Dali's Surreal Elephants

Salvador Dali 

Surrealism art 

  

Salvador Dali in his Studio

A sample of a Howdah. ( A saddle like carriage ).

This Salvador Dali  project is a two day lesson plan.

                                          

We drew an elephant with exceptionally long surreal legs, on a separate white piece of paper. Then carefully crumpled it up and flattened it back out.

Now our elephants have texture! Paint Grey, let dry, then cut out elephants.

 More samples

Love this photo

                                                  

The kids glued and attached their elephants.

 We added fabric swatches for the blanket,

 then the glistening gold Howdah complete with gems!

           

I took pictures of the kids the first session.

 I had them sit in a chair as if they were riding in the Howdah.   

This was a fun project for all.      

African Line Art

African Line Art
Kindergarten thru 5th grade


This was a great project to introduce a couple of art terms.
Proportion and composition.
Get your pencils ready...

We started with step one above on brown paper,
the heads are drawn to allow room for the baskets and body.
And is there enough room between each figure for arms and baskets on top not to over lap?

Kinder kiddo's

When the kids where done drawing.
I had then trace their lines with black sharpie marker.

My kindergarten class used chalk pastels to add color.


The kids cut out burlap baskets for added texture.

The brown paper was then glued to white paper.

I had all kids write their name with black sharpie on the white paper
with a doodle between their name creating a pattern.

Then glue a black paper to frame art work!!

2nd and 3rd grader

A few 5th graders.
My 5th grade classes used oil pastels to add color.



Thank you pinterest for the inspiration!

Dr. Seuss Fish Bowl

Dr. Seuss Fish Bowl
Preschool

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Today we read one fish two fish. By Dr. Seuss.
This project gave me the chance to introduce the word "layering" paper.

We discussed primary and secondary colors.

And we used our markers to color our fish!
We talked about choosing a primary or secondary colored marker.

The fish and paper water pieces are cut ahead of time.
For kinder kiddos and 1st grade, I think they could cut out the project them selves.

Love this one ...
all the fish look like their swimming up from the depths of the fish bowl.
Enjoy!

Red Velvet Valentine Cup Cakes

Red Velvet Valentine Cup Cakes



I saw these cup cakes on pinterest!
They are absolutely delicious.
Here's how to make them. One box of Red Velvet cake mix. Follow package directions.
I added one cup mini chocolate chips to mix.
about 2 mins before the cup cakes are done, place a large marshmallow on top of cup cakes.
Let marshmallow get warm. You can flatten the marshmallow and it covers the cupcake like frosting. Who ever thought of this is a genus. I added the chocolate heart for Valentines day.
Let me say... they were a hit!!