Blue Dog Art Lesson
Date: 2013-07-25 Author: Michelle East Categories: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, After School Art & Art Camp, Art History Lessons, Art Lessons, Drawing Lessons, Elementary Art, K-1st Grade, Painting Lessons, Tempera Painting Tags: 2nd grade art, 3rd grade art, 4th grade art, 5th Grade Art, 6th grade Art, art class for kids, art lessons for children, Art Projects for Kids, blue dog, blue dog art lesson, Blue Dog Art Lesson Tempera Painting, blue dog art project, blue dog painting lesson, elementary art, how to draw blue dog, paint, painting art projects for kids, tempera painting
This Blue Dog art lesson is accredited to Art Projects for Kids, which is a wonderful resource for art teachers!! I frequent the blog often because it has excellent how to draw worksheets to go along with lessons, there are MANY art lessons for children!! I used the “How to Draw a Dog” reference sheet with my prek-5th gr. after school art class and they LOVED this Blue Dog art project! This lesson was created with elementary art students, but really middle school and high school art students would enjoy this as well. Instead of a tempera painting, this would be a great beginning level acrylic painting lesson!
Supplies: Sharpies, Tempera Paint, paint brushes & “How to Draw a Dog” Reference Sheet from Art Projects for Kids
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Blue Dog is the creation of artist George Rodrigue. He is a Cajun artist that was born, lives, & creates art in Louisiana. Rodrique is known worldwide for his creation of the Blue Dog series of paintings, that features a blue-hued dog in a large variety of settings. The Blue Dog paintings are attributed to his deceased dog named Tiffany and influenced by the Loup Garou legend—the first painting in the series bears the title Loup Garou. Wiki-George Rodrique
View George Rodrique Artwork: George Rodrique Official Website
We also watched a short video I found on youtube about George Rodrique: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K130TkYjlwA
Tempera Painting Techniques Lesson Plan & Worksheet
Instructions:
- Use the “How to Draw a Dog” Reference Sheet to draw Blue Dog large on your paper in pencil first, then outline in Sharpie. Add details taking inspiration from Rodrique’s Artwork. (background, cape, etc.)
- Paint with tempera paints-BOLD colors. Make sure to paint his body blue, his nose white, & his eyes yellow with a black center.
- Paint the background.
Please visit Art Projects for Kids for lots of great lessons!
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