CLAY sculpture art project for GNOMES ceramic lesson
A popular themed art lesson for creating GNOME and GNOMESS sculptures in Pottery clay for an elementary ceramics art project. This comprehensive step-by-step guide was designed for my 6-7 year olds, and suits First to Third grade teachers looking for an art lesson that is not craft.
Their cuteness factor will easily engage older students, too. A lesson that makes authentic links to the Elements of Art, Art Theory, Culture, Seasonal activities ... and ... also guides you and your students through making a quick but relevant art response.
This CLAY hand-building art lesson inspired by Scandinavian folklore could be for you. Easily differentiate for the varied cultures in your class by opening the finishing options to include: nature gnomes, friendship gnomes or Christmas gnomes - make the finishing details a student choice, thereby including everyone.
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CLAY GNOMES is an impactful Art lesson plan that also helps to consolidate your student's understanding of Visual Art and the medium of pottery. This easy to use art lesson has a strong focus on the Elements of Art, a great way to build essential knowledge and skill in this subject - particularly for teachers without an art background or limited knowledge in this area.
The lesson includes information about gnomes and their historical and cultural significance, and then guide you through the art lesson that has been tested and crafted to suit this age group of 7yr olds - step by step.
❤️ Take the guesswork out of teaching art,
❤️ avoid endless hours of research,
❤️ avoid the epic fails that result from not having the time to trial the lesson or media yourself before teaching it.
❤️ learn tips and tricks for building with clay
I’ve done it all for you and trailed this lesson with my own students, in 2nd grades.
❤️ why should you trust my lessons?
I am both a general ed classroom teacher and currently practising as a Visual Art and Digital Media specialist educator, teaching students from ages 4-12, at a primary school. I do this every day, just like you!
❤️ How will this resource help busy classroom teachers, who are nervous about teaching art?
No worries - I’ve got you covered.
This lesson comes as a full colour PDF teacher guide, with a bumper 40+ slide deck, to share on your large screen with your students.
All project steps are clearly explained and photographed, from start to finish, giving you the confidence to deliver a quality visual art lesson to your students.
❤️ All the materials & skills are also clearly listed for you. It’s like having an art specialist with you in your classroom.
The PDF slides are intentionally designed in landscape orientation, to share with your students. This extra visual support will prove useful, particularly to diverse learners, and will also save your from having to repeat the same instructions, over and over again.
Select VIEW > enter full screen for presentation mode. Then use the arrow keys on your keyboard to drive a smooth slideshow experience, like a pro :)
Encourage students along the way, to follow choice options and create their unique artwork, while being guided by the information on the slides.
⏰ How long will this project take to finish?
This art lesson can be completed in a few hours, depending on the age and stage of students .
Chunk into smaller manageable lessons: 11/2 - 2hours to build, dry for 2 weeks, 11/2 - 2hours to glaze/paint.
View the PDF & Video previews above, then add to cart and smile, knowing you will soon have beautiful artwork on the walls and students glowing with pride!
❤️ So what is special about this resource?
CLAY GNOMES is NOT a superficial art or craft option. As a specialist in this field, I write lessons that encourage deeper, cross-curricular learning and make meaningful connections to other subject areas. This IS:
- a hand-building tutorial that uses measurements, shapes and 3D form (Math)
- explores the concept of folklore (Literature),
- teaches about the elements of art
- makes cross-curricular links to culture and seasons (Who We Are ).
This lesson plan can be the perfect companion art project for students inquiring into
✏️ The Theory of Visual Art
✏️ Art media
✏️ Fantasy Literature
✏️ Culture and seasons (Who We Are ).
Students can express their unique ideas through personal choices and modifications (suggestions offered in the guide), while working through the guided project. Pause the presentation in places to discuss next steps with students, check understanding and explore potential student responses or modifications, bringing personal creative ideas to the tutorial. This addresses the Viewing & Responding to artwork objectives in a purposeful way.
Teachers who have used one of my Elements of Art lesson plans for K-2 Element of LINE PETS inspired by Laurel Burch one day art lesson K - 2nd grade say:
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✅ What is included in CLAY GNOMES ?
A 40+ PDF slide deck teaching guide for step-by-step guidance and reference, intentionally designed in landscape orientation, to share with your students as a presentation on your large screen. Select VIEW > enter full screen. Then use the arrow keys on your keyboard to drive a smooth slideshow experience, like a pro :)
✅ This PDF includes step-by-step support & teaching instructions for:
- Teaching slides about Gnomes
- Detailed instructions to create a student response clay sculpture
- Photographs of every step
- Student and teacher examples of work in progress and completed. (2nd grade)
- guidance for assessment - Learning Intentions included for the International Baccalaureate & New Zealand standards at levels 1 / Phase 1 which will closely aligned to assessment standards you may be using
- guidance and examples for Student Voice reflection/ assessment - either use orally with the slide, or print for students to fill out as a record of their learning. Alternatively export that slide as a jpeg from the PDF and post for digital reflections like Seesaw. 2 versions
✅ What knowledge, techniques and skills will my students learn from this series?
- Gain knowledge about art media
- Gain knowledge about art elements
- Follow a tutorial for guidance - listening skills, visual discrimination, sequencing
- Develop fine-motor & technical skills for using a range of art tools and media
- Respond to art created by artists and by other students
- Reflect on own knowledge, skills, progress and artwork - using the included student sheets
✅ That sounds great! So what about the Visual Art focus in this lesson?
- Introduced to and explore the medium of potters clay
- Introduced to and explore the tools and techniques of hand-building clay sculpture
- Explore the influence of contemporary art
- Observe & understand the Art World (Studio Habits)
- Build observational skills & guided response
- Explore art making that expresses new learning
- Build skills for an art form
- Stretch & Explore (Studio Habits)
- PLAN - compose sculpture with shapes and forms
- Develop Craft, Engage & Persist, Express (Studio Habits)
- Reflect on personal development as an artist
- Reflect (Studio Habits)
View the PDF & Video Previews above, then add to cart and smile, knowing you have just saved yourself heaps of time and effort!
✅ Where can I find more art lessons like this one?
→ You can browse all my art lessons and support resources HERE: VISUAL ART STORE
→ For my other Elements of Art lessons, click HERE: ART ELEMENTS
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