3D Hot-Air Balloon

Description: In this project, students were to create a 3D hot-air balloon using a paper plate and strips of paper to create that 3D dimension. Next, they would sketch their basket and decorate it to their liking and add 3D cotton ball clouds to the sky. In this project we talked about scale and how students are able to view objects close up and far away analyzing the distance they are from them. Finally students are able to create their own landmark underneath their hot-air balloon showing the scale they used.

Extension: Students could use this project in Language Arts to write a short story about why they chose to travel over the landscape they picked.

Weaving

Description: In this lesson, we were able to learn about the different cultures and how Native Americans used weaving to create many different art pieces of their own. We were allowed to pick three different colors to represent something apart of our life and as you can see I chose pink and purple. To me, the pink represents my favorite color and purple represents my high school coaches wife who recently passed away as purple was her favorite color.

Extension: Students could use this weaving bracelet as a way of counting how many times it takes to weave a bracelet and add up each section they weaved making it an addition, subtraction, multiplication or division problem. They could then go around the room and try different weaving bracelet problems.

Print Making

Description: For this lesson we were able to pick out our own design stencils and stamps. We cut out sixteen different squares of paper and rolled at least four different designs on each square. We then glued those sets of squares to another piece of paper making a matrix out of our squares.

Extension: For an extension activity to this project we could use these as multiplication math squares and allow for students to multiply down and across to each side.

Clay Pottery Pot

Description: For this lesson, we were able to make our own bowl/flowerpot out of clay. To make our bowl, we had to trace a circle to create our base. Then we took five small chunks of clay and rolled them to look like a snake that created the sides of our bowl. Finally we took water to mold our clay bowl to the way we wanted it to look and topped it off by painting it the color we wanted.

Extension: I would use this clay bowl as a way to engage students into the lesson in the classroom. I would put trivia questions into the bowl and the students would have to answer short questions to review the lesson they just learned. 

Contrasting Colors

Description: For this activity we had to pick an animal that we wanted to use as our main theme and then two contrasting colors that are completely opposite of each other to track and cut out of. I chose to create this little fox guy and traced him on orange and blue paper. I used cut out mini squares to decorate around him to make him stick out more.

Extension: As a geography lesson, students could pick out any animal and do research on where it is from and what it likes to eat. We could then place where each animal on a big map of where it is from and show students where each animal comes from.

Dot Painting

Description: For this lesson, we got to see many paintings that were painted using the technique dot painting. Dot painting is very unique as when it appears close up you are able to see all of the little dots that were painted compared to when you view it far away all of those little dots are combined. Together, we each were able to try dot painting by painting a blue rose. In this close up photo, you are able to see the different dots on this flower.

Extension: For my extension activity, I would ask kindergarteners to practice writing their name by creating a dot painting of their names. This way they are able to practice dot painting but also writing their names as that is a skill you learn in kindergarten.

Personal Mural

Description: In this activity we were asked to draw our names or initials in bubble letters. After drawing our letters, we had to choose five different lines, shapes, colors, and line patterns to describe our personality. The five features that I chose to go with my line patterns include sunshine, shopping, working out, paw prints, and hiking. Around those areas that I decided to put random patterns with bright colors that describe me behind them. 

Extension: For an extension activity in science, students could choose different biomes to explain and draw those biomes behind their initials.

Vincent Van Gogh Collage

 

Activity: Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most recognized painters of all time. He is most known for the painting of his starry night. In this project, we used oil pastels and tissue paper to create a scene inspired by Vincent Van Gogh. I chose to create an ocean themed project by attaching the tissue paper to represent the different colors and corals in the ocean, and then cut out a big blue wave to tie into the scene adding fish to it.

Extension: Students will be able to identify an ocean of their choice in geography class and design an ocean like this one with three solid facts in the middle.

Hidden Safari

 Description: The hidden safari project is a project that I really enjoyed creating and is inspired by the animals that live in the safari. To start off the lesson, we got to look at a really unique painting that had many different animals and things going on. For this project, we used a variety of warm and cool colors and contrasted them. To start out the project, we picked out the animal we wanted to create and learned to look at it upside down and draw it that way. We camouflaged the animal that we created by using  To see the animal we colored it in a cool color and then created wacky lines in warm colors so we were able to block those lines out when we looked through our cool red see through glasses. The only way we were able to see the animal was through our red light glasses.

Extension: For my extension activity I would have the students write math problems in their blue pencil and draw lines over that math problem to distract their eye. They would have to take their red light glasses and look through them to discover the math problem and solve it. This would make the math problem a lot more fun for students.

Dot Day

 

Description: International Dot day is a day that celebrates creativity, courage and collaboration. For this lesson, we read The Dot by Peter Reynolds and got asked to create a project that had some type of dot on it after the story. For this project we used oil pastels, crayons, sharpies, and watercolor paints and sealed it off with water so our mediums would not bleed together. I made a dot out of crayons, oil pastels and watercolors that says “Dream” I was going for an inspirational dot to inspire others.

Extension: For an extension activity, we could think of a specific person in our lives and  create a motivational/kindness dot that would make them feel good. We could take our kindness dots and hang them around our school, or deliver them to that special person who inspires you.

Elements and Principles of Art

The first picture that I captured for my elements and principles of art includes my 3D cube that I use for storage. The design of this cube represents different lines.

The second picture I captured is of the Cinderella castle located at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The castle shows a great representation of all the different shapes and lines in the architecture.

The third picture I captured is of a 3D sticky note box on my desk. This picture represents lots of different warm colors.

The fourth picture I captured is of a vase that has many different cracks on it. This vase shows the difference of light and dark lines on it which is called value.

The fifth picture that I captured was of a Duluth bridge. This bridge shows balance by how symmetrical each side is.