When I go grocery shopping, the part of the supermarket that attracts me the most is definitely the fruits and vegetables! They capture my attention because of their different SHAPES and sizes, and most importantly their many vibrant colours. This was my "shopping list" when considering which types of food to draw.Art word of the week: SHAPE
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"A shape is defined by a line or outline, or by contrasting colour or texture in the surrounding area." (Schirrmacher & Fox, 2009)
Here is my brainstorming. I have made a list of fruits that are different shapes, and grouped them together. I then chose the three shapes that I wanted to draw, and then considered the three different colours I wanted to incorporate into my sketch.
As a child, one of my favourite things to do with my parents was to go grocery shopping. My mom always gave me one of those plastic bags, which my sister and I would blow into and tie, then poke holes in. My mom would only let us each pick ONE specific thing that we wanted to buy in the store...of course we always picked more than one. I remember running off with my sister to touch every type of food we could get our hands on (since we were small back then it was hard to reach).
Insights to Early Childhood Education
As a result, the grocery store is an amazing place to help children learn about the different types of foods there are, as it involves many sensory opportunities: seeing all the different colours and sorting them by category, touching the various types of textures and describing them, smelling the difference between wheats, and milk, and popsicles, listening to my mom choose watermelons by tapping them (though I never understood how that worked), and most importantly TASTING the free food samples in each aisle!
These are the three fruits that I chose to sketch, and they are also some of my favourite fruits to eat!
As a child, one of my favourite things to do with my parents was to go grocery shopping. My mom always gave me one of those plastic bags, which my sister and I would blow into and tie, then poke holes in. My mom would only let us each pick ONE specific thing that we wanted to buy in the store...of course we always picked more than one. I remember running off with my sister to touch every type of food we could get our hands on (since we were small back then it was hard to reach).Insights to Early Childhood Education
As a result, the grocery store is an amazing place to help children learn about the different types of foods there are, as it involves many sensory opportunities: seeing all the different colours and sorting them by category, touching the various types of textures and describing them, smelling the difference between wheats, and milk, and popsicles, listening to my mom choose watermelons by tapping them (though I never understood how that worked), and most importantly TASTING the free food samples in each aisle!
Reference:
Schirrmacher,R., & Fox, J.E. (2009). Art and creative development for young children (6th Ed.). Belmont, CA: Delmar.
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