Very Mixed Media Bugs: 4th Grade

MIXED MEDIA

Tempera Paint, Collage, Sharpie, Watercolor Pencil, Glitter Glue

DAY1:  Tempera Paint Background - We discussed color: primary, secondary, analogous, tints.  

Students selected 2 colors they wished to use & created an over all patter in tempera paint.

DAY2:  Collage bugs using pattern paper & outlined in Sharpie.  

DAY3:  Complete bugs/Sharpie, draw spider web using watercolor pencils, and glitter glue accents in the same color as their paint.  

This didn't turn out exactly like how I had pictured it in my mind, but the kids really did enjoy it.  I was thinking it would be a bit more sophisticated & less cartoonish.  Oh well, they are still bright & attractive..and will look great in the art show!   

Doodle Bugs: 3rd Grade

More work for the Going Buggy for Art All School Art Show!  I'm so excited to put this thing together!! It is going to be such a fun & colorful show!!  My third graders did a great job on their Doodle Bugs!! 

Splat! : 1st Grade

So here is a fun lesson I'm doing with 1st grade.  I call it... SPLAT!  The kids must imagine that a bug just hit their windshield or they just whacked it with a flyswatter or newspaper.  The image is suppose to be humor & cartoon"ish".  The image is traced with Sharpie, colored with marker(bug only) and the rest is watercolor. We used salt to add a little texture to the background.  All and all...this is a fun project that I will revisit next year(even when we aren't having a bug based art show!). 

Mixed Media Mash-Up: van Gogh & Chagall

If van Gogh & Chagall had a baby...this is what their art work would look like! Ha Ha!!!

They started doing a drawing of sunflowers...and then traced it with Sharpie..  They were allowed to draw their vase however they wanted.  Next the students did a watercolor wash over the whole paper & placed a piece of wax paper over top to add some texture.  The students then worked on a separate flower that they would cut out/paint/ and glue into their flowers.  Last they used oil pastels to add a bit more color to their work.  The project in our curriculum was Still Life....but there is nothing saying you can't jazz it up a bit!

VBS CRAFTS:Sharpie Tie Dye Shirts

My friend Janet (Ms. Malone's Art Room) did this at her summer camp, and loved the results.

I decided this could be a fun craft for VBS.  We were already getting shirts for the kids...just opted for white so we could do this project.  The students had a lot of fun...and most of the results were great!  Using lots of rubbing alcohol was key!!!!  

Goin' Buggie - 3rd Grade

I know when I think of spring...I think of BUGS!!!  So I have my 3rd graders creating bugs with patterns.  They are really enjoying it, and the projects are turning out super fun so far!

Peacock-A-Palooza Part 4: Mixed Media on Canvas

This is a mixed media on canvas(though...if you can't afford to purchase canvas...cardboard would work).  There are so many directions you can go with such a project!  For a quicker turn around time...we gave the teachers tissue paper to cover their backgrounds.  Paint is also an option, but will take a little time to dry.  They also had full access to boxes of fun fabric.  They were encouraged to be thinking of words that describe themselves to add.  They could use Sharpie, magazines, fabric....whatever....to create the words.  LOVE THE PERSONALITY SHINING THROUGH!