Stencil City

 Stencil City

Grade levels:1-5
Medium: Oil Pastel
Suggested Time: 1 session


Stencil City is a fun way for your little artist to complete several GLE objectives including:

• Layer two or more colors using crayon, colored pencil, or oil pastel 
• Landscape: Create an original cityscape 
• Identify and use horizontal, vertical, and diagonal line
• (all GLEs)

Elements of Art include  color, shape, and space

Principles of Design include repetition, contrast, and unity

For Materials and Equipment you will need to gather a Ruler, scissors, 1 sheet white paper, 1 sheet black paper, oil pastels, tape, and a pencil.

The main vocabulary words students will learn are: Stencil, Silhouette, Cityscape
1. The anticipatory set will be done by the regular class teacher. They will be doing a unit on cities around the world. We will use some of the cities they learned about as inspiration.
2. Model and demonstrate how to outline the stencil you will be cutting out
3. Let students cut out stencil after you check for understanding
4. Demonstrate how to tape your stencil down so it does not move
5. Begin demonstrating overlaying the stencil with oil pastels to create the silhouette
6. Repeat stencil process until cityscape is full
7. Ask students what type of building they imagine in their city
8. Walk around checking for understanding
9. Instruct students how to fill in some windows on the silhouetted buildings
10. Close with some night time photographs of cityscapes and compare with the class' work

Aesthetic Questions could be asked during input, guided, or independent practice

What features of your city make it unique? Would you want to live there?




Art Criticism / Analysis Questions that could be during closure like Are your buildings realistic or are they more impressionistic?



Evaluation Criteria (should relate to objectives):

Content- Did student make and use a original cityscape using different lines an color layering?
1-5
Creativity- Did the student make a unique work or have a unique perspective?
1-5
Craftsmanship- Did student take time and care to do project to best of their ability?
1-5
Completion- Was project turned in on time?
1-5
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Modifications / Special Notes / Drawing

Students at higher levels could directly model a city they have been learning about and add more lights and details to the buildings

Students could create their own city and create its own unique culture.

Motor skill challenged students could use a bigger paper so they don’t have to cut small buildings.