Color wheel

Oct. 8th 2012

It took me awhile, but I'm back !. School has started and I'm a little behind on posting anything.
As some of you know I teach Pre-School and Kinder-kiddos art classes. On occasion privet lessons as well. I have three classes a week this year. All full ! They will certainly keep me busy. I'm in week 4 of teaching. Here is what we have covered so far.

Color Wheels

I start with the color wheel every year.
Cut out card board or manila folders work well also, 7 1/2 inch diameter.
To insure the young ones follow the correct pattern of colors, I put a dot of paint in each section.
I start with the primary's. Have them find the yellow paint dot and paint that slice yellow. You get the idea...same with secondary colors.
Set aside to let wheels dry.
With the left over paint in their pallets, I have the kids mix colors on a blank piece of paper. oh what fun.
Next lesson: glue craft items to corresponding colors. The kids and I chat about the different shades of each color.

After the kids were all done, I gave them primary colored playdough. I had them mix their secondary colors. The young kids aren't usually strong enough to mix well.
Have them try to roll two colors together like a snake. Then smash it into a ball again. repeat several times. Or smash onto table top fold and smash fold and smash. The young ones are always astonished as a new color starts to appear. 


 

Poitillism

  

French Modern Artist George Seurat 

Pointillism

George Seurat

 A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jette

This painting took Seurat two years to complete. 1884-1886

My students had been asking to do a pointillism project. So this is what I came up with...

A clown fish.

I felt the contrast was nice. I tried to keep it simple so the kids didn't get frustrated.

I started with a little experiment. I had the kids use fine tip markers. On a small scrap piece of white paper, make many yellow dots. Then blend red dots.... back away and VOILA ! it looks orange. 

We practice mixing by dotting our primary colors to get our secondary colors. pretty cool.

What you will need:

 5x7 or 6x8 canvas panels.

Markers- Crayola washable thin markers work best.

Fish stencils. 

Penciles 

White erasers or gum erasers.

Samples of George Seurat's work

Sample pictures of clown fish

 

Get started

1. Have the kids draw their picture. KEEP IT SIMPLE.

2. I have quite a few Pre-school and kindergartners. I made clown fish stencils out of scrap watercolor paper or manilla folders work very well for making stencils too.

3. Introduce George Seurat. What is Pointillism?

4. I brought in samples of his work. 

I drew on the stencils so the young kids had a visual guide.

As they start dotting remind them to press gently with the markers!
Hint. use light colored markers first, it will help keep light markers clean.

 

Kids never cease to surprise me.. Even my pee wees did a fantastic job. 

I cut little frames out of black construction paper.

Just keep swim-in!

Foil Abstract Art

My Students had a great time with this project !
Lots of smiling faces when they were done.

What you will need:

 Lots of cardboard cut into geometric shapes.

 11x14 size card board. 

 Note: I save the back cardboard piece that comes with the purchase of  Strathmore watercolor paper.

 Its strong and heavy. Perfect for this project.  Any cardboard will do.

 Semi small nuts and washers med. and large. (hardware store)

 LARGE string.(hardware store)

 Heavy duty foil

 School glue

 Black shoe polish  and or black oil pastel. I used Black oil pastel.

 Scissors

 Acrylic Paints or metallic craft paints. I used metallic craft paints.

 

 

 Start by arranging  pieces where you think they look good. 

When your happy with your arrangement, start gluing.

 

Next, glue surface. Carefully crinkle foil and place it down over the top of geometric shapes.

Start in the center and gently press foil over the entire piece,

working and pressing foil into all edges. If foil tears, no worries. it won't show by the time your done.

Now trace all items with black oil pastel.

You can also use black shoe polish to rub lightly over the entire foil surface.

This will allow the acrylic paint to stick to the foil.

Start painting.

Several affects can be achieved.

 Metallic paints used lightly will make the finished piece look more like metal. Altho, this was what I was aiming for....  kids that used heavy paints produced a more cheerful feeling.

I love the way they turned out !

 

Amazing. The same project. So many different interpretations.  

Wow.. this one was a lot of work.. good job Lucas!

Mother's Day Pop Up Cards

Mothers Day Pop Up Cards

by my Kindergartner's
After school Art

A fun and simple little project that requires a little prep work.

 What you will Need:

Scrapbook paper
Double sided tape or glue stick
Value pack cards or you can cut your own cards out of card stock.
Acrylic paint
Ribbon
Foam Mounting dots- optional.

Choose scrapbook paper suitable for the background of the handprint. Using acrylic paint, make handprint of child's hand onto the paper. let dry.
 Cut song page paper to 4 1/2" x 6". Adhere to the card, centered, using double sided tape or glue stick.
Cut out handprint to approximately 3 3/4" x 5". Adhere to the center of the card using tape or glue. For added affect try adhering handprint using foam dots.
Slide ribbon under the handprint page and tie a knot. Trim the ends of the ribbon.

My students made a pop-up mothers day note in side the card!

I brought in a heart stamp and 3-D small butterfly's to decorate with.

When we where all done, 

we put the cards in their envelopes and added a chamomile tea bag for mom!

  

       Happy Mothers Day!