Unlike soft pastels, which feel powdery or chalky, these pastels have and creamy texture which doesn’t smudge as easily. Similar to soft pastels, however, colors placed beside each other can be blended together for some beautiful results. When my students first try them, they tend to use them with a light touch, producing a crayon-like effect. By applying a little more pressure to the pastels, however, they can create brilliant pictures. Sometimes they use too much pressure and the pastels break; that’s not an issue, as the pastels are just as usable as a broken crayon.
Content Objectives:
Goal:
Students will be introduced to the works of Georgia O’Keefe and Okaybabs. Students will have the opportunity to experiment with crapas as a painting medium. Objective: 1. Students will analyze the works of Okaybabs and Georgia O’Keefe. 2. Students will learn to use the cray-pas technique. 3. Students will create a composition using one of the artists and will recreate it using the crapas. |
Language Objectives:
Students Will:
1. Clearly articulate the art of shading and blending by using the proper vocabulary. 2. Comprehend and make a connection between the creative process and the vocabulary presented to them. 3. Students will summarize their piece by writing a sentence that best describes their piece |
Vocabulary:
1. Tinting: A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lessen its saturation.
2. Shading: Using a mixture of black mixed with a color to make it darker. 3. Blending: to merge colors applied to a surface, whether with a brush, crayon, colored pencil, or other medium. 4. Hue: The name of any color as found in its pure state 5. Reproduction: The act of reproducing; copying; creating a facsimile. |
Materials:
Reproductions of each artist, pencil, ruler, cray-pas, 9x12” colored construction paper paper
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Activity:
1. Choose one of the reproductions of the artist.
2. Sketch the print using a white charcoal pencil on colored construction paper.
3. Using the cray-pas, color your reproduction. Use pressure to keep your colors vibrant.
In order to create a new color, blend the cray-pas using white to tint the color and black to shade the color. You can also overlay other colors to create tertiary colors.
4. Continue in this manner of blending until complete.
2. Sketch the print using a white charcoal pencil on colored construction paper.
3. Using the cray-pas, color your reproduction. Use pressure to keep your colors vibrant.
In order to create a new color, blend the cray-pas using white to tint the color and black to shade the color. You can also overlay other colors to create tertiary colors.
4. Continue in this manner of blending until complete.
Evaluation: Did You:
1. Successfully create A Georgia O’Keefe or Okaybabs design?
2. Use crapas according to teacher guided instruction?
3. Create different values of crapas by adding black or white to the color?
4. Color using you best skills?
5. Complete project in a timely manner?
1. Successfully create A Georgia O’Keefe or Okaybabs design?
2. Use crapas according to teacher guided instruction?
3. Create different values of crapas by adding black or white to the color?
4. Color using you best skills?
5. Complete project in a timely manner?