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Thursday, December 29, 2011

4th Graders love Keith Haring


Keith haring is one of my favorite artists to teach children.  His art always captivates and intrigues children and his style is easy to replicate.  I feel like students get really excited when they see that they can create something that looks like a 'real' work of art (even though they are wonderful artists already).  This lesson took about 6 sessions and at the start of each we looked at a different Haring work, and every time we did, students were totally enthralled.  As a follow up activity for students who finished early I gave out a Keith Haring coloring book  and some thumb-nail sized reference pictures to use as inspiration for some 'free drawing' time and even those came out great.
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The vocabulary in the lesson included: symbolism, color, line, shape, and design.  The requirement for the project was that it has to contain 3 or more figures, and 5 or more designs. 





Check out Sam Rohn 360 panormaic photography - it has a great photo of the Haring mural in NYC, I used my smarboard to show the students this photo and scroll around and they loved it!

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