Franklin Elementary & Mark Wagner
Lesson 02
K - 2nd Grade

 

BLACK & WHITE

 

 

Opposites are made up of Pairs

 

2's

 

 

in/out

hot/cold

up/down

west/east

sky/earth

sharp/dull

red/green, yellow/purple, blue/orange

remembering/forgetting

mom/dad

boy/girl

night/day

now/then

beginning/end

front/back, night/day, love/hate, happy/sad, dog/cat, fast/slow, turtle/rabbit, fire/water

 

 

 

BLaCK   WHite

you get the idea ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now let's say you see a white sheet of paper

 

 

 

 

and I tell you an old joke

 

"this is really a picture of

a POLAR BEAR
in a Snow storm"

 

 

 

Several of the kids understood the concept and idea,

that a polar bear in a snowstorm contained

no opposites and so you can't see anything.

 

 

Look at these images of black & white

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice how it is easier to see an image that
is black and white. These images are in high contrast.

 

Positive and Negative
Foreground and Background

ART PROJECT: Black and White Supplies Needed: black & white paper, black & white pencil, scissors, glue (stick or elmers), work area. We started out with our warm ups. It was fun to draw with our non dominant hand. We used a white pencil on black paper, black pencil on white paper. We cut black paper and glued it onto a larger piece of white paper so there was half and half. We then added cut and torn paper to each side placing white and black and white on white and black on white and black on black. At the end of class we combined all our work on the floor to create a collaborative art work. The pieces were laminated and displayed around the school and given to each class.

SEE KIDS ART

 

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