Medium: Tempera and Oil Pastels on Paper
Grade: Pre-K through 2
This was a study of line and nature. The children got to explore a mixed media project by first choosing leaves to make white prints with and then after they dried they were able to draw lines around the leaves to recreate the lines found in nature and in leaves.
You may want to break this into two days. First let the student choose a few or one large leaf. They then paint the leaf with white tempera paint and use it to make a print on the paper. Leave print to dry.
After the paint is entirely dry the children can start to trace around the leaf or leaves with a variety of colors. I found oil pastels were best for this step.
This was a great study and we had gorgeous drawings.
-Art Lady
Medium: Ceramic Installation
Grade: K-5
As an end of the year project I decided to invite all 400 of my students to take part in an istallation project that could stand with the building forever. We discussed the Kente Cloths of Africa, more specifically Ghana and the children learned how to tell stories wih color and shapes in place of words. Each village or house (grade level floor) was assigned three colors which had their own significant meaning. The children created geometric shapes that resembled those seen in woven fabric. After they created their own 4 inch tile, we glazed and fired them and I set them all up in one unified installation.
The results are very special to me as it was a mark of all the lessons we went over through the year.
-Art Lady
Medium: Acrylic Glaze on Clay
Grade: Pre-K through 2
This one one of the first experience with clay for most of my students. I wanted to invite them to explore by making designs and patterns to create a relief sculpture instead of a full 3-D project.
After the project dried and was ready for paint the children chose acrylic stains of their choice to make a beautifully colored fish.
-Art Lady
Medium: Paper
Grade: 4-6
This was a wonderful project for so many reasons. I spoke with my 4th and 5th grade children about the significance of the 1000 paper cranes and the relevance of the cranes in today's society. We spoke about peace and war and decided to make a statement. Instead of making our cranes from traditional paper we asked all of our parents to donate old newspapers and magazines to make our own recycled paper cranes.
The final product was breathtaking. We had rows and rows of beautiful cranes lining the halls for the month of February.
-Art Lady
Medium: Paper
Grade: 4-6
This was a project that I used to introduce the concept of organic shapes and the art of manipulating paper to create a a large sculpture. Students were asked to create one small shape with paper, such as a coil, a strigil or a loop. After finding their desired shapre they recreated it many times.
When they had at least 40 of their desired shape they started to glue them together with their handy dandy glue stick to create a new form.
The final product shows a very bright and airy sculpture that almost looks as if it is floating.
enjoy :)
-Art Lady
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