I designed a project over the summer for my 3rd graders where we will observe, sketch, draw, decorate, paint, and ultimately animate a carousel horse.
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I gathered calendar images as resources and designed a couple handouts to give my artists as many sources to reference for their work as possible. On the first day of the project we watched a brainpop video about horses, saw a slideshow video of carousel horses, then did a practice sketch.
 |  After that first sketch I accessed the results and concluded that the initial size of the horse body was the most important factor for success. So I prepped a stencil that would help them begin with a good size when we began the artwork. As you can see the stencil is lacking details. It's part of the initial sketch stage. |
 Step 1. Lightly sketch |  Step 2. Observe and draw |  Step 3. Detail/decoration |
 3rd gr step 1 -sketch lightly |  3rd gr step 2-observe & draw |  Download the handout |
During this lesson we closely looked at a handout I designed to help my students learn to sketch, observe, and add detail to make a carousel horse. You can download it here.
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Finished Art:
three finished paintings in a carousel display
A sampling of finished carousel horses from 3rd grade
Download the blank templates for collages here.
Try this with Advanced settings in Do Ink Green Screen App.
Try this with Advanced settings in Do Ink Green Screen App.
Click to view artsonia gallery of artists riding their horses
Click to view the gallery of artists riding their horses on Artsonia
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Finished Carousel Animations:
Fugleflicks:
I have two fugleflicks that reinforce some of the concepts we are exploring in this lesson:
Observational drawing and Contour line drawing (called "Drawing from Experience").
Observational drawing and Contour line drawing (called "Drawing from Experience").
Observational Drawing from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.
Drawing From Experience from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.
Digital Extension:
 | When my students are finished with their carousel horse painting I will have them pose in front of green screen pretending they are riding their horse. I plan on having them combine a digital image of their art and their photo using the Superimpose app on the iPads. Then we will take this image and animate it using the DoInk Animation App. Below is my test animation. |
Steps for creating the animation are shown in this overview below:
UPDATE: Revamped version of lesson
Click to view my revamped and way better version of this lesson
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