I have been fulfilling a need to give back by teaching art to inner city youth.
Teaching Art (Middle School)
Students are encouraged to be creative, express themselves freely, and to allow their individuality to shine through.
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Lesson: Expression
Students were asked to randomly select one emotion out of a "hat." They were to draw anything that expressed that emotion without using the actual word in their art. Once completed, the class had to guess what emotion was expressed.
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Lesson: Graffiti Art
Students were shown examples of 1980's-era graffiti art. They were instructed on how to create block lettering and "bubble" letters and shown how to create shadows giving the illusion of 3-dimensionality.
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Lesson: CMYK
The CMYK color system was explained to the class. A demonstration of how red, green, blue, and orange could be created was shown using acryllic paints. The students were asked to practice mixing CMYK to create as many different colors as possible, and to create paintings using these new founded colors. The pigment white was used to explain value as well.
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