Ancient Greece Art Project

To keep with the 'Civilization' theme this week I thought we would try an art project based on one of the oldest civilizations, ancient Greece.


This is a paper project but I think next term we will have to try a clay one.




This is a great project for Grade 5/6 to fit in with the social studies curriculum.














MATERIALS REQUIRED:

- brown kraft paper or paper bag
- reference material
- scissors
- disk tempera paint in yellow, orange, brown and black
- paintbrushes
- black paper
- tacky glue
- white or light yellow gel pens

PROCEDURE:

Cut a nice sized rectangle of brown kraft paper or use the front of a paper bag.

Fold in half lengthwise.

Using the fold line as the center of the pot, trace out and nice profile shape.  Supply the students with some reference material to help them design their pots.

Starting in the 6th century BC you have masters of painted pottery in Greece.  There are several styles of vessels from the grand amphoras to smaller everyday pots.

- (amphora images)

This design I'm using here is an amphora.

Cut out the design and when you unfold the paper you'll have a nice symmetrical shape.

Using yellow, orange and brown paint your pot.  To make it appear more 3 dimensional paint one side in darker tones.  Try to blur the line between the dark side and the light side.  You don't want to see a dividing line.



Let dry.

After the pot has dried using black tempera and a small brush add some details.

To make the pot appear old (ancient) take your brush and using your finger splatter some paint on the dark side.

The kids always love this part so you have to get them to use a bit of restraint. Run your fingertip over the bristles to get that splatter.

For the pot's main design sketch it out on black paper using a white pencil crayon.



Cut out and then turn over to hide any pencil crayon marks.

Glue into place.

Finally add some details to your main design with a white or light yellow gel pen.









That's it.

Don't forget to enter the giveaway for your chance to win the DVD series "This is Civilization", sponsored by Acorn Media.  You have until Thursday, 11:59 pm.  I'll make the draw Friday.

Please check out the previous post to enter.








See you next time.