[c] PREHISTORIC ART - WANDERING WOOLLY MAMMOTH

[Pages:9]PREHISTORIC

ART

K-2

Wandering

Mammoth

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READ THIS FIRST

The KinderArt Method focuses on individual creative exploration. With that in mind, our lesson plans are designed to be adaptable, meaning you can use

them for a wide range of ages. In this way, you can cover the same skills and techniques with all of your students while giving them the freedom to learn at their own level. So, instead of prepping for a multitude

of lessons for all of your classes, you only need to prep for one. The goal is to allow your students the ability to make choices as they follow the lesson, whether it be through decisions about what colors to use or what kinds of lines to draw.

Examples are included where possible to show you that even with the same set of directions, children can and will create completely unique works of art (even when the

lessons are step-by-step). Allow for some independence and you will be amazed at the results. Also, the material lists often give you the option of more than one art medium. This is so you can work with what you have, instead of feeling as though you need to run to the store

or order in expensive materials. One final tip: If you are short on time, simply reduce the size of the project, or - swap out

supplies (ie: use markers instead of paint). Where there is a will, there is a way. Keep creating! ~Andrea & Jantje

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Wandering Woolly Mammoth

Woolly mammoths are now-extinct elephant-like creatures who roamed the plains of North America, Europe and Asia thousands of years ago.

In this painting lesson, children will create pictures of mammoths using a variety of art materials.

LDetail of painting by Mauricio Ant?n

Time: 40 minutes for painting 15 minutes for gluing

WHAT YOU NEED:

Heavy drawing paper (Sulphite) 12" x 18" Liquid tempera paint Paintbrushes Messy mats or water and containers Yarn/wool in red, yellow, black, white (cut into 2" lengths) Cotton balls Scissors (optional) Glue

Messy mats can be used in place of water when using liquid tempera paint. Children wipe their brushes on the mats (poster paper) before dipping into a new color.

Cave art depicting a woolly mammoth and other animals, from the Rouffignac Cave, France

DID YOU KNOW?

Woolly mammoths were large elephants (with curved tusks) that lived during the ice ages. Cave paintings of the woolly mammoth have been found in France and Spain. Woolly mammoths are closely related to the Asian Elephant. Find more at:

ELEMENTS/PRINCIPLES:

Line Shape Color Space Value Texture

Balance Contrast/Emphasis Proportion Variety Unity/Harmony

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GETTING STARTED

Woolly mammoths lived during the last ice age, and they may have died off when the weather became warmer and their food supply changed. Humans may also be partly responsible for their disappearance due to hunting. Although the word "mammoth" has come to mean "huge," woolly mammoths were probably about the size of African elephants.

With notes from National Geographic Kids

STUDENTS WILL:

Learn about woolly mammoths Draw and paint picture of a woolly mammoth Explore texture as they work with yarn and cotton

Image: DK Find Out

Woolly Mammoth Facts

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WOOLLY MAMMOTHS

Wooly mammoths near the Somme River, AMNH mural.

Life restoration of fauna during the Pleistocene epoch in northern Spain, by Mauricio Ant?n ANDREA MULDER-SLATER | KINDERART | THE KINDERART CLUB (copyright) 2020

DRAWING & PAINTING

After learning about woolly mammoths, children can draw a paint a mammoth of their own. A guided drawing sheet is included for those who require it.

I recommend using a black crayon or oil pastel to draw the mammoth. Then, tempera paints can be used to paint the picture.

The colors needed for this painting include: brown, yellow, red, blue, green, black and white.

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You can create brown by adding a small amount of black to orange. (You can also achieve brown by mixing the three primary colors (red, yellow, blue) together.

To paint the mammoth, encourage students to try "double dipping". What this means is they dip into more than one color and allow those colors to blend directly on the paper.

Explain to children that they don't need to worry too much about details like eyes and ears because they will be gluing items on top of the painting when it is dry.

For double dipping, it's a good idea to have the paints handed out to students on a paper plate (rather than in trays). Reason being, they are likely to get mixed together and the plates can be more easily cleaned/disposed of.

The sky can be painted with a light blue (blue + white) or grey (white + black).

Use the messy mat to wipe the brush in between colors.

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PAINTING & DETAILING

The hills can be painted in various shades of grey.

Green, brown and yellow can be used to paint the ground. Again, double dipping is a great technique to use for this (dipping into more than one color at a time and allowing the paint to blend directly on the paper).

Once the paint has dried, children can go over their edges with a black crayon or oil pastel so there is a nice, thick black outline. This will clean up any stray bits of paint.

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ADDING TEXTURE & INTEREST

Making the mammoth really woolly, with actual wool, is great fun for young children. They can use glue and short pieces of yarn to give the mammoth a nice woolly texture.

Then, because these were Ice Age animals, children can add some "snowy" bits all over the ground by tearing apart cotton balls and gluing them to the paper.

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