tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592492505091408673.post2223488313520716886..comments2024-03-04T03:15:07.883-06:00Comments on Katie Morris Art: Painting Like an ElephantKatie Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10056783451407075827noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592492505091408673.post-79907603830477826662012-06-27T10:52:53.438-05:002012-06-27T10:52:53.438-05:00I enjoy how interactive this lesson was for your s...I enjoy how interactive this lesson was for your students. By setting up several boxes with different sides it makes the project far more group related! The subject matter itself is so thought provoking for students. I know with more abstract art, my young students have a difficult time believing why something is considered art or why a certain artist became famous. I think that having students analyze why society or a community would be interested in having animals create art or be involved in art is also very reflective. Also, elementary students love animals, so this is a great lesson for them!Heather Nnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592492505091408673.post-68228194172523144672012-06-12T12:19:49.321-05:002012-06-12T12:19:49.321-05:00Great lesson- I love videos of animals painting, t...Great lesson- I love videos of animals painting, this is beautiful lesson :)Virginiahttp://vgterrynix.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592492505091408673.post-23696204950955033652012-06-04T07:55:56.183-05:002012-06-04T07:55:56.183-05:00How many people does it take to change a lightbulb...How many people does it take to change a lightbulb in a modern art museum? <br />2: 1 to change the bulb and one to say "my 5 year old could do that!"Katie Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056783451407075827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592492505091408673.post-83437309784621148862012-06-03T22:55:52.648-05:002012-06-03T22:55:52.648-05:00I love this lesson! Ironically, I had a spontaneo...I love this lesson! Ironically, I had a spontaneous discussion with my 2nd graders the other day, as we looked at paintings by Pollock, Kandinsky, and Mondrian. A second grader asked "why is that in a museum? I could make a picture like those. One of them looks like a bunch of scribbles, and the other is just some straight lines and colored boxes. So we discussed how sometimes an artist comes up with a new idea, that nobody ever thought of before, and it's that thought, that idea, that makes it special. We can copy a Pollock or a Mondrian, but it was their idea that made it special. We also discussed how they didn't paint that way because they COULDN'T draw any other way (since they absolutely could). But they had a new idea.Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482775924810462890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592492505091408673.post-1793920014278961372012-06-03T14:15:44.466-05:002012-06-03T14:15:44.466-05:00this is SO neat!
And thanks for all the sweet th...this is SO neat! <br /><br />And thanks for all the sweet things you said on my blog :)J.hamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09462557362994500244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592492505091408673.post-52519956704424224342012-06-03T14:07:07.944-05:002012-06-03T14:07:07.944-05:00What a GREAT lesson to make your students think ab...What a GREAT lesson to make your students think about what makes something a piece of art ! What makes them an artist? Why is that art? I get these questions all the time! Especially during our Abstract Expressionism lesson in 5th grade. Some of my students had a very hard time understanding how Rothko's paintings could be great art. This lesson seems to have made them process these questions for themselves and come up with answers to their own questions!Mrs. Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750438627381465213noreply@blogger.com