DISCUSSION: 

Look at the story book Where the Wild Things Are

What shapes do you see

What shapes are spikes and horns made from?

What Lines do you see?

Do you see organic shapes?

Artist:Maurice Bernard Sendak (born June 10, 1928) 

American writer and illustrator of children's literature.  

He is best known for his book, Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963.

One of his first professional commissions was to create window displays for the toy store 

F.A.O. Schwarz. 

His illustrations were first published in 1947 in a textbook titled Atomics for the Millions by Dr. Maxwell Leigh Eidinoff. 

He spent much of the 1950s illustrating children's books written by others before beginning to write his own stories.

For additional information, please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Sendak

PROJECT:

Step1: Using your piece of yarn, lay out and organic shape on your page to begin

Step2: Using Oil Pastels trace the outside of your organic shape. This makes your monsters head

Step3: add 2 geometric shapes for eyes

Step3: add one organic shape for a nose

Step4: add a line for a mouth. WAIT! How does your monster feel? Happy or sad, Angray or confused? This could help make your decision. 

Step5: add two organic shapes for ears

Step4: add 5 geometric shapes for hair

Step5: add spikes, gils, teeth, horns, feathers or any other things you can think of with your black 

Step6: Fill in your geometric/organic monster with colors. 

MATERIALS:

White paper

Black sharpies or oil pastels

Piece of string

All colors of oil pastels

This lesson plan has been adapted from: http://ourartlately.blogspot.com/2011/09/organic-shape-monsters.html

Wild Thing Eco Bags with Henri Matisse

This project is a two hour/day project

Discussion (9:15-9:30)

Pattern

What is it

How is it made or what do we need to have it? Repetition (ababab)

Where do we see it in this room?

Clothing bottom of shoes

Where do we see it at home

Wall paper

Bed clothing curtains

Artists use pattern all the time the most famous is MATISSE

ARTIST: Henri Matisse
1869-1954
French Painter, 

Matisse loved of line, shape and color. 

Matisse felt that his greatest influence had been the work of the artist Cezanne (1839 – 1906, French). 

Artwork known for his use of pattern

In the 1950‘s, Matisse began creating paintings using paint and paper cut outs. 

In his last years, as he aged and fell ill, Matisse continued to paint, this time on the walls of his room, using a piece of charcoal attached to the end of a bamboo pole. 

He painted until his death in 1954. 

Project 1 (9:30-10)

Create a line pattern using blue tape

Step1: use blue tape to create lines on your canvas bag

Step2: paint the spaces without paint using acrylic

Step3: allow it to dry

Step4: remove tape to reveal the stripes

MATERIALS:

Blue painters tape

Acrylic paint in all colors

Paint brushes

Canvas bag for each student

WILD THING tote bags: 

DISCUSSION:  Day 2

Where the wild things are

        Read the book

        Talk about the artwork

Detail each monster and the special things they may have on them: webbed 

Feet,  head dress, scales, horns, etc

Project: (11-12)

Step1: pick your favorite color from the fleece 

Step2: Cut out the shape of the monsters head. Remember horns

Step3: glue the monsters head to your bag.

Step4: pick white eyes and glue them to your monster

Step5: using a black marker draw an X in the eye

Step6: glue and draw on any other monster shapes you want 

Materials:

Fleece

Glue (maybe Hot Glue Guns to make project faster???)

White fleece cut into eye shapes

Black markers

Any fun accents the kids could add: rickrack, buttons, sequins, ribbon, etc.