1. Art Portfolio
By: E. Allison Provenza

2. Personal Reflection
I have always enjoyed art. My mother is a talented painter and my brother draws very well, so I grew up with a few artists. My drawing ability is OK and I enjoy painting on canvases. Being asked to draw a picture is something I do not mind doing, it is actually something I would consider fun. Throughout this course I have learned a few things that I look forward to implementing in my own classroom. Thank you for your thoughtfulness with each lesson, I appreciate it. Allison Provenza

3. Art Assignments

4. 6 Step Drawing Assignment:
Step 1 – Draw four straight lines from one edge of your paper to the other.
Step 2 – Draw two more straight lines from one edge of your paper to the other, only this time, make the lines cross over the lines you have already drawn.
Step 3 – Draw five circles – any size – anywhere on your paper.
Step 4 – Draw two curved lines beginning at the edge of the paper and ending up somewhere in the middle of the paper.
Step 5 – Fill in three of the five circles.
Step 6 – Fill in four areas of your paper however you would like.
Step 7 – Sign your work.
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5. Working Together: Scribble Art:
Step 1: Find a partner
Step 2: Use a pencil to complete scribble
Step 3: You choose a crayon, your partner chooses a crayon and together choose a crayon. Must be 3 different colors
Step 4: Fill in the spaces, but do not let the same color share a wall
It is okay to leave white space around the outside of the scribble
**A special thank you to my daughter, Emily, for working on this art assignment with me.
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6. Getting to know you, getting to know all about you…or me!
Self Portrait Using Oil Pastels

7. Under the Sea: Watercolor
Step 1: Do a rough draft
Step 2: Choose a fish you would like to draw, using familiar shapes
Step 3: Using a pencil, draw a school of fish and background on your paper
Step 4: Outline the fish and background using a crayon so the paint will not run
Step 5: Using watercolors, paint the fish and big background objects
Step 6: Once the paint is dry, paint the ocean water
Remind students to be careful with the supplies. Remind students to use nice long strokes when painting.
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8. Wild Things: Cross Hatching
Step 1: Demonstrate the 4 types of cross hatching: tight, organic, wild and contour
Step 2: Sketch your wild thing on white paper, using a pencil
Step 3: Begin cross hatching
Step 4: Add color to parts of your wild thing
Step 5: Cut out your wild thing and glue on to black construction paper
Step 6: Use oil pastels to create a background
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9. Starry Night: Using Long and Short Lines
Step 1: Using a piece of construction paper, cut it down the middle (whatever type line you wish
Step 2: Secure this to black construction paper
Step 3: Using a light colored oil pastel, put stars in the sky
Step 4: Go around the star at least 3 or 4 times before using another color
Step 5: Swirl the lines to each star, be creative
Step 6: Fill the sky to the edge of the paper
Step 7: Take paper off
Step 8: Complete the bottom of the paper however you like
Step 9: High light your work using long and short strokes
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10. Creating a 3-D Mask
Step 1: Find a variety of supplies around your house or classroom
Supplies could include items such as paper, paper goods, cotton, bow, ribbon, glitter, bottle caps, washers, dried foods (like beans or macaroni)
Step 2: Create your mask using the objects you have found using glue or tape.
Step 3: Be creative!
* A special thank you to my daughter, Emily, for modeling the mask.
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11. Roy G. Biv
Step 1: Using your imagination, what do you think Roy G. Biv looks like?
Step 2: On a white sheet of paper, create your own rainbow man or woman
Step 3: Be Creative!
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12. Insect Fingerprint Art
Step 1: Pick your favorite bug
Step 2: Pick a light shade of construction paper
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Step 3: Using watercolors or a stamp pad, press your thumb in the color and then press on the paper to create your bug
Step 4: Draw the details and background on your paper

13. Texture and Collage:
Step 1: Use markers to color multiple circles on coffee filters
Step 2: Sprinkle water on the coffee filters to make the colors bleed
Step 3: Let the coffee filters completely dry
Step 4: Using the filters, create your insect
Step 5: Decorate the background scene using crayons, oil pastels, markers or other items (for texture)
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