Kelsey_Final Project

Emotion Painting

Grade Level: 1st grade

Materials:
Tempera Paint
Water
Smocks
Paint brushes
Large sheets of white paper

Goals:
1. Students gain an understanding of the role emotion plays in art making and the use of expression
2. Students learn the connection between line, and color
3. Students create their own painting that expresses a certain emotion or feeling

Procedures:
1. The teacher will read My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss and explain to the class about the use of color to portray a feeling or emotion and ask students what colors make us feel a certain way.
2. The teacher will ask the students to draw lines based on feelings (example: angry lines, sad lines, happy lines- I’m sure there will be varied results, which can lead to discussion).
3. The teacher will then instruct students to draw a painting that expresses an emotion by using a certain color and/or depiction of lines.
4. The teacher will hang the drawings up around the class and ask the students to walk around and guess what emotion their classmates were trying to portray.
5. Each student will present their artwork and students will be able to see if they guessed correctly as to what emotion was being portrayed.
6. Possibly have this as a short morning activity to let students express their current feelings.

Quote:
“Brush and ink are only servants of thought and emotion. They should follow your emotion and change with the emotion.” –Wu Guan-Zhong

Literature:
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss

Connections with Artist:
Karen Bauguess
http://www.divinefusions.com/guestbook.html

Assessment:
1. Have children display their artwork in front of the class and have students try to guess the emotion their classmates are trying to portray.
2. As long as the students can support why they chose the colors or use of lines they did then they have accurately completed the project.

Discussion Questions:
1. Why do certain colors make us feel a certain way?
2. Why do certain lines make us feel a certain way?
3. How can art help us through a hard time?