Anne_H Final Project

Displaying Emotions in the Painting
- 5th Grade

Goals:
- students will gain an understanding of how much of a role emotion plays in art making
- use art to understand and reflect their own emotions to something
- understand that creating art can bring out a variety of feelings
- understand that the visual arts can express more ideas than words alone
- understand that art is influenced by numerous things; including literature and poetry
- learn how color can be used to express emotions

Materials:
- big piece of white paper
- tempera paint
- pencils
- water/container
- paintbrushes
- newspapers
- paint trays
- paint smocks
- a poem out of The Random House Book of Poetry

Artist:
- Josh Neufeld is a graphic artist who helped illustrate Nick Flynn's poems
- DeLoss McGraw creates art inspired by poems from numerous people like Emily Dickinson and William Blake

Literature:
- The Random House Book of Poetry for Children by Jack Prelutcky would be used by the children to pick out the poem they want to paint about
- The Fairyland in Art and Poetry by Richard Doyle is a good example to show children how an artwork can illustrate a poem

Quote:
"Content starts with an artist's reaction to a subject and develops into an expression of their relationship with, vision of, and emotions and attitude toward their subject" - Joyce Kamikura

Procedure:
First, the teacher will talk about emotion with the class; what it means and the different emotions we experience on a daily basis. Then the teacher will discuss color and how certain colors make us feel differently. Then the students will pick a poem out of The Random House Book of Poetry for Children that they would like to illustrate/paint about. They are to illustrate what is happening in the poem or they can paint abstractly the feelings and emotions that are being expressed in the poem (doesn't really matter what they do as long as an emotion is portrayed and it relates to the poem). When they have finished, each student will discuss the poem they chose and why they feel that their artwork expresses the emotions in the poem.

Assessment:
Pass or Fail based on:
- Do students recognize the key emotion(s) in the poem?
- Do they use color appropriately?
- Were the students able to express ideas and feelings in their paintings?