1. Creating Images These artists use ink on paper to create their image, with emphasis on value (light and dark).

3. Technique: Stippling (applying ‘dots’)
‘Dots’ of ink or pencil/graphite are
Placed closer together to create darker values.

4. Herzl Kashetzky (Saint John, NB)
UNION STREET SAINT JOHN, NB ink and watercolour

5. Creating Images with WORDS!
by Herzl Kashetzky

6. “Reminds Me of Someone”
by Herzl Kashetzky
“Fog’s Clearing”
by Herzl Kashetzky

7. “Angel” by Herzl Kashetzky

8. Collaborative “LION” artwork created by
UNBSJ Education students

9. Each student created on small ‘square’ of the whole image, choosing a word that relates to ‘lion’. The letters were placed closely together and overlapped to create darker values.
Then, all of the ‘pieces’ were arranged in order to create the collaborative image – a large portrait of a lion.

10. Silhouettes… positive space CONNECT/COMMUNICATE… Looking at Art
(‘positive space’, no outline – text only, placement and size of text)

14. Silhouette

15. Olympic Sports - Silhouettes
Materials:
Silhouette ‘masters’
Lightweight paper (e.g. cartridge or photocopy)
Pencils (option to print words in pencil first)
Fine black markers
Paper Clips
Advance Prep: Make large photocopies of human figures in silhouette that represent various Winter Olympic sports

16. Olympic Sports - Silhouettes

17. Olympic Sports - Silhouettes
Depict an Olympic sport – draw or use a silhouette of a human figure/pose as a template/guide
Position thin white paper on top of your ‘template’ or ‘guide’ (paper clips help)
ARTIST TIP: tape your work to a window – this works like a ‘light table’

18. I Can… Use text to represent positive space
Consider the design & composition (use of space; placement of text; size of text)
Demonstrate precision along the contour (outer edge) of the silhouette
Describe my creative process

19. Artworks by Mme LeClerc’s Gr. 5 students
Extension Ideas…
Silhouettes… DANCE!
Artworks by Mme LeClerc’s Gr. 5 students

20. Extension Ideas…
Valentine’s Day, Earth Day… (What’s in My Heart, What Matters to Me…) Artworks by Gr. 5 students