Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to create a drip sculpture inspired by one of my FAVORITE contemporary artists, Dan Lam. Before exploring this project, check out Dan Lam's eye catching drip sculptures on her website here and her Instagram page here. Dan Lam’s "tactile, technicolor sculptures use unconventional materials to
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Learn about famous art and create your own sculpture with this fun lesson about Giacometti.
To begin class, we talked about the basics of portrait drawing: your eyes are in the middle of your head, your head is 5 eyes wide, your neck is as wide as your pupils, etc. I had the students make…
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Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to create a drip sculpture inspired by one of my FAVORITE contemporary artists, Dan Lam. Before exploring this project, check out Dan Lam's eye catching drip sculptures on her website here and her Instagram page here. Dan Lam’s "tactile, technicolor sculptures use unconventional materials to
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Blacklight Unit Materials: Fluorescent fixtures ($10 at Wal-Mart suggest getting 2) Blacklight bulbs (4ft ones at WM cost $12 each. For two fixtures, need 4 bulbs) Highlighters White colored Pencils Reams of colored office paper (they end up nonreactive to UV light) Ream of yellow/goldenrod office paper Reams of regular office paper (they are reactive) Fluorescent paints (can now get from many art suppliers like Blick) Pens Day one. Review classroom expectations. Turn on backlights and let the students explore and look at their belongings. Talk about blacklight properties, wavelengths, (science component) etc. Studio- Invisible Drawing Pass out drawing paper that is reactive to the light. Pass out white colored pencils and students draw on the glowing paper. The white colored pencils show up dark on the glowing paper. Turn off the blacklight and on the regular lights. The drawing disappears! Highlighter drawings Have any students who have highlighters bring them out. Trade out the paper for one that does not glow in blacklight…. Draw with highlighters to get a neon sign effect… students really like this one. Before and after drawings Have students brainstorm over different situations that would best be described with two pictures, such as Bruce Wayne turning into Batman, or leaves on then falling off a tree, day vs. night, etc. They should pick one scenario, and on goldenrod office paper, draw the first scene in pen in regular light. Then, when all are finished, turn the black light on, and the second drawing is made directly on top of the first using yellow highlighter. In the regular light the yellow highlighter is hard to see, and in the blacklight, the pen is hard to see. Talk about filling up all the space with loose crosshatching or objects. This masks the highlighter drawing better. Do not completely darken any areas, since the highlighter will not work on that. When all are finished, turn on the lights and pass the paper to a neighbor. Turn on the blacklight and the image will change! Turn on the regular lights again and the blacklight off, and pass papers again... Repeat until everyone has seen everyone else’s drawing. Day four, five Prep day for glow in the dark radial designs. Hand out non-reactive paper and have students create a simple radial design using pencil. By folding the paper it is easy to recreate exact copies by rubbing the back and transferring the image across. When all are done, pass out the fluorescent paint and paint in the designs. Hang in the room for display. Radial design using French Curves: Get a square paper and fold from corners and sides to find center. Use ruler to go over the fold lines. Use a compass to draw a large circle. The grid formed will aid in repeatedly tracing using the French curves. Pick a French curve and a location. Draw the center x or the circle x on the tool. You also need at least one line as reference. Copy section. Move the tool to the next position and realign the marks to the next location. Copy section. If there is overlap or missing section, adjust. Continue until it is repeated 8 times. Repeat the process with different French curves until paper has a completed radial design. Paint. Before and after Project 1. Brainstorm over different situations that would best be described with two pictures, such as Bruce Wayne turning into Batman, or leaves on then falling off a tree, day vs. night, etc. 2. Pick one scenario, and on goldenrod office paper, draw the first scene in pen in regular light. 3. Then, when all are finished, turn the black light on, and the second drawing is made directly on top of the first using yellow highlighter. In the regular light the yellow highlighter is hard to see, and in the blacklight, the pen is hard to see. Fill up all the space with loose crosshatching or objects. This masks the highlighter drawing better. Do not completely darken any areas, since the highlighter will not work on that. 4. When all are finished, turn on the lights and pass the paper to a neighbor. Turn on the blacklight and the image will change! Turn on the regular lights again and the blacklight off, and pass papers again... Repeat until everyone has seen everyone else’s drawing. BEFORE AND AFTER EXAMPLE LIST Riding bike or skateboard/ crash Spiderman swinging/ landing on a building Clark Kent/ superman Bruce Wayne/ Batman Bruce Banner/ Hulk Man turning into Wolfman Dracula turn into bat Cake, cake gone Apple, apple core Woman pregnant/ thinner holding a baby Pizza / bite gone Weakling with dumbbells/ muscular after Calm to angry Happy to sad Peaceful to angry Day to night Summer to fall Fall to winter Winter to spring Snowman/ melted Sitting in a chair/ it breaks and crash Animal crossing road/ road-kill Caterpillar/ butterfly Tadpole/ frog A tree / losing its leaves Blowing bubble with gum/ it pops on face
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Looking for engaging, musical games to play with your students? Here are a few of my favorite games and activities for elementary music classes, children's choirs, and elementary group classes.
Taking nearly two years to complete, artist and neuroscientist Dr. Greg Dunn, along with his collaborator Dr. Brian Edwards, have mapped the neurons in the brain for a series of images titled Self Reflected. Produced through a technique they call reflective microetching, the two cross-disciplinary artists track the neural choreography in the mind, creating brilliant images that glow with a metallic luminescence. The works depict a thin slice of the human brain at 22x the normal scale, each created through a combination of hand drawing, neuroscientific data, algorithmic simulation of neural circuitry, photolithography, strategic lighting design, and 1,750 sheets of 22k gold leaf. More
The daily practice of art history warm-ups will develop art criticism skills while investigating a broad range of artists throughout history.
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This one page drawing exercise encourages students to think creatively. I use this exercise as a part of senior sketchbook exercises. Two versions of the file are included - one with media instructions, one without (so that you can have the students use whatever media you would like). This product is now available in: French https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Draw-the-Alphabet-FRENCH-Creativity-Exercise-7032208 Spanish https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Draw-the-Alphabet-SPANISH-Creativity-Exercise-7032200
“Great Mother goddesses are the most primitive manifestations of archetypal feminine symbolism; they present matriarchal symbolism in an undifferentiated form, before the split into elementary and …
The talking stick is used in many Native American traditions. Whoever holds the stick has the right to talk. The talking stick is used to make sure that each person in a group has a chance to expr…
Students get to practice patterns on these fractal geometric animals version #2 after my popular bear and lion head in similar fashion. Examples given for students but you can decide if you want them to incorporate a few of their own. These are always fun to use a collaborative artwork, too! 4 anima...
Tired of seeing stick figures in your student projects? Here's a guide to how you can draw better people.
Artist: Alma Woodsey Thomas Abstract painter Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891-1978) devoted her life to the youth of Washington and other lo...
Fifth Grade students studied gesture drawings and the sculptures of George Segal. Students then created their own gesture sculptures showing...
From mixed media to simple sketching, there's something here for every 1st grader.
Third Grade students studied the life and art of Van Gogh. We learned the difference between impressionism and post impressionism. Impressionist artists were very interested in painting outdoor scenes where they could show the effects of light. They are also known for leaving their brush marks showing. Post impressionism came after the impressionist movement. These artists also left their marks visible but instead of representing the natural world they were much more interested in showing their inner emotions. This way of painting was perfect for Van Gogh who is known not only for his great art but also for his emotional problems. In class we discussed his relationship with fellow artist Gauguin and saw how Van Gogh represented his thoughts on himself and his friend in his chair paintings. Students were then challenged to create their own chairs. Each student had to think about what kind of chair would best represent them and how the things in the surrounding space could describe them as well. *check out the website on how van Gogh made his mark under art games and great sites!
Welcome! This blog post explores a project that depicts one cohesive image divided into 7 sections which illustrate the 7 elements of art: line, shape, color, form, value, texture, and space. The elements of art the artists toolbox they can use in an endless amount of ways to create infinite art solutions. This is a
Invite your kids to enjoy a peaceful art session at home with this lovely Georges Seurat Pointillism for kids art activity! Bathers at Asnieres is a p
This pointillism for kids art project is fun for all ages! Try q-tip painting to create colorful art inspired by the famous artist Georges Seurat. Kids will love creating their own masterpiece!
Understanding space – foreground, middle ground, background as well as overlapping can be quite challenging for elementary kids. This assignment aimed at demystifying the concepts through a f…
Earlier this year, my co-worker Jayne found the idea to make a collaborative school-wide paper mural based on the artwork of Thank YouX. The idea for a student mural originally came from Jenell No…
The idea for this class came from the fact that these girls are nearing the end of the school year and they're doing a lot of testing and ...
Welcome! This blog post explores a project that depicts one cohesive image divided into 7 sections which illustrate the 7 elements of art: line, shape, color, form, value, texture, and space. The elements of art the artists toolbox they can use in an endless amount of ways to create infinite art solutions. This is a
We looked at the work of contemporary Dutch painter Ton Schulten (1938). He is loved for his colorful, vibrant landscapes depicting his native countryside, his use of horizontal and vertical lines which create a mosaic-like landscape made up of blocks of color, and his bright central light. His unique style of painting has been coined 'Concensism'. Process: After discussing his use of line and color we began to draw our own landscape. Utilizing the 'rule of thirds' (foreground, middle ground, background) we made our horizontal lines, added a few houses, and then made our vertical lines to create many squares. Like Schulten, we left the center of our landscape open, bright and airy and got increasingly dark as we moved out to the edges of our painting. We used warm colors to give our landscapes that central, bright light typical of Schulten's paintings. We thought carefully about how to make our houses and trees stand out against the background. My 6-12 year old classes and adult class used acrylics and mixed their own colors and tints to expand their palette and made sure to repeat colors in order to create balance. My younger class used oil pastels on colored construction paper, and first colored in the warm colors and then cool colors. A quick outline in black made their shapes and colors pop. These are so beautiful and really entice the viewer to enter the painting! 9-11 year olds. Acrylic 6-9 year olds. Acrylic Little class (4-5 year olds) Oil pastel on colored construction paper Adult class. Acrylic
This is a beautiful project! First we studied Ted Harrison, Canadian artist....looked at his work...created a landscape using repeating line...
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