Next week, after 4th finishes their Aurora Borealis pictures we've been working on, we'll start this rockin' watercolor project! This artwork is inspired by the art of Rebecca Chaperon and the fabulous art teacher Miss Lee. Here's how we'll be creating our own crystals! Materials: Sax 90 lb paper Crayola Artista II watercolors Big Kid's Choice brushes Metallic Sharpies Ticonderoga Pencils We'll be looking at minerals, crystals, and gems, for our inspiration. We'll be using rulers to draw out our shapes, (which is a challenge in itself), and Crayola watercolors to give our crystals some lively color. We'll be talking about the element of art, VALUE, and how important it is in our pictures. I'll show them real life examples in a book from the library and on my computer, and when they get started, I will hand out visuals for them to look at while they are working. I don't know about you, but I draw much better when I can look at what I'm doing! Here's some "how to draw" examples I created, and placed in a packet I made of clip art of gems and crystals printed from the internet. (They don't have to follow these exactly how I did them, but like I said earlier, it helps to have visuals!) Here are some videos I made, that show how to draw and paint these! I'll try and post more soon! How to draw a simple crystal How to draw a cluster of crystals How to draw a diamond Day 1: Look at examples of minerals, crystals, gems, and watch Mrs. Stacey demonstrate on how to start the project. (I draw out the crystals, just like I do in the "how to draw" papers above.) Day 2: Review, and discuss/demonstrate watercolor painting techniques. If they finish one, the can start smaller and different ones. I'd like for them to cut the finished product out and glue it to construction paper, and add little gems around it. Here's my examples to show the kids. I drew them with pencil, traced them with black, silver, or gold sharpie, and painted them using Crayola watercolors and a Royal Langnickel Big Kid's Choice paintbrush. Side note-Originally, I tried outlining with a white pastel (because gold and silver Sharpies are so expensive!) but I did not love that at all. I think I had the most fun, making this tourmaline inspired example! I had fun painting these, and I hope the kids will too! Check back soon for some awesome art! Mrs. Fambrough's class is off to a great start! Mrs. Stacey is so proud of y'all!! Here's some great ones from Dr. Fambrough's class! Look at these fabulous watercolor painters from Mrs. Schoor's class! Here's Mrs. Fambrough's class, hard at work, drawing out their crystals! Here are some finished ones from Mrs. McAllister's class! “Lauren Stacey is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.”
You will be learning here how do draw FORMS (3D shapes). You will be using value on colored paper to make the faces of each form look slightly TRANSLUCENT (light shining through). **Artistic Alternative Draw each crystal on individual pieces of colored paper. Cut and paste! YOU NEED: -5 Geometric Gem forms (fill up the space). -Emphasize the forms (outline with marker or white colored pencil if on black paper.) -Use Value in each face of the forms (keeping contrast with flip flop value) Before you begin, practice Value Scales http://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2019/09/value-scale.html Crystal Gems have "faces". For example, the one below has 9 visible faces. This is called "multifaceted", meaning "many faces". Each face will need value that is "flip flopped". The goal is to have contrast, where no two darks touch each other. Try to keep your value scales Take a "S.E.C." to check. Smooth (gradual changes), Even (all values shown evenly) , and have Contrast (very dark and very light). Intro to Value WITH GEMS Start Here Spring 2023 6th grade Art Addison Miller, Madelynn Seaton Tatum James , Andrew Vega Alissa Miller, Sunshine V. Emilia Spangenberg ----------------------------------------------Fall 2022 6th grade Art Cristol, Peyton, Kaylee, Jacquline Sam A. Kierstin Aubrey, Carson T., Peyton Ryver Kiara 2021 6th graders beginning their crystals... Paisley &Ashley 6th grade Eduardo, Elva, Carl & KJ More Gemstones ================================================================ ADVANCED GEMS (on colored paper) All 5 Artworks above done with Colored Pencil on Colored paper by Mrs. Morgan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Above done with highlighter outline and colored pencil inside. Cut out and glued onto colored paper. Detail added to colored paper with colored pencils. by Mrs. Morgan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Above 2 images done with crayon resist and watercolor, cut out and glued onto colored paper with colored pencil background details. 2022 Advanced Crystals Cayden Jones Mary Adair Sara Calderon Jaecey Jones Natalie Morales Avery Geramonte Victoria White Grayson Dupont Brianna (and Sydnie) Working and Complete Albin in 5th grade in progress and completed.. Maisy working (4th grade) Hannah Coloring (5th grade) Practice drawing the forms first. See which one you're best at. Try a video. How to draw Crystals... https://easydrawingguides.com/how-to-draw-crystals-really-easy-drawing-tutorial/ PICK A TECHNIQUE Colored Pencils on Colored Paper ARROW POINT CRYSTAL DIAMOND TIP CRYSTAL Our Technique Options Video WaterColor on Crayon Resist Highlighter and Colored Pencil Before Beginning this project, I sampled out different types of media. I tried drawing the crystal forms with crayons and oil pastels, then painting inside the drawing using a Resist Paint Method. Then, I tired using watercolor pencils and watercolor crayons to draw the crystals, the using the wet brush to fill in the gems using the soluble drawing edge. (see both below) After Resist and Water Brush I personally liked the crayon resist method best. It was the least messy and my students have a grasp on the technique from previous projects. Below I am using this method to finalize the projects. You can use what suits you. I googled imaged "Crystal Gem Clipart Black and White" Images in order to help the students draw the geometric forms better on their own. I encourage them to draw bigger and darker with crayons in order to get more color detail when painting and have the wax resist work correctly. _______________________________________________________________________ Example One Before Paint with Construction Paper Crayon Drawing Example One After Tempera Water Paints Example One after cut, glued and added detail Example Two Before Paint, after Drawn with Construction Paper Crayons Example Two After Tempera Water Paints Example Two After Dry, cut and glued down to construction paper Example Two Drawn in more background crystals with Crayons. HIGHLIGHTER and COLORED PENCIL (Option 2) Use highlighter to emphasize the line of the crystal. The thicker the easier it will be to keep the next step clean and neat. Then, Using colored pencils in a contrasting color, create value starting on the ends of the crystal. It should be darker on the ends and lighter in the center to make it appear as though they are translucent. HIghlighter and Colored Pencil 4th grader, Reanna, from Mrs. Thomas's class creating her gems Google Image Search Crystal Illustrations, Crystal Vector or Crystal Clipart to get your own inspirational references. Here are some that inspired me...
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Have you ever tried "painting" with oil pastels? Every so often I feel all artsy-smartsy and pull out my big 'ol box of oil pastels and do an easy oil pastel craft with my kids. This past week I felt the urge and we made these crystal suncatchers by "painting" with oil pastels. The results were pretty gorgeous and the process was fun too! "Painted" Oil Pastel Crystal Sun Catchers Note: This post contains affiliate links. This means I make a small bit of change when you purchase items through the links. Thank you for your support and the grocery money! For my full disclosure policy, click here. First, we googled some easy crystal/jewel clip art. We used those as models for our own drawings. After we sketched out our designs, we traced them with Sharpies. (It was hard for my 1st grader to draw big crystals, so it took several tries before we got large enough designs.) Then, I opened my ancient box of oil pastels and we colored the designs in. (Can you believe that I've had this box for more than 15 years? Gosh. It just shows how infrequently we pull it out!) Then, I poured out some cooking oil into plastic cups. We used Q-tips to smear the colors. (My son went to town and ended up smearing everything more than he liked. So just remember that the colors will mix with the oil! So change up q-tips and make sure to "paint" only what you want to smear.) Then, we let them dry on paper towels overnight. (Warning: The oil WILL continue to spread!) The next day, we cut them out. (Surprising note: Sharpies smear with oil too. Who knew?) The oil mostly dried by that point. Here's what they looked like cut out: Here's the magic: The combination of oil and oil pastel resulted in beautiful translucent colors, which made these paper gems lovely sun catchers. Oh! And if you're looking for more oil pastels crafts, check out the links below: More Fun Oil Pastel Crafts: Oil Pastel Pumpkins Colorful Flip Flop Artwork "Painting" with Oil Pastels Happy creating friends!
Ever try your hand at growing crystals... on pipe cleaners? Here's a super easy to grow your own crystals overnight. All you need are Borax, pipe cleaners, and some hot water to create your own sparkly sculptures! Quick Crystal Sculptures This post contains affiliate links. This means I make a small bit of money for any purchases made through the links at no additional cost to you. Thank you for your support. For my full disclosure policy, click here. Materials Needed: Borax Hot Water Containers String Pencils/ Skewers Scissors A lot of pipe cleaners Let's grow some sparkly sculptures! Today's crystal-growing activity combines science and art! First, we'll create our pipe cleaner sculptures. And then we'll grow crystals on them using Borax. Grab some pipe cleaners and twist them into different shapes. (We have lips, a unicron horn, geodes, a lump of coal, a tiny man, and the letter "M.") Boil a bunch of water and pour it into a plastic or glass container. Try to dissolve as much Borax as you can into your hot water. (Keep mixing and dissolving until the Borax on the bottom of the container no longer dissolves. Congratulations! You've just made a supersaturated solution!) Tie your sculptures using string and suspend them from skewers into your hot borax-filled solution! Wait a couple of hours (or even overnight!) Pull out your art and cut off your string bits. Aren't they gorgeous? The Borax crystals firm up as they dry. Hold them. Look at them. Study them with a magnifying glass. Or decorate your room with them! And if you liked this project, try growing your own crystal flowers! (The results are really, really gorgeous.) Happy making!
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