Art Literature Courses 2020-2021
September 2020 - May 2021
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Art/Literature - Narnia
Tuesday @ 2:00 EST Beginning September 22nd Tuition - $600/year ($325/semester) Covering: "The Chronicles of Narnia" (Ages 8-12) |
Art/Literature - Lord of the Rings
Tuesday @ 1:00 EST Beginning September 22nd Tuition - $600/year ($325/semester) Covering: "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy" (Ages 11+) |
Art/Literature - Beatrix Potter
Mondays @ 2:30 EST Beg January 4, 2021 Tuition - $300/semester Covering: Books from the "Beatrix Potter Series" (Ages 5-11) |
These weekly LIVE ZOOM Literature/Art Courses are geared toward students who would like to expand the breadth of their artistic talents as we dive into the respective worlds of the "The Chronicles of Narnia" or “The Lord of the Rings”.
Over the 2020-2021 school year (September - May), we will read each of the books in the respective series. Each week (of the thirty weeks), students will be assigned a corresponding art project to enhance and to bring life and purpose to their reading! This is a true integrated project-based learning experience. Students encourage each other as they share their responsive art projects with the class each week. Student are motivated by knowing that their artwork and explanations will be posted online* (first names, age).
Over the years, Mrs. G's Art/Literature courses has proven to be highly successful, fun and motivating for art minded students!
Expectations for each lesson:
- Art Projects: – Complete the art project based on the reading.
- Write about 100 words to explain your artistic response OR be prepared to explain your artistic response to the class.
Narnia Projects
"The Magician's Nephew" - Pages 1-54
"Hello Mrs. G.,
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ere are some photos of my completed assignment. I had a really fun time this week. For my project based on The Magicians Nephew, I chose to depict the wood between the worlds, using a really cool modeling technique (using flour, water, and salt) that I just learned." - By Inga
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By Gianna - Sept 29th
By Emilie
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By Cecilia - Sept 29th
By Miriam
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"The Magician's Nephew" - Pages 55-109
Magnet Art -
By James
By Inga
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It is the room where they entered that it was pitch black but then star’s started to come in - Isabella
Magnet Painting - by Cecilia
By Gianna
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"The Magician's Nephew" - pages 110 - 166 (Your version of Narnia)
I portrayed the land of Narnia on a leaf, to capture the sunrise through the bright fall colors on my "canvas". - Inga
"Narnia" by Emilie
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By Cecilia
By Gianna
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"The Magician's Nephew" - pages 167-End
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"I cleaned and hollowed out a gourd to create the world of Narnia. I painted the ground to match the hillside and added painted rocks to serve as mountains. The pegasus, Fledge, is made of a twig I hand-carved, and I added a piece of a maple leaf for wings. On it, Pauly and Digaree are riding, one in front of the other, and they are made from twigs and string, attached to the top of the gourd by a thread. To photograph it I shined a flashlight in from a hole I made in the back of the gourd." - By Inga
"The Queen's Crown" - by Cecilia
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by Isabella
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By James
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"The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" - pages 1- 46
" I chose to depict the wardrobe from this weeks reading. I painted paper towels to make the clothes, and used dried grasses for the trees." - by Inga
Lamppost by James
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"My Narnian Creature" - by Cecilia
"My Narnian Creature" - by Miriam
By Gianna
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"The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" - pages 47-94
By Inga
by Isabella
By Cecilia
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By Gianna
"This is a picture of me going through my magic wardrobe. In the book, all of the kids go through the wardrobe, and I am following them. I used Adobe Photoshop Elements to put a picture of snowy woods into the wardrobe. The door is open, so I can step right in. I still made it back in time for class:)
By Melissa
By Emilie
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"The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" - pages 95-146
By Isabella
"I loved the part when thay walk in to see Aslan and the the dryads and nyads playing there harps so I made a song up on my piano that I imagined the music sounded like. I've attached a video of me playing it.
I also wrote the music down and decorated the sheet music with flowers. " - By Inga
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"My drink is when Father Christmas gives them breakfast; with Peter, Susun and Lucy. When Edmund goes and betrays them to the White Witch.While Father Christmas gives Peter a sword ,and Lucy a drink, and Susun a bow and horn."
James
Lucy’s Bottle of healing potion - By Gianna
As the "Spring" flowers.. a checkers game between Peter (Red flowers) and the White Witch (Blue Ice) - by Cecilia
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"The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" - pages 147-206
"I decided to draw Aslan when he rises from the stone table I used glitter to make him stand out of the page and I painted a light brown for his face." - By Inga
"The Four Thrones" ** By Gianna
"I embroidered Aslan." *****.
by Cecilia
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By Isabella
By James
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"The Horse and His Boy " - pages 1-52
"The Horse and His Boy " - pages 1-52
Created by Sarah
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I made a horse because of the horse in the book. He is an outline of a horse on paper, but with pasted-on cardstock eyes, mouth, mane, tail, and hooves." - by Emelie
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"A charcoal painting of a fish from the fishermen's house. I used my finger to smudge the charcoal and with a pencil, I drew the outline! " - by Inga
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Scratch - Coding Project (Image) - By Emelie
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"Lord of the Rings" Projects - "The Hobbit"
"The Hobbit" - Pages 1-54
By Sophia
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by Nicholas
By Elaina
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"The Hobbit" - Pages 55-111
"Burfur and Bilbo"
by Zahara
By Elania
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Gollum's Cave - By Liam
By Sophia
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"The Hobbit" - Pages 112 - 170 (Animal Persona - If you could change into an animal... "
"I chose a bat because: I like to stay up at night, I've always wanted to fly, And I like the feeling of hanging upside down." - Emma
by Nicholas
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"It is a gold stick figure representing how I wish to be. The battery head and colorfulness in the picture represent how I want to be smarter and more creative. Also, the book background represents how I would like to be smarter for literature. The blue and purple pipe cleaners are supposed to look like Gandalf's hat, representing how I would like to be clever like him, or think like him." - Zahara
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"The Hobbit" - Pages 171 - 233
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"I tried to include both elements of barrels and invisibility into it. My project is a suncatcher I made from a plastic water bottle, which is clear and looks invisible when placed against the right background. Also, I painted ( with watercolors) the scene of the barrels in the river, as the dwarfs and Bilbo are escaping from the Elvenking. Also, I included a purple dot to identify Bilbo, purple because the water was cold and that would make him turn purple, like having frostbite all over." - Zahara
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"The Elf Kings' Crowns"
By Sophia
" I did a elf crown with stick, leafs, and berry from my back yard." - By Emma
By Elaina
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""This week I made a small clay sculpture of one of the barrels that they floated and escaped in near the beginning of the chapter." - By Liam
"Dragon's Eye with Clay"
By Claudia
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"The Hobbit" - Pages 233-287 - Respond Artistically to a Quote from the book.
By Emma
by Claudia
"And sometimes pairs of yellow or red or green eyes would stare at him from a little distance" ( The Hobbit, Chapter VIII, Page 154) I responded to this quote by making eyes out of paper and placing them on top of the quote I wished to use. I also colored the paper eyes with a neon green highlighter so they would shine green when the blacklight hit them, that is actually the reason I only did the green eyes, so I could use the cool blacklight. After I took the picture I put a cartoon settings on it because I realized it made the eyes look closer like they were floating above the paper. Which makes a connection to the quote " from a little distance" I was going for the effect of making the quote come alive, having the glowing green eyes appear to be coming at the observer. ******
By Zahara
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This is a drawing I did of Bilbo Baggins with a cup of tea. I looked through the pages assigned this week but couldn’t find any quotes, so I decided to look some up. I found this one and I imagined Bilbo back home in his hobbit hole serving tea and food to the dwarves who came to visit a while after their adventure. The treasure box in the corner shows the share of gold Bilbo got but he knows that other things are more important.
-Elaina Miller
" "The dragon swooped once more lower than ever, and as he turned and dived down his belly glittered white with sparkling fires of gems in the moon..." (The Hobbit. XIV.) "
By Nicholas
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"The Hobbit" - Pages 288- End - What did you learn?
By Claudia
"This week for the final project of the hobbit, I freehand drew a map of the hobbit story. This map shows the entire world that the hobbit takes place in and shows some notable locations such as the misty mountains, Mirkwood forest, and the lonely mountain." *** By Liam
" For my final project I decided to draw Gandalf and Bilbo on an 18x24 paper. I also drew Gandalf making puffs of smoke that foresees the their future with the Elvish sword, the giant spiders, the ring, Bilbo's hobbit hole, and Smeagle. " - By 'Nicholas
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The greatest life lesson from the book I feel was when we see each individual person go through their greedy phases and we see how terrible it really is to be greedy. I wanted to reflect something old from the beginning of the journey so to show how far the dwarfs and bilbo have come in their travels, so I used an old drawing I made from the beginning of the class, and I have it appear to be reflecting from a stone, also I made the stone both green and purple because I feel does colors best represent greed and envy. The stone is reflecting an image of Thorin because Thorin I feel was the best example of a greedy person in the book. To make the project, I drew on a small mirror the green and purple diamond shape then just simply pointed the mirror to the old drawing and took the picture. - By Zahara
By Elaina
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"Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring" - Chapter 1
I did this project because I love this part the most. I did the part where Bilbo had a birthday party and Gandolf came and set off a lot of cool fireworks. I drew a silhouette of Gandolf and Bilbo looking at the beautiful fireworks. and 5 different colored fireworks blue,yellow, pink, green, and orange. I also did a fadeing sky with black at the top and blue at the bottom to show that it's night. I tried to make stars by taking a small fan brush and lightly tapping it on my finger it didn't show up that well but it was worth a try.
From Emma
This week I chose to draw the ring from the first chapter. My description is "For this chapter of the lord of the rings, I chose to draw the ring that will become very important over the next three books. This ring holds deep powers and history that Frodo and Bilbo will soon discover. The inscription on the ring reads “Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh Burzum-Ishi krimpatul or One ring to rule them all, One ring to find them, One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.” It is a very simple piece but is a very important part of the story. The red background represents its dark, evil background and powers that are hidden at first." - By Liam
I saw this while reading pages 1-44 in the first book of The Lord of the Rings. It is a quote that Bilbo said to Frodo: “you had better come and live here, Frodo my lad.” This quote isn’t super important but when I read it, I imagined Bilbo’s arm around Frodo, reassuring him as Frodo joined Bilbo as his family. I drew the art in pen and for the first time used color pencils. I don’t use color pencils that much so I decided to try it out.
-Elaina Miller
"Hobbit Path" - By Roman
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My project is of Gandalf's dragon which shoots fireworks at Bilbo's party. I first drew the dragon with colored pencils then used glitter to make the fireworks, I used glitter so that it would reflect off my light and shine like if it were a real firework. So that I could concentrate the light on the glitter I turned the lights off in my room and just had my closet light on, so the light came from just one direction and I could arrange my paper for it to just mostly shine on the glitter. After I took a picture of the drawing I messed with the settings so that the reflecting light looked pinkish like the reflection was from a real firework. Also, I purposely did not draw a pupil in the dragon's eye so that the fact that the dragon is not I real dragon but I statue of one would be known. The gray cloud hiding the neck of the dragon is supposed to be smoke from the fireworks. ********* By Zahara
By Sophia
"It was Bilbo’s birthday, and everyone received multiple presents. So I made a birthday present out of popsicle sticks, glue, and clay. I made the red line for a ribbon and the red clay ball for the bow." - by Claudia
"There was a red thunderstorm and a shower of yellow rain." I painted one of Gandalf's fireworks blowing up and showering the Hobbits with golden light." - By Nicholas
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"Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring" - Chapters 2-3
"Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring" - Chapters 2-3
"For my project this week I did paper dolls in a boat to represent the part in chapter two where Gandolf is telling Frodo the story about the ring. So I made two paper dolls, one is Smeagol and the other one is Deagol. Then I took a stick from my backyard and tied a piece of string to it for the fishing pole. I took a ring and put it under the water, then I took my little sister's boat and the put fishing pole, Smeagol, and Deagol in the boat. Then I put it in a creek and took a picture of it. I did this project because I love fishing and Smeagol is my favorite character." - By Emma
"For this project I decided to draw the Nazgul, or first known as the Black Riders. Frodo and Sam have a close encounter with one and I wanted to draw what I thought they would look like. I used pencil and charcoal to make the look shadowy and creepy. I imagined the Rider with a long black "cape" with multiple tears and a horse that almost showed no sign of life; only walked where its master led it. The Nazgul are mysterious and creepy so that is why I went with pencil/charcoal for my medium." - By Elaina
"These are finger puppets of some of the cast of LOTR. Frodo, Bilbo, Gandolf, teo knights, and Saruan." - By Roman
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"“This week I choose to draw the nightrider that we see in chapter 3. I really wanted to try and draw this on my iPad and I think it came out pretty well. The nightrider came to the town and bilbo decides to hide from the man. I drew this referencing a picture from the movie as well as what I imagined him as. I tried to draw him on a horse." - by Liam
"My inspiration for this project came from the quote " I really shall turn him into a toad" (page 64) This is when Gandalf jokes about turning Sam Gamgee ( a friend of Frodo's) into a toad so as to prevent him from telling everyone that Frodo is planning to leave. To make this project I went to an app on my computer that allows me to draw and paste pictures for art projects. I used a picture of a toad rather than trying to draw one, I also really liked the picture I found because I think the toad has a funny look of concern on its face which I find very amusing. Also, the app provided stickers of leaves and bark which I used to make my characters seem like they were in the forest. The best part about the project I feel is when I have Gandalf like he is laughing and walking away from Sam the toad ( that is if he were to turn him into a toad) The point of my project is to bring out the humorous possibility of Gandalf turning Sam into a toad then he laughs and walks away leaving Sam stuck in a toads body. Which is a thought I find very funny. " - By Zahara
"Frodo's Journey" - by Claudia
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"Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring" - Chapters 3-7
I did this project because I like the Black Rider and because black is my favorite color. I did a Black Rider silhouette with a pencil and then colored it in with a permanent marker so that I could see it when I painted on top of it. To do the back around I put one big blob of four different colored paints yellow, light blue, dark blue, and black, and then blended them together to make it look like a sunset. Then by copying what I drew underneath with a pencil I painted on top a Black Rider.
by Emma
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"My project is of the drink the Elves gave Frodo and his friends, "They found that the Elves had filled their bottles with a clear drink, pale golden in colour: it had the scent of a honey made of many flowers, and was wonderfully refreshing."(page 88) The idea that it was a drink that consisted of the elements of gold, honey, and flowers seemed pretty to me. I thought the drink sounded like it would be a very beautiful drink, not to necessarily drink but look at, for ornamental purposes. I made my project by mixing red and yellow food coloring in water for the actual drink to look like a golden honey color. Then I made the flower out of tissue paper, the leaves I pulled from a bush in my yard wanting to make the flower look as realistic as possible with the real leaf. I also took the picture of my project outside to add to the fact that the flower was meant to look like a real flower." - By Zahara
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