this greeting card.   It is a good idea to complete your own example beforehand to show your class.  This will give students a concept of the project and an example of strong design.

Image result for geometric bear greeting card

Below you will find lesson plans for each age group.

Ages 4-6

Click for the Geometric Bear Lesson Plan ages 4-6

Ages 7-9

Click for the Geometric Bear Lesson Plan ages 7-9

Ages 10-11

Click for the Geometric Bear Lesson Plan ages 10-11

I hope you and your students enjoy playing around with the shapes and patterns!  Feel free to pin on Pinterest and share with other tutors.  Please do not upload any part of this lesson to other websites.  For more information see the Terms of Use.

Comments

6 responses to “Cycle 2 Week 2- Geometric Bear”

  1. Dana Avatar
    Dana

    Will you be posting all 6 weeks? Love the 3 levels! I direct a program with over 40 students. Well done!

    1. anna Avatar

      My plan is to post weekly. I know many communities start earlier than others, but I hope the posts will still be timely enough for everyone.

      1. Dana Avatar
        Dana

        Great! Thanks for using your gifts to help others in the CC community! I hope you create lessons for the artists for cycle 2 also!

        1. anna Avatar

          Thank you! Yes, I will be doing lessons for the Great Artists as well.

  2. Jennifer Greven Avatar
    Jennifer Greven

    These lessons are fantastic! Thank you for posting. 🙂 I’ll look forward to seeing the other weeks!

  3. Jenny Avatar
    Jenny

    Thank you so much for these weeks! Drawing has always been my weakness! With your lesson plans and videos I am much more confident and actually excited to teach drawing!

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