Arty Party 3

Disciplines
Arts plastiques et Langue vivante
Niveaux
MS, GS, CP, CE1, CE2, CM1.
Auteur
A. GATT
Objectif
- Se familiariser avec le médium spécifique qu'est la peinture
- Apprendre des techniques de peinture variées pour favoriser l'expression picturale
- Se familiariser avec des expressions en anglais liées à l'activité du dessin et de la peinture
- Rencontrer de nouveaux mots en anglais liés aux thèmes des séances
- Découvrir des chansons traditionnelles ou non en anglais liées aux thèmes des séances
Relation avec les programmes
Cette séquence n'est pas associée aux programmes.
Dates
Créée le 28 avril 2021
Modifiée le 07 juillet 2021
Statistiques
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Licence
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Déroulement des séances

1

Pop Art

Dernière mise à jour le 28 avril 2021
Discipline / domaine
Arts plastiques
Objectif
- Discover the Pop Art movement of the 60s
- Discover Andy Warhol
- Listen to some 60s US music (California dreaming)
- Use colour knowledge to create a bright contrasting print-like piece
Durée
90 minutes (5 phases)
Matériel
Supplies common to each session : Audio, Blank cards, Wide based jars, Water,
Aprons, Paint, Paintbrushes (fine and wide), Paper, Card, Felt-tip pens, Clipboards,
Palettes, Some scrap cloth

Specific supplies: Computer, camera, printer

1. Welcome and warm-up

collectif | 5 min. | découverte

1. Welcome everyone.
2. Hello song. Hello, hello ! How are you ? I'm good, I'm great ! How about you ?
3. Today's theme is Pop Art!

2. Music moment

collectif | 15 min. | découverte

1. Listen to "California Dreamin'" by The Mamas and the Papas (just sound)
2. Practise singing the chorus "California dreamin' (California dreamin') On such a winter's day (California dreamin')"
3. Watch the video (dates back to 1965) and sing along
4. Comments welcome on style of this typical 60s band

3. A spot of art history

collectif | 15 min. | découverte

1. Introduce today's artist : Andy Warhol and talk a bit about the artist, style, pop art movement etc. Show a few images. Welcome comments.
2. Analysing a work: Marilyn Diptych - welcome comments, hypotheses of how the artist proceeded : silk-screen printing. Today we will use a computer.

4. Let's paint !

collectif | 45 min. | découverte
  1. Draw, or use a black and white image from the internet from today's "popular culture". (A well known character from a cartoon, a film...)
  2. Copy and paste the image 4 times and print.
  3. Cut out, arrange on a large A3 sheet of paper, go over the images in different felt-tip pens, using complimentary colours, and paint the backgrounds in contrasting colours.

5. Tidy-up and good-bye

collectif | 10 min. | découverte

1. Everyone washes their brushes and palettes when they've finished painting. Use the object vocab.
2. One last sing-song (today's one and an old one).
3. That's it ! Until next week ! Good-bye everyone ! Parent-pick-up time.

2

Thiebaud's cakes

Dernière mise à jour le 19 mai 2021
Discipline / domaine
Arts plastiques
Objectif
- Continue the Pop Art movement of the 50s/60s
- Discover Wayne Thiebaud
- Learn transfer drawing
- Use complementary colour knowledge to colour shadows
Durée
90 minutes (5 phases)
Matériel
Supplies common to each session : Audio, Blank cards, Wide based jars, Water,
Aprons, Paint, Paintbrushes (fine and wide), Paper, Card, Felt-tip pens, Clipboards,
Palettes, Some scrap cloth

Specific supplies: pre-drawn templates of Thiebaud's cake model

1. Welcome and warm-up

collectif | 5 min. | découverte

1. Welcome everyone.
2. Hello song. Hello, hello ! How are you ? I'm good, I'm great ! How about you ?
3. Today's art style is still Pop Art and the theme is cake!

Watch and repeat the vocab of the ingredients (funny "make a cake" video)

2. A spot of art history

collectif | 15 min. | découverte
  1. Introduce today's artist : Wayne Thiebaud and talk a bit about the artist, style, pop art movement etc. Show a few images. Welcome comments.
  2. Watch and singLollipop by the Chordettes (song of the 50s, when Thiebaud was painting)

For older kids : Analysing Cake welcome comments, hypotheses of how the artist proceeded, NB colour of shadow.

For younger kids : Analysing Ice cream cones -  welcome comments, hypotheses of how the artist proceeded, NB colour of shadow.

3. Let's draw

collectif | 15 min. | découverte

(For older kids) Demo : draw transfer Go over the lines in 2B pencil (or softer), Turn over and trace back over the lines onto the A3 paper

(For younger kids) Vocabulary on the cake and sweets theme. Look at Thiebaud's Gumballs, draw using stencil

 

 

4. Let's paint !

collectif | 45 min. | découverte

Paint using knowledge of complementary colours (the shadows should complement the main light colour)

5. Tidy-up and good-bye

collectif | 10 min. | découverte

1. Everyone washes their brushes and palettes when they've finished painting. Use the object vocab.
2. One last sing-song (today's one and an old one).
3. That's it ! Until next week ! Good-bye everyone ! Parent-pick-up time.

3

Klimt and decor

Dernière mise à jour le 28 mai 2021
Discipline / domaine
Arts plastiques
Objectif
- Discover Klimt
- Learn the 'camouflage' effect
Durée
90 minutes (5 phases)
Matériel
Supplies common to each session : Wide based jars, Water,
Aprons, Paint, Paintbrushes (fine and wide), Paper, Card, Felt-tip pens, Clipboards,
Palettes, Some scrap cloth

Specific supplies: Computer, camera, printer, PVA glue

1. Welcome and warm-up

collectif | 5 min. | découverte

1. Welcome everyone.
2. Hello song. Hello, hello ! How are you ? I'm good, I'm great ! How about you ?
3. Today's theme is decoration.

2. A spot of art history

collectif | 15 min. | découverte

1. Introduce today's artist : Gustav Klimt and talk a bit about the artist, style, etc. Show a few images. Welcome comments.
2. Analysing a work: Adele Bloch-Bauer - welcome comments, hypotheses of how the artist proceeded.

3. Photo and drawing

collectif | 15 min. | découverte
  1. Show examples of today's project : image
  2. Photograph each child (wearing a big white t-shirt over their clothes) against a white background
  3. Adjust the light and contrast of the photos (everything very white except face and arms/hands), then print

 

4. Let's paint !

collectif | 45 min. | découverte
  1. Stick the A4 printed photo on an A3 paper.
  2. Draw patterns all over the white parts
  3. Paint using 2 or more colours to attain the 'camouflage' effect of Klimt.

5. Tidy-up and good-bye

collectif | 10 min. | découverte
  1. Everyone washes their brushes and palettes when they've finished painting. Use the object vocab.
  2. That's it ! Until next week ! Good-bye everyone ! Parent-pick-up time.
4

Cézanne's fruit - part 1

Dernière mise à jour le 31 mai 2021
Discipline / domaine
Arts plastiques
Objectif
- Mother's Day painting
- Discover Paul Cézanne
- Observational drawing
- Fruit vocabulary in English
Durée
90 minutes (5 phases)
Matériel
Supplies common to each session : Audio, Blank cards, Wide based jars, Water,
Aprons, Paint, Paintbrushes (fine and wide), Paper, Card, Felt-tip pens, Clipboards,
Palettes, Some scrap cloth

Specific supplies: Some fresh fruit

1. Welcome and warm-up

collectif | 5 min. | découverte

1. Welcome everyone.
2. Hello song. Hello, hello ! How are you ? I'm good, I'm great ! How about you ?
3. Today we will paint for Mother's Day, then start the fruit theme.

2. Let's paint !

collectif | 45 min. | découverte

New technique : Paint brush petal printing

Painting for Mother's Day

3. A spot of art history

collectif | 15 min. | découverte
  1. Introduce today's artist : Paul Cézanne
  2. Show some images , welcome comments - landscapes, still life, portraits
  3. Analyse Still Life with Apples

4. Let's draw

collectif | 15 min. | découverte

Observational drawing of a fruit

 

 

5. Tidy-up and good-bye

collectif | 10 min. | découverte

1. Everyone washes their brushes and palettes when they've finished painting. Use the object vocab.
2. One last sing-song (Sing a rainbow)
3. That's it ! Until next week ! Good-bye everyone ! Parent-pick-up time.

5

Cézanne's fruit - part 2

Dernière mise à jour le 23 juin 2021
Discipline / domaine
Arts plastiques
Objectif
- Continue with Paul Cézanne
- "apples and bananas" song
- Fruit vocabulary in English
Durée
90 minutes (5 phases)
Matériel
Supplies common to each session : Audio, Blank cards, Wide based jars, Water,
Aprons, Paint, Paintbrushes (fine and wide), Paper, Card, Felt-tip pens, Clipboards,
Palettes, Some scrap cloth

Specific supplies: fruit, flowers, vase (for a still life painting)

1. Welcome and warm-up

collectif | 5 min. | découverte

1. Welcome everyone.
2. Hello song. Hello, hello ! How are you ? I'm good, I'm great ! How about you ?
3. Today we will paint a still life.

2. A spot of art history

collectif | 15 min. | découverte
  1. Revise today's artist : Paul Cézanne
  2. Show some images , welcome comments - landscapes, still life, portraits
  3. Analyse Nature morte au compotier

3. Let's paint !

collectif | 45 min. | découverte

Set up the still life objects to be painted.

Demonstrate : observational drawing, positioning objects on paper in relation to one other... Show positions change when one changes viewpoint.

4. Music moment

collectif | 15 min. | découverte

Apples and bananas song

replace with "I like to paint paint paint"

5. Tidy-up and good-bye

collectif | 10 min. | découverte

1. Everyone washes their brushes and palettes when they've finished painting. Use the object vocab.
2. One last sing-song (Sing a rainbow)
3. That's it ! Until next week ! Good-bye everyone ! Parent-pick-up time.

6

Native Indian headdress

Dernière mise à jour le 23 juin 2021
Discipline / domaine
Arts plastiques
Objectif
- Discover the native American Indian aesthetic
- Discover profile shadow outline technique
- Listen to Native American music
Durée
90 minutes (5 phases)
Matériel
Supplies common to each session : Audio, Blank cards, Wide based jars, Water,
Aprons, Paint, Paintbrushes (fine and wide), Paper, Card, Felt-tip pens, Clipboards,
Palettes, Some scrap cloth

Specific supplies:

1. Welcome and warm-up

collectif | 5 min. | découverte

1. Welcome everyone.
2. Hello song. Hello, hello ! How are you ? I'm good, I'm great ! How about you ?
3. Today's theme is Indians!

2. A spot of art history

collectif | 15 min. | découverte
  1. Introduce today's artist : Native American Indian aesthetic, a bit of historical background (cowboys/indians)
  2. Show some images of traditional dress of the Sioux groups, welcome comments
  3. Analyse headdress and headdress painting and headdress watercolour

3. Music moment

collectif | 45 min. | découverte

Watch a performance of traditional Native American Indian music : Wuauquikuna

4. Let's paint

collectif | 15 min. | découverte

Draw profile using silhouette

Feathers / headdress

5. Tidy-up and good-bye

collectif | 10 min. | découverte

1. Everyone washes their brushes and palettes when they've finished painting. Use the object vocab.
2. One last sing-song (Sing a rainbow)
3. That's it ! Until next week ! Good-bye everyone ! Parent-pick-up time.

7

Native Lakotah Talking stick

Dernière mise à jour le 23 juin 2021
Discipline / domaine
Arts plastiques
Objectif
- Deepen understanding of native American Indian aesthetic and symbolism
- Paint on a 3D object (cylindrical)
- Listen to Native American music
Durée
90 minutes (5 phases)
Matériel
Supplies common to each session : Audio, Blank cards, Wide based jars, Water,
Aprons, Paint, Paintbrushes (fine and wide), Paper, Card, Felt-tip pens, Clipboards,
Palettes, Some scrap cloth

Specific supplies: Sticks (approx. 30 cm long, 3 - 5 cm diameter), feathers, beads, leather string (or synthetic), PVA glue

1. Welcome and warm-up

collectif | 5 min. | découverte

1. Welcome everyone.
2. Hello song. Hello, hello ! How are you ? I'm good, I'm great ! How about you ?
3. Today's theme is still Indians! Paint the sticks white (will leave time to dry to be repainted later).

2. A spot of art history

collectif | 15 min. | découverte
  1. Introduce today's art movement : LAND ART : Zander Olsten, Agostin Ibarrola (Oma forest)
  2. Introduce the Talking stick and the Native American Indian tradition. Lakotah symbolism.

3. Let's paint

collectif | 30 min. | découverte

Learn about the Lakotah tribe's colour symbolism

Paint the stick the chosen colours, alternating etc...

4. Let's decorate

collectif | 30 min. | découverte

Attach feathers, beads, string

5. Tidy-up and good-bye

collectif | 10 min. | découverte

1. Everyone washes their brushes and palettes when they've finished painting. Use the object vocab.
2. One last sing-song
3. That's it ! Until next week ! Good-bye everyone ! Parent-pick-up time.

8

Rousseau's jungle

Dernière mise à jour le 23 juin 2021
Discipline / domaine
Arts plastiques
Objectif
- Discover Henri Rousseau
- Paint a tiger (contouring technique)
- Leaf-shape cutting technique using scissors
Durée
90 minutes (6 phases)
Matériel
Supplies common to each session : Audio, Blank cards, Wide based jars, Water,
Aprons, Paint, Paintbrushes (fine and wide), Paper, Card, Felt-tip pens, Clipboards,
Palettes, Some scrap cloth

Specific supplies: Scissors

1. Welcome and warm-up

collectif | 5 min. | découverte

1. Welcome everyone.
2. Hello song. Hello, hello ! How are you ? I'm good, I'm great ! How about you ?
3. Today's theme is the jungle!

2. A spot of art history

collectif | 10 min. | découverte

Introduce today's art movement : Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) and Primitive art. "His best-known paintings depict jungle scenes, even though he never left France or saw a jungle" - he often visited the Jardin des Plantes in Paris.

Look at Tropical Forest with Monkeys, count the monkeys (hidden ones too). Analyse.

3. Let's paint

collectif | 40 min. | découverte

Look at example. Guided painting

  1. Using an orange felt-tip pen, draw the head, eyes, nose, mouth, body, stripes.
  2. Paint the background green, all around the tiger.
  3. Paint the tiger orange (except for eyes).
  4. Go over the contours with black paint (thin paintbrush).

4. Music moment

collectif | 10 min. | découverte

Learn and sing Walking in the jungle

5. Let's cut (leaves)

collectif | 15 min. | découverte
  1. Cut out large random shapes (oval-ish)
  2. Snip zigzags into the edges all around to make leaf-like shapes.
  3. Paint different shades of green.
  4. Stick on paint, hiding parts of the tiger.

6. Tidy-up and good-bye

collectif | 10 min. | découverte

1. Everyone washes their brushes and palettes when they've finished painting. Use the object vocab.
2. One last sing-song
3. That's it ! Until next week ! Good-bye everyone ! Parent-pick-up time.

9

The Egyptians

Dernière mise à jour le 23 juin 2021
Discipline / domaine
Arts plastiques
Objectif
- Discover the Egyptian aesthetic
- Mix paint with glitter
- Learn new ways to draw facial features
Durée
90 minutes (5 phases)
Matériel
Supplies common to each session : Audio, Blank cards, Wide based jars, Water,
Aprons, Paint, Paintbrushes (fine and wide), Paper, Card, Felt-tip pens, Clipboards,
Palettes, Some scrap cloth

Specific supplies: fine gold glitter

1. Welcome and warm-up

collectif | 5 min. | découverte

1. Welcome everyone.
2. Hello song. Hello, hello ! How are you ? I'm good, I'm great ! How about you ?
3. Today's theme is the Egyptians!

2. A spot of art history

collectif | 15 min. | découverte

Introduce today's art aesthetic : The Egyptians

Analyse some of the postures, note the arm positions.

3. Music moment

collectif | 15 min. | découverte

Watch and listen to "Walk like an Egyptian" by the Bangles (Britpop)

Clarify that the Egyptians didn't really walk like that - the song is a reference to the Egyptian pictoral representations, with the arm positions.

The "directions" game : sit down, stand up, turn around, jump, walk like an Egyptian....

4. Let's draw and paint

collectif | 45 min. | découverte

Look the Tutankhamun mask. Guided drawing and painting

  1. Pencil draw eyes, nose, mouth, ears, face, beard, head dress, necklace, lines
  2. Using black felt-tip pen, go over the features of the face and the main outline of the rest
  3. Mix dark blue, paint the lines
  4. Mix yellow with glitter and a bit of blue, paint the rest in gold (except necklace : red, light blue...)
  5. Paint the background in black.

5. Tidy-up and good-bye

collectif | 10 min. | découverte

1. Everyone washes their brushes and palettes when they've finished painting. Use the object vocab.
2. One last sing-song
3. That's it ! Until next week ! Good-bye everyone ! Parent-pick-up time.

10

Abstract experiment

Dernière mise à jour le 07 juillet 2021
Discipline / domaine
Arts plastiques
Objectif
- Discover the 'push painting' technique
- Experiment with string painting
Durée
90 minutes (5 phases)
Matériel
Supplies common to each session : Audio, Blank cards, Wide based jars, Water,
Aprons, Paint, Paintbrushes (fine and wide), Paper, Card, Felt-tip pens, Clipboards,
Palettes, Some scrap cloth

Specific supplies: transparent plastic (thick enough not to crumple) cut up into A3-sized pieces

1. Welcome and warm-up

collectif | 5 min. | découverte

1. Welcome everyone.
2. Hello song. Hello, hello ! How are you ? I'm good, I'm great ! How about you ?
3. Today's theme is push painting!

2. A spot of art history

collectif | 15 min. | découverte

Introduce today's art aesthetic : pour painting, watch.

This technique uses a lot of paint, and wastes a lot too. We can try to get similar paint effects with the 'push painting' technique.

3. Let's paint

collectif | 45 min. | découverte

Demonstration using 3 colours on white paper.

  1. Squeeze some paint onto the paper, a little here, a little there...
  2. Place the transparent plastic on top and push the paint around using fingers and palm.
  3. Stop near the edges to keep all the paint on the paper.

4. Music moment

collectif | 15 min. | découverte

As it's the last class of the year, listen and sing along to some old favourites.

5. Tidy-up and good-bye

collectif | 10 min. | découverte

1. Everyone washes their brushes and palettes when they've finished painting. Use the object vocab.
2. One last sing-song
3. That's it ! Until next week ! Good-bye everyone ! Parent-pick-up time.