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Adjectives, adjectives, noun

Objectives

Students will build upon their drawing skills, imagination, and senses of humor as they learn
about adjectives and nouns.

Vocabulary

Adjective: An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying


words. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies. (ie: a blue truck;
a happy baby; a sneaky bird)
Noun: A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea.

What You Need:

pencil
paper
coloring tools (optional)
list of adjectives (provided by teacher)
list of nouns (provided by teacher)

What You Do:


1. I started out by cutting up many little strips of paper.
2. On one pile of paper strips I wrote adjectives, and on another, nouns (I made the words simpler
or more sophisticated according to the age group.)
3. I put the strips face down into two separate boxes.
4. Each student took two strips from the adjective box and one from the noun box.
5. They then had to do a drawing of what the words meant when put together.

For example:

o "Intelligent skinny poodle"


o "Bratty angelic snowman"
o "Friendly messy pencil"
o "Tiny wiggly office building"
o etc.
6. The trick is to think about adjectives that are easy to portray.

Source: http://www.kinderart.com/drawing/adadnoun.shtml
COMPLEMENTARY COLOR PORTRAITS
Grade: K-6
Age: 4-10

Submitted by Madeline Buonagurio, an art educator at Jefferson, Roosevelt and Washington Elementary
Schools in North Arlington, NJ.

Objectives

The students will create a portrait using one pair of complementary colors.
The students will understand that using complementary colors next to one another makes each
color appear brighter.
The students will understand that mixing complementary colors together makes gray.

What You Need:

color wheel
9x12 white drawing paper
12x18 colored paper
two complementary color crayons

What You Do:

1. Review the color wheel with the class.


2. Explain that the complementary colors are opposite one
another on the color wheel.
3. Have the class find the complementary color pairs (red &
green, blue & orange, yellow & purple).
4. Explain that when they are used next to each other, they
look brighter.
5. When they are mixed together they make gray.
6. Demonstrate drawing a portrait using only one pair of
complementary colors.
7. To add interest, color some areas lightly. In other areas, press hard on the crayon.
8. Add a pattern to the shirt and background.
9. Use heavily colored lines in the hair to add texture.
10. Try mixing the complementary colors together to make gray.
11. Mount the portrait on 12x18 colored paper.
12. Under the portrait, mount the following explanation:

I drew a portrait using complementary colors.


Complementary colors are opposite one another on the color wheel.
When they are used next to each other, they look brighter.
When they are mixed together, they make gray.

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