If you will only focus on the cool or warm colors or have limited time, you can prepare the sun and moon drawings and have the students only do the coloring.
Without Getting Killed or Caught : The Life and Music of Guy Clark
For more than forty years, Guy Clark wrote and recorded unforgettable songs. His lyrics and melodies paint indelible portraits of the people, places, and experiences that shaped him. He has served as model, mentor, supporter, and friend to at least two generations of the world’s most talented and influential singer-songwriters. In songs like “Desperados Waiting for a Train,” L.A. Freeway,” “She Ain’t Going Nowhere,” and “Texas 1947,” Clark’s poetic mastery has given voice to a vision of life, love, and trouble that has resonated not only with fans of Americana music, but also with the prominent artists—including Johnny Cash, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Jeff Walker, and others—who have recorded and performed Clark’s music.
Now, in Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark, writer, producer, and music industry insider Tamara Saviano chronicles the story of this legendary artist from her unique vantage point as his former publicist and producer of the Grammy-nominated album This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark. Part memoir, part biography, Saviano’s skillfully constructed narrative weaves together the extraordinary songs, larger-than-life characters, previously untold stories, and riveting emotions that make up the life of this modern-day poet and troubadour.
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Producer of Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster, which won the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album, TAMARA SAVIANO is a publicist and producer living in Nashville. She is also former managing editor of Country Music magazine and produced the 2012 Americana Album of the Year, This One’s for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark.
| Название | Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark John and Robin Dickson Series in Texas Music, sponsored by the Center for Texas Music History, Texas State University |
| Автор | Tamara Saviano |
| Издатель | Texas A&M University Press, 2016 |
| ISBN | 1623494559, 9781623494551 |
| Количество страниц | Всего страниц: 416 |
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| Экспорт цитаты | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |
Moon Art
This year Dundee is part of the Being Human festival and the theme is the moon. So we are doing lots of moon themed art works for our mini humans! You can see what else is on for the festival here https://beinghumanfestival.org/ or follow Dundee Being Human on twitter for more info @HumanDundee. You can also watch a how to video for this activity on our facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=376569740348897
This activity to make a moon will allow wee ones to enjoy the contrast of light and dark colours, to explore painting with sponges and their hands and the use of the stencil means whatever they do will magically make a good moon shape at the end. This will work for any age from 0 up, just make sure pencils and scissors stay out of reach of small babies, while bigger children can help you with the drawing and cutting out.
- A sheet of normal paper to make a stencil and a sheet in a dark colour like black or navy
- White paint
- An old sponge
- A tray or plate
- Draw round a plate on the plane sheet of paper to make a moon stencil. Cut out the center and then use a couple of dots of glue to hold it in place on top of the dark sheet.
- Put some white paint on a tray or plate and show wee ones how to use a sponge to put paint on the moon shape. If you tear the sponge in half it will get a nice texture that looks like craters. They can also use their hands to spread the paint.
- Once the center is covered and looks nice and textured, you can gently peel off the paper stencil to reveal a nice moon shape.
- You can help wee ones to finish off the picture by adding dots of white chalk and then smudging it to make stars.
Tinfoil Moon
This activity is an easy way to add interesting textures to a moon picture. It is suitable for ages 2 and up, as long as they are safe with the small coins, although wee ones will need help to cut out.
- Tinfoil
- Large sheet of dark paper or card – navy or black
- Glue
- A selection of coins
- Optional chalk
- Draw round a plate onto tinfoil and then cut out
- Put coins under the moon shape and then rub over the top to create craters
- You could draw round the moon onto dark paper in white chalk and then smudge it to create a glow
- Now stick on the moon shape
Sun and Moon Painting
For a maximum art experience, and if you have enough time, have the kids each make their own sun and moon drawing.
For painting the canvas your students will need:
- paint palette or per plates
- paper towels
- paint cup with water
- brushes in a few sizes
- Acrylic paints in the following colors: Red, orange, yellow, hot pink, black, navy or dark blue, turquoise, light blue, white and gold
Optional colors if you want to let them have a few more choices:
Purple in dark shade and light shade, greens, light pink, gray, light yellow
Lesson Instructions
Start by having them choose their paint colors before you pour, unless you want to just simplify by giving them all the same colors. I did this for my younger class and it worked fine. Some of them didn’t use every color, but there was limited drama because of this.
This part of the class will take a few minutes, so just prep them by telling them that once you pour the paint and give just a quick instruction, they can go at it.
Now, have them choose either side, sun or moon to start on, and be sure to tell them that the point is to keep warm colors on one side and cool on the other.
It is best to paint one sky at a time and get them both done first, at least the first coat, so it has time to dry some and if it needs a second coat, you can get that done.
They can use a skinny brush to outline the outside of the sun or moon in the sky color they chose, and then once they have established those lines, they can use a larger one to paint in the sky. It will go faster and create less brush strokes. Some kids may not catch that instruction, so if you see them trying to paint the sky with a tiny brush, have them switch it out.
While the first coat is setting in, have them switch sides and do the other sky. Then from there, they can start the sun and moon, and if by the time those are painted, they need another sky coat, have them do that so it is dry when it’s time to paint details on it.
Color the sky
If they choose an open mouth, they can leave that area unpainted and just white. No need to paint it white.
Once the sky is dry, check the sun and moon to see if they need a second coat as well. I tell them that if they can see white canvas poking through, or a lot of brush strokes, then they need another coat.
Last part is to fill in details like reflection strokes in the moon sky, and tips of the sun, as well as the face details. This part is where they get creative and add their own touches. They may ask for help, but most of the kids I taught did their own thing. Adding lines between the tips of the sun and in multiple shades of blue on the moon sky adds some movement.
The gold if they choose it is to add little stars to the moon side and accents to the sun tips, and if you want to do a little splatter paint to finalize it, that looks great too.
To add the splatter – take small amount of water and a little gold paint and mix together off to the side on the plate. You don’t want it dripping wet, but more thinned out than the paint is alone. Then, hold the brush over the painting, with the painting laying flat on the table, facing up. Use a larger brush to tap the brush with the paint and move around the canvas to spread it around as you desire.
It gives the Sun and Moon Painting a little pop and finishes it off nicely. Encourage them to add their own touches and make it their own and not to feel like it has to look like yours (If you paint a sample, that is.)
Sun and Moon Art
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Project contributed by Mary B. H. from My Little Canvas
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