Grab your markers! Show this fabulous video from Handimania and your students will create beautiful 3D hand art. I will use chisel-tip markers (Mr. Sketch brand is good) and Crayola markers next time I teach this project.
This would be a great sub plan!
Enjoy!
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Fourth grade just finished their Seurat pointillism art project. Our students used pan watercolors, Q-tips and markers to make pointillist food! The project was inspired by this project by Jessica Young at Miss Young’s Artroom.
I passed out pointillist notecards and magnifying loups (borrowed from our science lab). It was a lot of fun to see the dots up close.
Next we watched the first half of an AMAZING video: ‘Get to the Point’ – Georges Seurat and Pointillism by Artrageous with Nate.
Finally we completed a color mixing worksheet, using marker dots to make the secondary colors.
Homemade pointillist worksheet
Students selected a food reference photo, then lightly sketched their basic food shapes on paper. They had the option of using Q-tip or marker to dot their papers.
(warning: we discovered you can’t erase pencil lines after they’ve been painted with pan watercolor. Remind kids to draw lightly!)
Students erased their pencil lines from last week, then added MORE DOTS! Some students added a background – a couple even added pointillist borders.
This was a VERY popular and successful project! I will definitely repeat. Are looking for a group pointillism project? Please check out my earlier post for a Seurat mural.
Here’s the cool pointillism video by Artrageous with Nate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfALDoLHqU0
This is the first project of our food art series, in honor of the FEAST! exhibit at San Diego’s New Children’s Museum. This year we will be making food art projects at each grade level.
Do you have a favorite food art project?
Are you looking for a nice line art project for your kindergarteners? Check out this project from Marcia Beckett at Art is Basic.
It is a great project. On the first day, our students watched a brief video about different kinds of lines. Then they used black marker to make a variety of lines on their papers.
On day 2, the students colored in and around their lines with Crayola markers. We had a few minutes to spare at the end of class, so we did a ‘line hunt’ in the classroom. The kids were delighted to find the horizontal lines everywhere, including the wires of my drying rack and my window blinds!
Here is my kindergarten line movie playlist on YouTube. (note: two of these movies are silent!)
Enjoy!
Third grade just finished their snowmen ‘snapshots’. I found this great lesson at Mrs. Knight’s Smartest Artists.
Third graders drew snowmen from four different points-of-view. Allow three 40-minutes classes.
Materials:
Day 1:
We looked at all the student examples at Mrs. Knights’ blog. Students learned some new photography vocabulary to describe point-of-view:
The third graders sketched their snowmen in all the points-of-view on a sheet of copy paper. Then they moved their viewfinders over the snowmen drawings to crop the picture.
Days 2-3:
Students folded their white construction paper into quarters. Using pencil, they drew the snowmen from four different points-of-view, one in each quarter. They went over their lines with Sharpie, then erased.
Students had to pick a unique color (or pattern) for each section. I modeled coloring with the markers, and emphasized neatness. This was a ‘no spaghetti’ (no scribbling) project. Some kids still need the reminder!
Third grade results:
This was a very successful project. I heard a couple of kids say they thought it was the best art project they ever did. Please check out Mrs. Knight’s fabulous post – her student examples are great.
