These gorgeous radial designs were made by fifth and sixth graders by using their name. You can see all the steps to make these in a previous blog post. The only difference is that now we use lig…
This is a fun and relatively simple papier mache 'shortcut' project involving a heart. A great artist to look at beforehand with the students would be American Pop artist Jim Dine and his heart series. Here's how we made these: Cut two matching hearts from 2 sheets of cardstock. (our were simply 81/2 x 11") Open up a paperclip and tape it securely to the top of one of the hearts. This will be the hanger. Close the heart and tape all the edges together with masking tape, leaving one section open for 'stuffing' purposes.... tape, tape, tape... Now stuff it with bunched up paper towel or tissue. Something soft-ish. Tape it shut. Now rip up a sheet or two of newspaper- these are about 4" strips. Using wallpaper paste (or watered down white glue- I prefer wallpaper paste as it's not sticky and easy to wipe off the tables), apply the strips, making sure to slightly overlap them. You only need one layer. This is what you'll get. Now do the same thing with the paste but use paper towel and create lots of wrinkles. This creates both interesting texture and blocks out the newspaper patterns so you don't need to prime them with gesso/white paint. Let the hearts dry overnight. Students then painted them with acrylics. I demonstrated how to achieve a silver and gold faux finish. First a dark colour, then lightly dry brush a lighter colour overtop. For old silver or pewter, for example, paint the heart black first. Let dry, then dry brush on silver paint and rub off excess with a paper towel. Fiddle around with this technique until you get the look you want. So here the student is beginning the base coat of black- make sure to get into all the crevices and not leave any white showing. Let dry 10 minutes or so.... Dry brush on a metallic paint such as silver. The silver will highlight all the ridges and emphasize the texture. Add a ribbon/yarn/string for hanging and you're all finished. Some students also chose to collage on words cut from magazines. These were made by Grade 7 students: Ta da!
AMAZING ART BY MRS. CUTSHALL'S STUDENT ARTISTS
In this article I’m going to give you some fresh and new ideas for teaching art at the End of the Year and yes, this shall include End of Year Art Lesson Ideas! So read on to discover 5 End of Year Art Lesson Ideas that you can use in your classroom, whether you teach in a general classroom or an art classroom! Let's make some art!
6th Grade Hand Designs "I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their characte...
7th grade 3-D students finished up their clay cupcakes and were eager to begin their next project. We looked at the artwork of pop artist, ...
Don't Decorate - Design! It is back to school time, and teachers all across the US are frantically putting up posters and bulletin boards to decorate their room before the first day of school. But instead
These all about me, back to school art activities for kids are engaging icebreakers. Encourage creativity and build community during the first week back
Inspired by pinterest... I took photos of the children a few days before starting the lesson. Use a white background when taking the ...
3D Name Sculpture The first project I had my students do was a 3D name sculpture. This was the inspiration for the project (scro...
This project is inspired by the work of the famous artist Jasper Johns... Title: 0-9 Date created: 1961 I found these number stencils at Scrap RVA in Richmond, Virginia. Scrap RVA is an arts and craft recycle store...and it is awesome! I teach Scrappy Creatures and Japanese Stab Binding at Scrap RVA. If you are ever in the Richmond area you must add it to your do-to-list. You can buy a set of these graphic number stencils on Amazon, just click on the link below... You will also need a circle tracer as well. I got this one at Michaels with my weekly 40% off coupon. You can get it on Amazon by clicking the link below... The paper size for this project is 12x18 90# white multi use paper by Pecon. Students pick their 3 favorite numbers to trace with a pencil. The first number should be traced right-side up. The second number is placed over the first number but this time it should be traced upside down. The third number is placed over the first 2 and can be traced in any direction the student chooses...either right-side up or upside down. Any of the 3 numbers can be traced backwards as well. Using the circle tracer add 3 different size circles overlapping the numbers somewhere on the paper. Use a fine tip Sharpie to trace over all the pencil lines. Fill in the small spaces with lines using the Sharpie. Add shading in some of the corner points with a pencil. I just have the kids smooth out the pencil lines with their fingers or you can use a blending tool. You can order blending tools on Amazon by clicking the link below ... After you have finished all the corner shading start to add your color. I let my students choose between colored pencils or water colors. I use Crayola colored pencils and a mix of Prang and Crayola watercolors in my art room. Colored Pencils Watercolor Jasper Johns painted the entire canvas for his art work tilted 0-9 I only have my students paint inside the numbers and circles but you can try it either way. Let me know what you think and please share your results if you try this project in your class room. You can email me at [email protected] Check back for new projects and ideas every Thursday.
The Art lessons for this school year in the 6th Grade classes, follow the CLIL methodology (Content and Language Integrated Learning). To start I devised a lesson plan aimed at welcoming the new st…
These all about me, back to school art activities for kids are engaging icebreakers. Encourage creativity and build community during the first week back
Yes.. I've posted about this project ALOT. But I can't help it!! My students work is amazing!! Check out my latest 5th graders work! Original lesson post here.
I came across this photo that inspired this project. It would have been such a great project that I know I would have enjoyed as a kid. I think (know) my students are enjoying it because I heard on…
This is the first project that the 5th graders do at the beginning of the year after reviewing the elements of art. We talk about using objects to create the illusion of letters. A candy cane for a "J" or a lower case "r" for example. We also took a look at some photographers that do this same thing with cropped images. Students had a minimum of 5 letters to work with...a first name, last name, nick-name. We also talked about light and how we can use it to help create a 3-d illusion on a flat surface. Here are some examples:
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Have you noticed that “coloring” is having a moment? These days, you can buy coloring books everywhere – even in the grocery store line! This lesson offers the same mind-quieting, free-flowing benefits of coloring, with some added challenge and dimension. You can use that 1980’s atlas gathering dust on your highest bookshelf or – if …
In previous years I created mandala prints with my 4th graders to teach them about radial symmetry, but this year I wanted to try having them draw them (for their Square 1 Art project). So to begin this lesson I showed students the following video clip to give them some background on what a mandala is (we watch to 2:20). After watching the first video clip I switch to the following video which shows Tibetan monks creating a sand mandala (something that was referred to in the first video). We watch the first few minutes.. then I fast forward through some of the middle part and we eventually end with the monks sweeping up their artwork and bringing it out to a body of water to dump it. My students LOVE this video! The fact that the artwork is created by slowly pouring sand BLOWS. THEM. AWAY. But the biggest reaction I get is when the monks start sweeping up their artwork - "NOOOOO! WHAT ARE THEY DOING?!?!" Next I quickly show my students a PowerPoint showing the differences between linear symmetry and radial symmetry. Once that is done I demo how we are going to create our own mandalas (sorry guys - not with sand). To better explain the process I created this video and visual: Once students were done drawing their pencil lines, I had them trace over their lines with sharpie. Then they used markers to color them in. *I typically do not use markers.. but it works well for Square 1 Art. Their results are beautiful!
I am pulling out an old lesson post here because it was just so successful last year! Students in grades 4-6 have been working on Rotational Symmetry drawings for the past three class periods. This is one of the many math concepts that directly connects to the visual arts. I love teaching this lesson because the results are stunning, the kids feel confident about their work, and they want to work hard for the final product (which is sometimes a challenge for the 6th graders). I have the students create a simple drawing on 1/8 of their circle, then teach them how to "transfer" their drawing into all 8 parts of their circle by putting pencil led on the back of the piece of paper and tracing over the original drawing 8 times. We also discuss some techniques of using colored pencils, like graduated coloring, shading, and blending colors together. Step 1: Divide circle, Draw design onto separate 1/8th Step 2: Fill backside of design piece with pencil lead Step 3: Trace over design into each piece on the circle, pressing hard to transfer the lead from the back onto the paper.
