Art Form: Visual Arts

Supplies Needed

-Thank You, Omu book
-Paper
-Crayons, colored pencils, markers,
or paint in warm colors (red, orange,
yellow, pink)
-Scraps of tissue paper, magazines,
string, other items to add texture

Vocabulary

Warm Colors - colors that feel cozy and bright like red, orange, and yellow (and shades of each)

Abstract Art - art that uses shapes, colors, and lines instead of real-life pictures

Emotion - a feeling like happy, mad, kind, or thankful

Texture - the surface quality, or "feel" of an object, such as roughness, smoothness, or softness

Balance - This is a sense of stability in the body of work. Balance can be created by repeating same shapes and
by creating a feeling of equal visual weight.

Generosity - giving to others and sharing what you have

Characters - a person in a story or play, or an animal or object that has human qualities

Setting - where the story takes place

Central Message - the big idea or lesson of the story

Instructions

1. Read the book. Who are the characters? What is the setting? What happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story? What is the central message of the book?

2. Think about how Omu made people feel with her kindness. On your paper, use warm colors to draw shapes, lines, and swirls that show the warm feelings from the story.

3. Fill the page with your colors and textures. Add optional symbols like hearts, bowls, or smiling faces. Add scraps of fabric, tissue paper, or other items like string to create texture for your artwork and create a collage.

4. Share your abstract artwork with others.

Extensions

Write an artist statement about your artwork describing how it relates to the story.

Create another version using only cool colors (blues, greens, purples), and compare how they make you feel.