Art On-Air Block Feed: Programs 101-110

3 hours, 59 minutes

101. Walking the Dot

Rebecca Gallion demonstrates contour drawing, in which a single continuous line is used to quickly capture an object's shape. 21 minutes.

102. Moving Lines

Alice Noel demonstrates gestural drawing: quickly drawn sketches of people or objects that incorporate large, directional movement. 18 minutes.

103. Color

Catherine Rubin explains the concepts of warm and cool colors and demonstrates an activity in which contrasting colors are used in assembling a cut-paper collage. 21 minutes.

104. Geo-Vistas

Ruben Moreno demonstrates a drawing, painting, and sculpting project that lets kids explore geometric and organic shapes in two and three dimensions. 24 minutes.

105. Tessellations

Thomas Freese shows how to create interlocking patterns with homemade stamps. 29 minutes.

106. cARTography

Cynthia Cooke blends art, science, mathematics, social studies, and writing into a project in which students create a map of an imaginary island and then talk and write about who lives there. 24 minutes.

107. Drawing Animals

Rex Robinson demonstrates a three-step process for drawing any animal. 25 minutes.

108. Turning Everyday Objects Into Art

Alice Noel leads students in the art of assemblage—creating sculptures out of pieces of ready-made materials and found objects—as they create individual portrait boxes. 28 minutes.

109. Exploring the Third Dimension with Captain Cooke

Cynthia Cooke shows how to use contour lines to create a three-dimensional topographic map of an island. 22 minutes.

110. Celebrating Ancestors

Maude Alexander shows examples of traditional African masks and leads students in a project to create masks representing their own ancestors. 27 minutes.

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