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Student teaching at Evergreen-                 5th Grade Aaron Douglas

4/28/2014

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After looking at and discussing the amazing art of Harlem Renaissance Artist Aaron Douglas, the 5th graders learned about concentric circles, silhouettes and values.  Before beginning the actually project, we did a value strip with the color in the middle, white on the far left and black on the far right.  They had to mix their color with white and paint the different values.  Then they mixed their color with black to create different values.  Tints and shades.  I wish I had documented these. 

The students began their work by drawing a silhouette of a person (it could be themselves if they wanted).  I provided them with references of images of people and of silhouettes of people.  Once they drew the silhouette, they drew concentric circles in the background, similar to the way Aaron Douglas did in his work.  Then the students painted the silhouette black, and starting with their color, the created a light tint for the inner most circles and slowly darkened their colors for the outside circles.

This was probably the most difficult project that I have taught.  Many of the students really struggled with it.  Many did not enjoy it because of the struggle.  A few though really blew me away with their perseverance and hard work and the outcomes of those were amazing.

I will definitely alter this project for the future though because I think learning about the Harlem Renaissance and Aaron Douglas is wonderful and the possibilities of this project  changing and growing makes me excited!
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J. Gurantz
2/20/2016 09:09:27 am

These paintings inspired by Aaron Douglas are gorgeous. The way you started The students with the silhouette drawing was a great step into the lesson. Thanks for sharing.

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