Muraling

We've been busy at school muraling and making the walls of our school colorful and full of life ... check out our completed projects!

  

in progress

Fall Bulletin Board

Wonderful colorful Bulletin board

Nature Art

We had a trip to a park and we wanted to make things different this year by incorporating in different activities such as Bird Watching, Nature Poetry, Field Games, and Nature Art! For my Nature Art activity I found the idea of creating animals and pictures using leaves from nature. We collected different shaped leaves and colored leaves and I provided students with glue, paper, and scissors. Students were very creative with their work and had a blast creating these beautiful pictures.

Black Glue Watercolor Safari Animals

In our drawing and painting class I asked students to think our their favorite safari animals. Students chose their animals and then drew in their outline using a mixture of black paint and glue. After their outline dried they then painting in the background using watercolors. Here are the results!

Stacked Teacups

We did some good ol painting in our drawing and painting class. I provided students with a template image of stacked teacups and my students created their own and making details to make it unique to them.

  

 

Straw Painting

I love Fall and with Fall comes exciting and beautiful projects. We decided to do straw painting. Students started by painting their watercolor papers using bright fall colors after it was dried then during the next class we had diluted black paint and placed a drop at the bottom of the paper and then using our straws we created our beautiful trees!

Grid Art Portrait Drawing

For my drawing and painting class I wanted students to practice grid art portait drawing and I wanted the students to be surprised by who they are drawing so none of the students knew who they were drawing. A simple template was cut and then squares double the size were cut  and were given to students and individual section of the image which is then assembled with the others to create a unique work of art. I was inspired for this project from artyfactory. Students enjoyed this project because they were very confident with the results and were able to draw realistically. 

Button Tree

This project was inspired by Pinterest.com. We made this tree using buttons that were laying around at home and in my art room and we had beautiful results!!

Rock Painting

Well its the beginning of a new school year and with that I also started a new art class. This year I will be offering Texture Art, which is basically an art class using recycle materials and different textures to create art. Materials such as string, sand, and water bottles will be used in this class. Soooo I wanted to kick off the school year with an easy and fun project. I bought rocks from the dollar store and voila the next art project Rock Painting! Students were very creative some wanted to make their rocks into pets one of my students named his bob while others wanted to adorn it with their favorite sports team. Overall the project was a success!

 

Ted Harrison

I was definitely impressed with the lesson plan I saw on thatartistwoman site. She has amazing lesson plans especially for watercolor lessons. I had printed out photos of Ted Harrison's paintings and showed my students his artwork.

The students then drew their own landscapes using white pastels on watercolor paper and then filled in their contour lines using the watercolor paints making sure they tried to stay within the lines. The students were so proud of their completed work it was def a confidence booster for my beginner art students!

Panty Hose Sculptures

I saw a great post on Claudia Olivos and Sergio Olivos on panty hose sculptures and thought it would be a great addition to the summer extended school year art class. I followed the steps from the Olivos getting my materials:
wire hanger, wood board, gesso, nails, stocking, and a hammer. I started by nailing a nail into the wood board making two holes by nailing in the nail and pulling it out ( I did this step for my students). I then has the students wear safety goggles and straighten out the hanger and pushed it through the hole and bent it on the bottom. Next the students sculpted the hanger into a shape of their choice. After they were happy with the shape they pulled a stocking leg over the hanger and they tied of the stocking on the bottom and cut the other leg of the stocking off and we stapled and stretched it and stapled the stocking on the bottom. The students then gessoed the stocking all over this was done to ensure the paint would stick. We let the sculptures dry and then during the next class the students painted using acrylic paints to design their sculptures. My students were so creative with their sculptures I was so amazed at the results!

Cake Pops!!

We had a baby shower today at work and I decided to try to make cake pops. It was quite difficult at first however with a few tweaks here and there they came out great. I followed the recipe from little miss momma. What I learned from the recipe was that it is very important to make sure the cake pops are in the freezer for atleast a few hours after you insert the lollipop sticks into the cake balls with a little melted candy on the tip of the sticks, this ensures that they will not fall. Also when you are ready to dip the balls into the candy melts make sure you have a lot of melted candy so you can dip the whole ball with one clean sweep completely covering it. I also froze my cake balls on styrafoam in the freezer overnight. Here are the sweet results tada:

Drawing and Painting class

We've been having a lot of fun in the drawing and painting class, students have been creative with their flower and leaf paintings. Here is the painting the students were shown and told to make their own flower and leaf paintings using their own design and colors.

Art Mural

I worked on a collaborative project with all of my students we looked at pictures by the artist Keith Haring I showed the students the website Haring Kids. The students then came up their own characters to represent some of the interests they have at school and this is the wonderful result!

Camouflage hands

This next project was a way for my students to use their bodies to create beautiful art. I found this lesson plan on the art classroom and was blown away at how creative the students were and how great the results were. I had the students choose their patten of choice and they they sketched it on thick watercolor paper and used acrylic paints to paint the whole pattern. Then during the next class they used their non dominant hand and placed it on a portion of their picture and painted their hand to camouflage with the picture. The kids loved the fact they were able to get paint on their hands and get messy ... hey that's what art is all about!