Course preparation
1. Course Type Art Creative Art Course
2. Reference lessons 90 minutes
3. Tool material Cardboard, oil painting stick
Course ideation
Kids, have you ever seen a jellyfish? Jellyfish are a very special kind of plankton living in the sea, whether it is tropical waters, temperate waters, or shallow waters, or even 100 meters deep ocean. Not only are they widely distributed, they are also an extremely ancient animal, according to research, jellyfish existed as early as 650 million years ago, and their appearance is even earlier than that of dinosaurs! There are more than 250 species of jellyfish in the world's waters, they are distributed in their own adapted seas, but also have different skills, some jellyfish will glow to warn predators, some jellyfish will produce electricity for self-defense, and some jellyfish can secrete toxins to prey, so if children see jellyfish on the beach, do not easily touch them! In addition, jellyfish is also a very beautiful, full of spirit of marine life, their whole body is transparent, the shape of the body is like a thick umbrella, "umbrella" under the many long tentacles, they will use the body's swing contraction, spray water to reflect forward, swimming posture is very elegant and beautiful. In today's art class, let's go to Sea World and say hello to the cute baby jellyfish! We will use oil painting sticks to depict the rich and colorful ecological environment of the seabed, and use anthropomorphic techniques combined with simple handwork to express beautiful and lovely jellyfish. Let's take a look at the reference tutorial!
Scenario description
Jellyfish is a very special plankton living in the sea, no matter the depth of the sea, regardless of the temperature, we can find the ghost of jellyfish in the ocean, today let us come to the ocean world, and say hello to the cute baby jellyfish!
Teaching difficulties
1. Appreciate and feel the beauty of jellyfish, using the method of painting combined with paper-cutting to show the small jellyfish swimming in the ocean.
Appreciate and observe the shape characteristics of jellyfish, children say, what does it look like? What kind of texture does its body take on? Jellyfish is a large plankton, its body shape is like a transparent umbrella, there are long tentacles under the umbrella, jellyfish rely on these tentacles to float and sway in the ocean, transparent form plus fluttering tentacles make jellyfish look very dexterous and beautiful. In the painting, we can use the paper-cutting method to cut out a slender strip of paper to simulate the fluttering tentacles of the jellyfish, combined with the way of painting to depict the cute umbrella-like figure of the jellyfish, and then add big eyes and playful expressions to show the free little jellyfish in the ocean.
2. Associate and paint around the habitat of jellyfish, showing the rich and beautiful underwater world.
Little friend, what is the environment in which the little jellyfish in your picture looks like? Children can start their own ideas around the environment where the jellyfish baby is located, and use oil painting sticks to depict aquatic animals and plants such as seaweed, coral, small fish and aquatic weeds in the water, so that the screen paper-cut material decoration and colorful background depiction complement each other, which is both vivid and interesting, forming a strong visual effect.
Painting tutorial
Prepare a round black jam
Blend oil painting sticks of different shades of green to paint the seabed
Choose a different color for the oil paint stick
Draw the rich vegetation on the seabed
Rich colors and embellishment details on the plants of the seabed
Make the picture more rich and delicate
In the right place on the screen
Cut two slits with a knife
Prepare colored jams
Cut the jam paper out of long thin strips
Thread colored strips of paper of varying lengths through the gaps
Fixed on the back
Along the top of the colored tentacles
Paint the body of the jellyfish with an oil paint stick
Rub it with your fingers to make the color of the oil stick translucent
Make jellyfish eyes out of light clay in an anthropomorphic way
After-school reviews
In today's art course, by observing the modeling characteristics of jellyfish, skillfully using paper-cutting and painting methods, using lively and bright colors to show the underwater world, and anthropomorphic way to shape the small jellyfish in the ocean, the children's imagination, color matching ability and hands-on ability have been exercised.