Art Methods Blog

  Project: Students will learn about 2D and 3D art elements and incorporate them into their monster creation. The students will use construction paper, glue, scissors, and colored markers or crayons if they wanted to add more designs to their creature. The students will create a 3D face by folding and gluing the construction paper in a manner that allows it to pop out and is not a flat surface. The students will also use different paper techniques such as curling, crimping, shredding, adding fringe, and more to add characteristics and design to their monster. They must also use at least 2 warm colors and 2 cool colors.  My Project : For my project, I created a one-eyed monster that was inspired by Mike Wasowski from "Monsters. Inc".  I added my own twist as creating it as a possible child of him that is going to monster school. My 3D element was its head being tabbed and sticking out. I also used the paper technique of crimping on the arms and tongue to make it more 3D. I...

Project: The project was to turn a traditional idea of a pinch pot into a new and creative form by turning it into a monster. Students had to first get their clay from the teacher and place it on the work mats to avoid getting clay residue on the tables. Students will also receive tools to help score their clay and to add details. Before the students can start molding the clay they have to wedge the clay to get any air bubbles out. Then they roll it into a ball and slowly start to pinch from the inside to the out to form a bowl shape. From there, students can start to form the shape of their monster's mouth and attach any extra pieces such as eyes, teeth, tails, or arms. Once the creation is formed, students can then start to paint their monster using a variety of warm and cool colors to bring the character to life.  My Project: For my project, I was somewhat inspired by underwater creatures. The mouth to me is similar to a gaping mouth of a fish out of water. The creature also h...

  Project : Students learn about the history of stained glass and how it is used in historical buildings. Students will need colored sharpies, acetate paper, puffy paint, and a design to trace onto the acetate paper.   Students will use a sharpie to first trace their design on the acetate paper. Next, they will create different shapes around their design to create stained glass pieces. Once everything is outlined students can color in their stained glass creations using warm and cool colors. Finally, after everything is colored in, students can use their puffy paint to outline the stained glass pieces to give the texture of a real stained glass window.  My Project: For my stained glass creation, I chose to create a flower design and used warm colors for the flower. For the background, I made random lines to create different shapes and colored those in with cool colors in order to make the flower stand out and not blend in with the background. Once the entire acetate pape...

  Project: This assignment allowed students to use colored construction paper, ink paint, foam, and paint rollers to create fun patterns that make up a paper quilt. Students must first use a pencil to create their design on the piece of foam. Then the students had to pick twelve colored construction paper squares to print the design on. To create the design on each square, students must take the paint roller and dip it into the ink paint of their choosing. Once the roller is covered, they can roll the ink onto their foam piece and stamp the design onto the square. After all the small squares of the quilt have been stamped, students can then line their construction paper squares to create a pattern of their choosing and glue them down, My project: For my project, I chose cool colors that reminded me of winter. I made my design on the foam piece to slightly resemble snowflakes. I also chose to use white ink paint to give that wintery look to it. Once all my pieces were stamped, I ar...

  Project: Students will create their own animal mosaic picture using glue, scissors, and colored construction papers. Students will use a reference photo to sketch out their animal and then fill in the picture with the pieces of paper glued down. Students are allowed to use their scissors to create different shapes with their mosaic pieces to have them fit their drawing better.  My Project: For my project, I chose to create the parrot because I knew that they had a lot of fun colors I could incorporate into the mosaic. I first sketched out the head as a reference to know how big I should make the other body parts of the bird. Next, I chose to make different parts of the bird to be different colors to give my bird more character. I used blue construction paper to color in the wings and used red for the feathers on the rest of the body. I chose green for the background to represent a jungle habitat and for the parrot to pop out since red and green are on the opposite sides of...

Project: Students will learn about the styles of Vincent Van Gogh and recreate their own version using paint and forks. Students will model their painting after one of Van Gogh's paintings. While they are painting, they must use their fork to scratch in designs while the paint is still wet to get the best results. Students had to include different textures in their paintings. My Project: I modeled my painting after one of Van Gogh's pieces of wrt where he has beautiful flowers in a vase to be his main focus. I chose to have the background be a cool color so that I could paint the vase a warm color and have it stand out. I also used different designs in the paint to distinguish the table from the wall. I also chose different colored flowers than Van Gogh to allow different colors to pop and stand out. Activity: I could incorporate this activity into a sensory activity by having students feel the objects they are going to be painting so they know how the texture they are creat...

  Project: The students must trace and color their hands using warm and cool colored oil crayons. Next, they will blend the oil crayons with a paper towel. After blending, the students must cut out their paper hands and glue them to the top of their black paper. Students must then pick a scratch letter that correlates with a positive word. Students then scratch a design into the letter using a wooden tool and stick the letter onto the black paper with their hands. Then, they will write the rest of the letters to their positive word. On a separate smaller white piece of paper, the students will answer the question of what their word means to them.  My Project: For my project, I chose red, yellow, and orange for my warm colors on one hand and chose purple, blue, and green for the other hand. I had to use multiple paper towels to blend all of the colors nicely without them all mixing together.  I chose the letter "K" for Kindness because I have been told by many people that...

  Project : Students learned about the life of Vincent Van Gogh and learned about his most famous pieces of art from his self-portraits to "Starry Night".  Students learned about the style that Van Gogh used and had to recreate their own version of "Starry Night" using tissue paper and oil crayons. Students needed to create a background with their tissue paper and glue it down. Afterward, the student added the swirls and textures that you would find in a Van Gogh Painting. Finally, the student had to create a silhouette out of black paper and glue it onto the paper. My Project: Van Gogh used cool colors in his art piece, "Starry Night". To add my own twist, I used bright and warm colors and used the same swirling techniques he used. I chose my silhouette to by of cacti and a tumbleweed because the colors of the background I chose reminded me of warmer environments such as a desert. I tried to create a sunset effect with the tissue paper by having the yell...

  Project: Students had to pick an animal to draw upside-down using a blue colored pencil to strengthen their drawing skills. Students used a reference picture to help assist them in drawing their animal. After the animal is completed, students will use warm-toned colored pencils to create designs and use different lines to cover the blue-colored animal. Students will also write three clues about their animal so other people can guess what it is before looking at it through the red glasses that allow the cool colors to shine through. My Project : For my project, I chose the elephant because I thought it would be a challenge for me to create all of those curves and details upside-down. I sketched out the drawing in my light blue colored pencil. On top of my animal, I started to draw my warm color designs in red, orange, and yellow. I then created my red glasses by cutting them to the shape of my face and glued the red film to the paper glasses. Activity: I could incorporate this ide...