K-5 remote art lessons 11-15

Students can create positive and negative space using just scissors, paper and glue! First, explain that the positive space is the shape, or where the shape is, and the negative space is where the shape is not. Give students a piece of colored paper that is smaller, or about half the size, of the background paper it will be glued to. On this smaller piece of paper, have students draw either a couple of lines that they know (zig-zag, wavy, etc.) OR they can draw shapes. Contrasting colored paper works best.

After students have cut on the lines that they drew, they will have pieces to arrange on the background paper. Show students how the positive and negative shapes become mirror images. Glue pieces to the background paper, and remind students to always try and focus on the POSITIVE!!

Students can create positive and negative space using just scissors, paper and glue! First, explain that the positive space is the shape, or where the shape is, and the negative space is where the shape is not. Give students a piece of colored paper that is exactly half the size of the background piece of paper. Students can then draw shapes or block/ bubble lettering that touch one edge of the colored paper. Contrasting colored paper works best.

After students have cut out the shapes that they drew, they will have pieces to flip over and arrange on the background paper. Show students how the positive and negative shapes become mirror images. Glue pieces to the background paper, and remind students to always try and focus on the POSITIVE!!

Using narrow strips of colored paper (fadeless paper works best), wrap the paper around a pencil or a cotton swab until a tight coil is formed. Slide it off, let it unravel a little bit, then glue down the end flap. In addition to a circle, a variety of other shapes can be made by pinching the corners of the coiled paper (droplet shape, eye shape, triangle and square).

Make a series of these shapes and see what you can create!