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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Boys and Girls Clubs: Pegasus ArtWorks Featuring MY CLASS at Simon Circle

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Alternative Materials Curriculum

FRUITY HOOPS!!!

Students learn about traditional mosaics as well as the elements of art and design while creating beautiful images out of cereal.

Some students chose printed mandala designs to fill in and decorate, while others created their own original designs (more photos to come.)

What I love about this project is that the students are given the opportunity to demonstrate great ingenuity and feed off of one another. One student may seperate the pieces by color, others may crush the cereal to create a new texture.

Students are learning about line, shape, form, color, texture, space, value in a hands on approach. This is a fantastic lesson for the reluctant art student or those who think they...enter that four letter word... can't draw.

Alternative Materials Curriculum

PAINTING WITH CHOCOLATE!!!

Through this lesson my students are learning about the following ideas: monochromatic painting,value, positive and negative space, geometric and organic shape, additive and subtractive painting, texture, and how to communicate with one another and work as a team.

Not only are the students learning about art, but for the Black History Month Portrait series, they are learning about history and social studies as well. A fun and tasty intecurricular activity.

The outcome has been Astounding! The students and staff alike have all been having a blast painting with this suprisingly versitile alternative material.