Art

December is always a busy month. Not only is it a short month, we also juggle the winter performance rehearsals into our daily flow. That being said, we had a few art classes in the Tile room. It’s a fun classroom to be in, yet we are limited with supplies and materials to work with. Luckily, we are creative and can roll with the punches!!

 Polar bears on a winters night. Brrrr...don’t forget your scarf! Made with black and white paper and oil pastels. 

 Welcome back from break! Happy new year! 

Multimedia art.

I’ve been wanting to do this project with the kids ever since I was gifted this fabulous art book called “Painting the Sacred Within” by Faith Evans-Sills. To create these abstract multimedia pieces, I had the kids follow prompts I created to pull out of a box to direct their free flowing expression. I would select a prompt at random and give them a good amount of time to explore each new direction. Prompts like: draw a circle, paint cool colors with watercolors, add oil pastels, warm colors in acrylic, splatter paint, close your eyes, add lines, use your non dominant hand, etc....

These came out more abstract than some, as a few artists were able to incorporate these specific directions to create landscapes and village scenes....even a painting reflecting on a recent trip to Maui. 

I hope to revisit this project again in the spring. Everyone enjoyed the process of staying present with their art making.  The results remained a mystery halfway through and everyone remained open to the possibilities as they welcomed layers of mediums.

cityscape 

This was a two class project. First, the kids used watercolor to create the sky. While those were drying, they used magazines to cut out the shapes of structures.

The following week, we added golden moons and arranged the buildings and houses overlapping each other to create depth. They glued in place and outlined structures with sharpies.

Rainbow Collages!

The challenge was to create a rainbow with only cut out pictures from old magazines and calendars. It was trickier than imagined!