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!