Oct. 31, 2007: A Book's Look
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Activities:
1. Design a different cover
for one of your favorite books.
2. With a friend, look through
the newspaper to find photos and drawings that would look good on a book
cover. Cut out your favorite photo or drawing and paste it on a piece
of paper. Now make up a title that goes with the art. Use the art and
the title to create a new book cover.
3. Select a newspaper story
that would make a good subject for a picture.
Draw three illustrations for the story; use colored markers for one illustration,
watercolors for another and colored pencils for the third. Show your illustrations
to family members and friends. Ask them to pick their favorite.
4. Which of the children's
illustrators in today's Mini Page (a) wrote about scary things, (b) created
small books that were easy to hold, (c) first showed a black child in
a normal setting, and (d) also illustrated magazine stories?
5. Use resource books and the
Internet to learn more about the illustrator of a favorite book. Use these
questions to guide your research:
- When did the illustrator first become interested in art?
- What other jobs did the illustrator have?
- What is the illustrator's favorite art medium?
- What other books has the artist illustrated?
- Why does the artist enjoy
illustrating children's books?
Write a paragraph discussing
your research.
This week's standards:
- Students know that the visual arts have both a history and specific relationships to various cultures. (Visual Arts)
- Students use different
media, techniques and processes to communicate ideas, experiences and
stories. (Visual Arts)
(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
