Posts Tagged ‘color’
Solar Systems at Sellwood Library
Posted on: May 5, 2010
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- A closeup of some of the hand designs students and teachers contributed. Color in evenly and thickly for the best results!
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- The finished handprint mural! What a good rescued find – the globe appliqué was too cute to leave in the trash.
Creative Reuse Lesson Plan First Grade: Families
Written by Keri Piehl for SCRAP /Whitman ES 2009-10
Hand Print Mural
Cost per student: $.10 (not including the use of an iron)
Materials: Iron, fabric (I found a giant appliquéd globe on a sheet in the trash), fabric crayons, paper, markers, newspaper or towel to iron on top of.
Students will create an individual design to contribute to the whole group mural
Elements of art: shape, space
Vocabulary: mural, family, humankind
Animals at Holgate Library
Posted on: April 25, 2010
Puzzle/Tracks at Woodstock Library
Posted on: April 13, 2010
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- Students loved using droppers to give their seeds a drink of water.
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- Paper towel strips act as “soil” to retain water.
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- Presoaked beans!
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- The poster with the assembly information.
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- The finished product, with the sun shining through.
Creative Reuse Lesson Plan Kindergarten: Plants
Written by Keri Piehl for SCRAP /Whitman ES 2009-10
Seed Envelopes
Cost per student: $.15, but that includes the cost of permanent markers which would last 2-3 years
Materials: Permanent markers, laminate scraps (the laminating machine most schools have create a 6”x18” strip of waste every time they are used; it is built into the design of the machine. The librarian kindly saved the waste strips for me until I had enough), stapler, hole punch, yarn or ribbon scraps, newspaper, water, pipettes or droppers, paper towels, seeds you’ve soaked overnight.
Prep: besides soaking the seeds to give them a jumpstart on life, I made envelopes out of the laminate by folding an 8”x10” piece, in half, then turning in the edges, then stapling each side so it will hold water. See photos for a better idea.
Students will create an arty transparent envelope, used to sprout a seed.
Elements of art: Line, shape, color, form
Vocabulary: sprout, transparent
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- I displayed some exceptional work with some of the real postcards we looked at to inspire us!
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- The backer page I glued to their art to make it look like a postcard. They can practice writing an address and text with wet or dry erase markers.
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- A student is drawing a cityscape reflected in the water below, just like she saw on some of real postcard examples.
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- You need chalk or oil pastels to layer color over the watercolor wash.
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- Now you’re ready to pull off the tape and leave it to dry overnight.
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- A student makes sure their whole page is covered in even color.
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- Mix colors in the lid if you want to create new blends for your wash.
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- A completed, laminated “giant postcard”
Creative Reuse Lesson Plan Second grade: Letter Writing
Written by Keri Piehl for SCRAP /Whitman ES 2009-10
Giant Postcards
Cost per student: $.15, slightly more if you factor in the laminating
Materials: water color paints, 1 inch masking tape, white or light cardstock or heavy paper, water dishes, water, paint brushes, newspaper, clean wet rags, chalk pastels, backer paper to look like non-picture side of postcard, lots of postcards for examples, laminating machine or spray fix
Students will use a variety of techniques to create a landscape reminiscent of a postcard.
Elements of art: space, value, color
Vocabulary: Postcard, landscape, wash, blend
Kindergarten: Still Life Drawings
Posted on: March 15, 2010
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- Oil pastels and bright, thick paper get the lesson off to a good start.
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- An example of a basic scene featuring plant derived materials for the artists to study.
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- An artist draws what she sees!
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- An excellent replication of a still life scene by a kindergarterner!
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- Blending the oil pastels is fun and results in a “professional” appearance.
Creative Reuse Lesson Plan Kindergarten: Plants
Written by Keri Piehl for SCRAP /Whitman ES 2009-10
Still Life Drawings
Cost per student: $.15 (includes the cost of oil pastels which will last all year)
Materials: oil pastels, sturdy paper (I used a mix of printed-on-one-side cardstock and cut up colored file folders), lots of natural items like pine cones, vegetables, dried flowers etc, some vases and fabric, examples of still life oils, pencils
Students will draw what they see to create a traditional still life portrait
Elements of art: line, shape, color
Vocabulary: still life, subject
4/5: Block Print Stamps
Posted on: March 9, 2010
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- A student presses down on her inked stamp.
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- A kid uses a brayer to ink up their stamp.
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- Some examples of our block printed fabric!
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- A finished stamp with a nature motif
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- A student cuts up rubber to create the shapes for her stamp.
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- Peel the protective coating off of the acrylic before gluing the rubber pieces down!
Creative Reuse Lesson Plan Fourth/fifth grade: Colonial America
Written by Keri Piehl for SCRAP /Whitman ES 2009-10
Block Printing Stamps
Cost per student: $.15
Materials: Rubber (foam works fine, I am using pieces of Nike promo sport court made from ground up recycled sneakers, it is 5”x5”x .25”), base to adhere it to (I am using 4”x 3” acrylic scraps from SCRAP), adhesive (depends on your other 2 materials, I am using double sided sticky glue dots), scissors, paper, pencil, trays, brayers, something to keep the workspace clean like plastic tablecloths, acrylic paint, paper or fabric to print onto (SCRAP has an overabundance of upholstery samples, I am going to offer those)
Students will create a block print stamp using Colonial American motifs, then use it to create a series of prints.
Elements of art: shape, space, form
Vocabulary: print, motif, series
Second Grade: Mailbox Art Collages
Posted on: March 2, 2010
Creative Reuse Lesson Plan Second grade: Letter Writing
Written by Keri Piehl for SCRAP /Whitman ES 2009-10
Wacky Mailbox Collage
Cost per student: $.04
Materials: Glue sticks, scissors, cardstock (or something to mount the collage papers to), lots of scrap papers, photos of unusual mailboxes (I have the book Mailbox, U.S.A. : stories of mailbox owners and makers : a celebration of mailbox art in America by Rachel Epstein.)
Students will create a 2-D version of a mailbox that expresses themselves.
Elements of art: shape, color, space
Vocabulary: mailbox, folk art, collage
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