MH Superstars! Our MH students come to art on Tuesday and are joined by the 5th grade Peer Tutors. Since the class is a mix of grade levels and teachers classrooms, we decided to name it our own name!
Spray Painting Students placed pieces of a fern onto the paper and sprayed colors around the plant. Once completed, they removed the plant to see the negative of the fern left in white.
Tie Dye!!! Students, their peer tutors, and the staff all got into the mess to make their tie dye shirts. I had gloves and dye on my hands all afternoon, so I did not get any action shots. I will try and post the students in their crazy colors once they have been washed.
Marbling Mess We used shaving cream as our canvas to marble paint colors onto paper. Sorry- got too busy to photograph, but hopefully the papers came home already!
Painted Rocks Students and their peers created painted rocks to decorate the landscape of our playground. On a nice day we will be hiding them about for students to find. If a rock is found, a WVE student can get a little goodie from me!
Out of this World! Students mixed different primary chalk colors together. Then we sprayed the chalk to mix and blend the colors making new colors! They also splatter painted a big sheet of paper to make stars. Once dry, students cut out planets to put into outerspace.
Butterfly Bonanza We made some butterflies to "spring"up the art room a bit! The first butterflies were made with tissue paper and glue on a sheet of film. Once dry, students cut the tissue into a butterfly shape. They are hanging on the windows of the art room for all to see from outside! The 2nd butterflies were made on gigantic coffee filters. The MH kiddos LOVE the scented markers, so we used these to make shapes and lines on the coffee filter. Once they finished, I sprayed the filter with spray starch to blend the colors together. They were then pinched between pipe cleaners to make the butterfly. They are flying high above my free time area in the art room!
Scoops of Color Students used primary colors (red, yellow, and blue) to mix and make the secondary colors (orange, green, and violet) and brown (a neutral color). Once dry, they cut the colors into scoops and glued them down over their brown "cone".
Valentine's painting! We had two fun quick projects the past two classes. First, students drew hearts or lines with glue and covered them with salt. The next class, students painted a wet paper using only the primary colors to observe what colors could be created. While this was drying, they used the paints to dab colors onto the dried glue/salt. The color traveled down the salt lines mixing and changing as it traveled. Last, students cut out a heart from their experimental paper and glued the heart and 'scrap' piece side by side.
Symmetry Snowflakes In a follow up to our symmetry painting, students created a symmetrical snowflake printing plate with foam shapes. They rolled ink over the surface and printed their design onto several papers. Sorry! I forgot to take photos of the final prints!
Symmetry Paint Students had a quick lesson in symmetry with this quick and fun project. Students used squeeze bottles to apply paint onto their papers. Once their colors were chosen, they folded the papers and rubbed the sides together. When they opened the paper back up, a beautifully symmetrical design is revealed.
MH Clay turtles Students have a few experiences working with clay or modeling clay, so they did really well on this project. They first added slip (watery clay) to the clay coil (a long piece of rolled clay) and rolled it into a spiral shape. Next, they added patterns and textures to the spiral using random objects such as pasta and eraser pieces as stamps. They turned the spiral over and used their finger to smooth the lines away on the back to help the spiral to stay together. They then created another coil. This coil was broken into parts to make legs and a head. They attached these pieces using the slip to the spiral shell. Once these little guys were a little more dry and set up, I turned them over on top of newspaper to round their shells out while drying. After they come out of the kiln, we will paint them!
MH Holiday tree Students used a few different techniques to put together these pretty trees. First, students used chalk pastels to add a little color to the black background. Then they splatter painted to give it snow/stars (whichever you prefer it to be!). Then they painted snow on the ground. Next, the students used a piece of cardboard to create the texture of the pine tree. Last, they used the end of a glue stick (the kind used in a glue gun) to print the lights on the tree.
MH Snowman Collage: Students drew out different patterns using lines and shapes with oil pastels. Next, they painted over the oil pastels to complete their papers. While those were drying, they collaged together their snowman and added a face. Last, they cut their painting to create mittens and a scarf for their snowman.
MH Tape Paint Students taped off the surface of the paper with thin tape. As each line of tape overlapped another, it created small geometric shapes on the paper. Students used the primary colors to paint each shape on the paper. They were encouraged to create new colors by mixing the primary colors on their paper. Some students even chose to add patterns onto their painted shapes! Once dry, the tape is removed to leave white lines between the painted spaces.
MH Clay Bowls Sorry I missed photos here! I was a little busy about the room. Students rolled a slab of clay out big enough to fill a circle given to them. Then they chose leaves for their bowls. The leaves were pressed into the surface of the clay. Last, the clay was gently hung over a cup to drape down. Once dry the clay is turned upside down to create a wavy bowl. These bowls have been fired, and we will paint them with glaze soon!
MH Pumpkins We painted pumpkins using the pumpkins students had picked the week before on a field trip. Students used black, violet and blue to cover the pumpkin’s surface. Then they were able to add glitter over the top. We finished the pumpkins up with some splatter painting! If you go so far as to add glitter, why not splatter some paint too, right!?!?
Shape
Glue Shapes and Negative Shapes Students drew different geometric shapes and then traced them with glue. The next class we added color with pastels. The glue lines allowed students to see their shapes even with the pastels covering the paper. We also used paper stars to cover a piece of paper. Students colored the paper with pastels, then removed the paper stars to reveal the white paper star in the negative space.
Shape Symmetry After we glued our shapes, students and their peer tutors played a symmetry game. Each student student took a turn adding a shape on their side of the line of symmetry (tape on the table) and matching it to their partner to create a symmetrical design.
Robot Shapes Collage Students brainstormed different shapes that we know. They used different shapes to build the robot body. The could then add more paper shapes to add details to their body. We finished them off with a few drawing details.
Line
Pollock Line Painting Students learned about an artist named Jackson Pollock who used Line as a dominant focus in his art. He would splatter large canvases with paint to create streaks of color. We used bouncy balls dipped in paint as a group art piece. Students also made an individual artwork in a box with marble for a slightly less messy recreation of Pollock’s style!
Line Our first focus for the year was Line. Line, an element of art, is an essential building block of most art work. We started looking a line by making different kinds of lines with clay. Then we made a person with "crazy hair" using different kinds of line. The 2nd day students drew different kinds of lines on black paper to show movement and patterns. Students will attach a picture of the themselves to the paper so it will appear that they are "blowing" the lines away!
The Dot! Students listened to story The Dot, by author and illustrator Peter Reynolds. We discussed topics brought up in the story about a girl who is at first worried that she cannot draw. Her teacher encourages her to 'just make a mark and see where it takes you.' She discovers that if she just tries and experiments, she will learn so much! Students discussed topics like how to mess up and keep moving on, trying something new to see what happens, and making your own original work. Students created their own Dot like Vashti, the main character in the book, with our 'never before used set of watercolors.' I forgot to take photos while they were working (oops!), but here is a glance of the finished products!