Happy 1st Day of School!
Snowflake Quilt
Materials needed:
Colored paper, scissors, glue
Pick one 12"x12" paper as the background.
Cut 4 snowflakes out of 4 different colored papers that measure 3" x 3".
Glue 4 squares of color down first and then glue snowflakes on top.
Objectives: Demonstrate knowledge of Amate Bark Painting processes by simulating the color and texture of the paper and produce a visual representation of an Amate Bark Painting using similar colors, symbols and subject matter.
To create a simulated bark paper, have students crumple up brown paper. You could use paper bags, craft paper, or heavy brown paper. Dilute some India Ink with water and have students paint the ink wash on the crumpled paper. The crumpling produces creases, which traps the diluted India Ink, thus producing a texture similar to actual bark paper. Students should lay the paper out on some newspaper, as flat as possible to paint the ink wash on, using foam paint brushes. Allow to dry thoroughly before moving to the next step.
Draw the design out in chalk before painting. Mistakes wipe away easily. Use stylized designs and decorative borders similar to that of the original bark paintings, or allow students to create original subject matter depicting some event in their lives. I have several stencils of birds and flowers that may also be used with students that need them
Tempera paint is best because of the flat finish it produces on the paper; however, almost any colorful media such as acrylic or oil pastel would work fine. Use the brightest colors available but definitely use white. You may also use white to brighten up spaces before applying the color, for example pink shows up better on the paper if there is a coat of white behind it.
When the painting is completely dry use black markers to outline the shapes in the design.
email pics of paintings to alexia.dabat@aiu3.net
origami-tulip.pdfWEEK of APRIL 19th:
WEEK of APRIL 6th:
Radial Name Designs
Draw a large spiral on your paper.
Write your name or initials over and over again covering the whole length of your spiral. Do not leave spaces between names and use capital letters.
Color your design. Color in all the different shapes created by the letters!
WEEK of APRIL 12:
Try making a SCULPTURE!
WEEK of MARCH 29, 2021
Try drawing some of the animals shown below!
Every animal starts with a CIRCLE and is mostly made up of CIRCLES!
PLEASE Email me a picture of your completed artwork: alexia.dabat@aiu3.net
or with any questions
ART CLASS with MRS. DABAT
Week of March 22, 2021
Materials Needed: Paper plate, Paint, Black and yellow paper, Scissors, Glue
Begin by having students paint rainbow stripes on the front of a paper plate. If you would like to use crayons, markers, or colored pencils, that is great. Go for it!
Let dry and flip it over to paint the back as well. Blow dryers are great if you're impatient!
Grab a scissors and start at the outside of the plate to cut spirals. Cut out a black pot of gold and glue it to the end of the plate.
Glue on some yellow circles to make the gold...you can add some sparkles too! Poke a hole in the middle of the plate and add a string to hang it up!
EMAIL ME A PICTURE OF YOUR ART PROJECT PLEASE!:
alexia.dabat@aiu3.net
Paper Plate Woven Bowls
Materials Needed:
Paper plates, pencil, scissors, yarn, glue, paintbrush, something round to trace...
INSTRUCTIONS:
Before you start weaving, you’ll need to prepare your paper plate.
Mark your plate:
Trace a circle in the center of your paper plate. This will be the base of your bowl.
Next, make an uneven number of marks, evenly spaced, around the edge of the paper plate. We are doing 9.
Then draw a straight line to connect each mark to the circle that you drew.Cut along each line, stopping at the circle that you drew.
Now, make cuts on either side of each cut to form a V.
Fold each section at the pencil circle line and bend the sections up to form shape of your bowl. If any of the sections overlap, trim to make the V wider so there’s no overlap when the bowl is formed.Begin weaving
Slip a piece of yarn between one of the cuts, leaving a tail, which you can hold down with your thumb while you get started. Weave in and out of the cuts, around and around the bowl.
NOTE: Keep the sections of your bowl folded upwards as you weave. If you flatten them down, your weaving will not resemble a bowl.
To change colors
To change to a new color, snip your yarn, leaving a tail, and tie on a new piece of yarn, leaving another tail. You can trim these tails and tuck them in when you finish weaving.Finishing your weaving
Stop weaving about 1/8 of an inch away from the top of the bowl. Cut your yarn and leave a tail which you will tuck in shortly.Fold the edges
Fold the remaining top edge of each section down and crease firmly to create the bowl’s rim and to ensure your weaving doesn’t slip off the top of the bowl.Decorate the inside base
Brush some glue over the inside base of the bowl, and use a long strand of yarn to create a spiral to cover the base of the bowl.Tuck in tails
Using a pencil, tuck in any loose tails of yarn.Your woven bowl is complete and now ready to store trinkets and treasures in!IGN
Black History Month : Focus on ALMA THOMAS
"RESURRECTION" by Alma Thomas
This painting was unveiled as part of the White House Collection
in 2015, hanging in the dining room.
Alma Thomas is the first African-American woman
to have art in the White House Collection!
MATERIALS NEEDED: Paper, paint, brushes, paint tray/cups, pencil, compass
DIRECTIONS
Plan out a design. If the painting will be centered around a circle,
use a compass to draw the circle first. The painting does not
have to be centered around a circle or shape.
Be creative with the plan!
2. Paint the circle (or shape) solid with tempera paint. Paint dashed lines around the circle/shape until the paper is full.
Be creative with color choices, size, and positioning.
Use a variety of different brush sizes.
EVALUATION
Did the student plan a composition based on the style of Alma Thomas?
Did the student use a variety of different line/dash sizes?
Did the student plan and use a variety of different colors?
Did the student fill the entire paper with dashed lines, completing the painting?
PLEASE TAKE A PICTURE OF ART WORK
AND EMAIL IT TO: alexia.dabat@aiu3.net!
FIZZY HEARTS!
Materials Needed: Paper, pencil, cup of water, paintbrush, baking soda, vinegar, food coloring, eye droppers, small cups
Procedures: Draw a big heart on your paper.
Paint your heart with water.
Sprinkle a thick layer of baking soda all over the wet heart.
Pour a small amount of vinegar into a few small cups.
Color the vinegar by adding food coloring to it.
Using the eyedropper, drop some vinegar onto the heart and watch what happens!!!!
Repeat with different colors.
Warning: This might get really wet so I recommend blotting the heart with paper towels when needed.
This is more of a process based art project, or an experiment; so the end result is not the goal.
Observing the reaction the baking soda has to the vinegar is the goal of this lesson.
ROMERO BRITTO HEARTS!
1.Google artist Romero Britto! He is a Brazilian artist who uses bold patterns and vibrant colors in his work.
Look at some of his paintings to get inspired!
Focus of this lesson is on pattern.
Materials Needed:
White construction paper, black Sharpies/permanent marker, water, cup, paintbrush, tissue paper, ruler
2. Draw a big heart on white paper with black marker.
3. Divide heart into (5-7)sections by drawing lines with ruler.
4. Draw a different pattern in each section with black marker.
5. Cut or tear tissue paper into small squares, (1"x1").
6. Cover a section at a time with tissue paper by laying it flat on top of the heart paper.
7. Paint over tissue paper with brush & water and let it dry.
8. When dry, the tissue paper will easily fall off the heart and reveal beautiful color designs!
POLAR BEARS:
Materials needed: Plastic fork, blue (dark) paper, white paint, white, black, gray paper, scissors, glue.
No fingers or brushes needed...
All paint is applied using a plastic fork!
First : Have the kids draw a big circle on the paper.
Then instruct students to dip their fork into the white paint and stamp/drag it onto the paper and repeat several times until their circle is filled up with white.
As the paint dries, cut out two circles out of black paper for the eyes and a bigger one for the nose.
Cut a larger gray circle to glue behind the nose and draw a smile on it with black marker or crayon.
For the ears, cut out two white "letter U"s/or half circles and two smaller gray Us to glue inside ear.
Glue all facial features on when paint is dry.
Alternate Art Project: SNOWFLAKE QUILTS
Snowflake Quilt
Materials needed:
Colored paper, scissors, glue
Pick one 12"x12" paper as the background.
Cut 4 snowflakes out of different colored papers.
Glue 4 squares of color down first and then glue snowflakes on top.
Alternate Art Project: SNOWFLAKE QUILTS
Snowflake Quilt
Materials needed:
Colored paper, scissors, glue
Pick one 12"x12" paper as the background.
Cut 4 snowflakes out of different colored papers.
Glue 4 squares of color down first and then glue snowflakes on top.
MARKER PAINTING
Materials needed:
Markers, paper, paintbrush, cup of water
Draw a picture of your choice using simple shapes.
Outline each shape with a thick marker line.
With a wet brush, drag the marker color onto white areas.
Dip brush in water and repeat until finished.
LET'S MAKE SNOWFLAKES!!!!
Materials needed: Construction Paper and or Scrapbooking Paper, glue, pencil, scissors
- With your pencil, draw a big snowflake on your paper. Draw it simple, straight lines.
- Choose a mixture of white and blue papers. Cut papers into 1" wide strips and then cut 1" squares from them.
- Apply glue to the snowflake pencil lines.
- Place square papers onto glue.
Paper Plate Xmas Trees:
Materials Needed: Paper plates, paint or markers or crayons, hole punch, string, colored construction paper(can do without)
Week of Nov. 30:
Making Menorahs
Materials Needed: Paper plate,
construction paper, glitter, glue, craft sticks
Week of November 23: Go outside and take a stroll (weather permitting)
Collect your favorite, colorful leaves.
Use the leaves to glue onto paper as the turkey's feathers.
Draw a turkey head and body on a separate piece of paper, color, cut, and glue on top of leaves!
WEEK of NOVEMBER 16: Native American Symbols
Native American Indians used to tell their stories by painting their symbols in a circular design on buffalo hides.
Try creating a story using the symbols below...or simply try draw a lizard, turtle, or a whale on your paper. Create your own patterns and designs on them.
Have fun with these cute and spooky Ghost Crafts!
Shaving Cream Ghosts:
ART/Mosaic.pdf
Kids: You are able to make a mosaic of any animal, person, or thing.
First draw your object of choice on paper.
Draw it with fairly big, simple shapes.
Next cut up colored papers or rip them into small pieces.
Use glue or a glue stick and glue the colored papers where they go on your drawing.
Paper Mosaic of a fruit bowl!
Paper Sculptures:
If you have any papers laying around, whether it be construction paper, scrapbooking paper, foam paper, posterboard, newspaper, etc...And a glue stick or tape and scissors...then paper sculpting is something for you to try!
Experiment with cutting:
Try to cut a straight line, a wavy line, a zig zag line...
Cut paper strips in a variety of widths...
Experiment folding and curling the paper strips different ways
Use glue or tape to adhere paper strips to a "base" piece of cardboard or heavy paper.
Paper towel tubes and toilet paper tubes can be added to this as well! Get crazy with it! make slides, make tunnels, make towers! Most importantly :Have Fun!
Cut Paper Collages
Materials you will need: Paper, scissors, glue or glue stick, or tape
Pick one large paper to be your base. This will be the paper that you glue all your cut paper pieces to.
Spend some time experimenting with just cutting shapes out of smaller papers of all colors .
After you have cut out many different shapes, take time to arrange them onto the paper where you want them to be and then finally, glue each piece down.
Save all the paper you use! The part that would be considered "scrap" ......I want you to glue that onto the base also!
Painting with Interesting Tools
Materials needed: Paper, paint; tempera paint is the best option,or any craft or poster paint will work too!And a variety of random items to use as brushes.
You don’t have to paint with a paint brush! Paint with rollers, car wheels, or kitchen implements. Make your own paint brushes with nature items, yarn, or pom-poms. Scrape paint with a scraper. There are so many ways to apply paint!
Try painting with a feather, with a fork, even with an old toothbrush!
Try scraping dots of paint around your paper with a credit/loyalty card or a small piece of cardboard.
Hello Sunrise Students!
Halloween is approaching and it is my favorite time to make fall crafts!
I will give you a few options and I would like you to choose one for this week to complete.
Week of October 26
Hello Sunrise Students & Parents!
Autumn is my favorite time to create arts and crafts, especially since Halloween is my favorite!
Please pick one of the art activities I am providing below for this week's art lesson.
Take a picture of your completed assignment and email it to me at alexia.dabat@aiu3.net, if possible.
Thank you!
Have fun with these cute and spooky Ghost Crafts!
Pencil Eraser Halloween Ghosts
Shaving Cream Ghosts:
Happy Halloween!
Week of October 26
Hello Sunrise Students & Parents!
Autumn is my favorite time to create arts and crafts, especially since Halloween is my favorite!
Please pick one of the art activities I am providing below for this week's art lesson.
Take a picture of your completed assignment and email it to me at alexia.dabat@aiu3.net, if possible.
Thank you!
Have fun with these cute and spooky Ghost Crafts!
Pencil Eraser Halloween Ghosts
Shaving Cream Ghosts:
Happy Halloween!
ROMERO BRITTO HEARTS
