Hidden Safari Animal

Description: For this project we used backwards drawing to draw a Safari animal. Backwards drawing is turning an example picture upside down and free hand drawing on a different piece of paper. We then used warm colors like red, yellow, pink, and orange to create patterns on top of the animal we drew. The patterns cover the animal, so it is not seen from a naked eye. We created red film glasses to go along with the project. When the glasses are on one's eyes, the animal is able to be seen again. We then framed our artwork with a piece of construction paper to finish the project. My notecard has three hints for people to guess my animal without using the red film glasses. 

Extension Activity: One extension activity that could be done is have the students create multiple hidden animal pages and create a book. The pages could be smaller which would require less time for each page. Then the book could be stapled together all with the patterns covering the animals. Then when a person puts on the red film glasses, they will be able to see the student's entire book.  

Vincent van Gogh Inspiration

 

Description: This project was created with Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night in mind. During class we looked at the painting deeply to see what we saw. I really liked the circular motions I saw in his works so I tried to incorporate that into my project. I think The background was made with strips of tissue paper that I cut and spread throughout the paige. I then cut a skyline out for my landscape of my project. I used oil pastels to create the movement lines that I thought resembled van Gogh's painting. The oil pastels create a circular movement that draws the eye to the bright colors. 

Extension Activity: I think one extension activity would be to give the students only one piece of tissue paper. They would have to be creative using that one piece of tissue paper and create a background that still draws the eye. Using one piece of tissue paper will be a challenge for the students but I feel it would be fun to see the students creativity come out with such a lack of resources. They will have to create an elaborate background to make the project come to life like the one above. Sometimes the best projects come from very little resources and a big imagination! 

Dot Day!

 

Description: International Dot Day is September 15th! We read the book "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds to introduce the exciting topic. The story explains how amazing art can be even just starting with one dot. After reading the story we were assigned to create our own dot using coffee filters, we had access to lots of materials. My dot is mostly made up of white crayon and watercolor. I like all the color I have on my dot. It was great to see all the different ways one "dot" could be designed! 

Extension Activity: A great extension activity for this project would be to take all the dots made by the class and put them together as a collage. The different colors and artistic abilities will come together to really represent how one little dot can create a beautiful piece of art! The students in the class will also learn about collaboration when they combine all their projects into one big collage!