Looking for new art project ideas? Here are four new (to me) art project ideas from my fabulous creative colleagues, Kelly and Nancy.
Kelly’s ‘Stained Glass’
- Kelly’s ‘stained glass’ sun made with watercolors and black glue.
Kelly from Skyline School brought these beautiful ‘stained glass windows’ made with fluorescent liquid watercolor and black glue. As a final step, her students rubbed their artwork with baby oil and a cotton ball to make the paper translucent. Primary grades used a paper plate tracer to make the sun. Upper elementary made the geometric window (note: upper grade students used carbon paper to transfer their symmetric designs).
Kelly’s ‘Stained Glass Window’ made with watercolor and black glue.
A New Twist on Monet
Kelly also brought these Monet water-lily paintings. Please zoom in on this painting – the paint texture is so interesting. Kelly didn’t offer a brush – her students applied paint with novelty rings purchased at Oriental Trading. These rings look like little sea urchins. If you try this, Kelly recommends pinching the ring instead of wearing it on her finger. Needless to say, her students LOVED this project!
Kelly’ s students painted their Monet-inspired art with a ring from Oriental Trading.
30-Minute Color Mixing
Nancy teaches art at Solana Highlands School. She brought a color mixing project. Students used two colors plus black and white. After tinting, shading and creating a neutral, they drizzled black glue over the top. I love how much variety her students achieved. Some of these abstract compositions look like animal patterns. LOVE! Even more impressive: Nancy only has 30 minutes with her students. She does a lot of stations and table rotations to fit her projects in the tight time frame.
Kindergarten Paper Quilts
Nancy did these paper quilt squares with the kindergarten. The kindergarteners start with a 6″ square of paper. They collage first, then Nancy adds holes with a three-hole punch. Next class, the kindergartener lace the holes. Nancy glues the squares together into a quilt.
As always, I am FLOORED by my colleagues creativity. They always have interesting, challenging, beautiful projects – and they teach them so well. Thanks to Nancy and Kelly for sharing your ideas.
Enjoy!
These are super!! What kind of paper did you use? Also, did you use food coloring or paint to make the glue black?
Hi Tia
We add black tempera paint to 1/2 empty Elmer’s glue bottles. Try 1/2 paint and 1/2 glue. We use white construction paper for the painting projects. Good luck!
Awesome! What type of paper did you use? And how did you get the glue black?