Ms. Weber's Art Gallery

  Description Our painting art project was inspired by Clifford Possum. He was an Australian painter. We also identified Australian animals. Then it was time to create. In our projects, we had lizards and kangaroos. We had the option to chose which animal we wanted, and I chose a lizard. We then cut up a brown paper bag for our background. Once that was done, it was time to glue your animal anywhere on the bag. Then, we got paint colors and started to paint. Instead of using a paint brush, we used Q-tips to paint. We would dot in whatever pattern we wanted. I decided to do three rows of each color and keep going until I hit the end of the bag. Once I was done, I initialed the artwork!  Extension Activity   An extension activity for this art project could be a research paper. Students could research Australian animals and write an informative paper about it. They could also create a presentation about the animal, and then create an art project based on that animal. Math co...

  Description Before diving into the information of this lesson, we had to prep our project. First, we had to use oil pastels to color a sheet of paper in a rainbow pattern. We had to color it so that you could not see any white. Then, you taped it to a piece of construction paper. After that step was complete, you painted over the rainbow oil pastels with black paint. You had to paint the black thick enough so you could not see the oil pastels through it. Once that step was complete, you needed to allow it plenty of time to dry. Then, we started learning about Sally Maxwell and Eric Carle. Sally is known for scratch art and Eric is known for writing "The Mixed Up Chameleon," which is the book we were basing our art project on. Then, we got to draw our own chameleon. We first drew it with pencil on a blank piece of paper. We had to add many patterns onto it. Then, we traced it onto the practice piece of scratch art paper. Once it was traced onto that, we used a wooden stick t...

  Description  For this art project, we got to work with clay to make clay monsters! Before we got to start using the clay, we sketched out what we wanted our monster to look like. Then it was time to start working with the clay. First, we had to knead the clay. Once that was finished the clay was ready to be worked with. I made mine into a flat circle and then used a mason jar to take a circle out of the center. Then, we had to make "glue" out of the left over clay residue and water. I then used that to add on the hair, eyes, and mouth. Once that was finished, I had to subtract something from my monster. I subtracted circles from the sides of my monster. Then, I carved my initials in the back of it. After this was complete, it was time to paint. I chose to paint mine green, with orange hair, and a blue mouth. Then, I named my monster the green machine because it is mainly green. My monster was then complete! Extension Activity  An extension activity for this art project ...

  Description I made this mask after learning about African masks and everything they have been used for in the past. We were taught about the history of these masks and then got to create our own. We first sketched out an idea of how we wanted our masks to look. Once we got an idea, we got to start on the actual mask. We picked our color of construction paper and then had to have at-least three 3D elements and three features on our mask that did not include the eyes, mouth, or nose. I picked orange because my goal was to make my masks look like a lion/cat. I then put on the nose, eyes, and mouth. After that, I added eyebrows, whiskers, and freckles. I also added triangles on the top and bottom to add some pattern. Once that was finished, I crumpled up tissue paper and glues it to the sides. After that was completed, I glued my mask onto a piece of cardboard. We glued our masks so that they were 3D and sticking up off of the cardboard. I then put tissue paper behind it to act like ...

  Description:  Basket weaving has been around since the beginning of civilization. They were made out of several different materials and used for several different purposes. Basket weaving was also a huge part of Native American culture. During this art project, we got to weave our own basket. After learning some background information, we practiced weaving with paper on our tables just to refresh our minds of how weaving works. Weaving is done with an "ABAB" pattern. After we practiced that, we make an odd amount of marks on a cup to cut. It had to be an odd number in order for the weaving to work. After the marks were made, you cut down the lines vertically, and then it was time to start weaving. To begin, you taped a piece of yarn near the bottom of your cup and began weaving. I started with yellow yarn, then went to pink, then white, then back to yellow to finish it off. Once you started getting into a groove, this project was fun and relaxing. After you finished weaving...

  Description:  This art was inspired by M.C. Escher who was known for printmaking. He would create symmetrical artworks by turning it but keep the same middle point. After learning about M.C. Escher, we got to create our own print making artwork. The first thing we did was draw a pattern with at least three different lines/shapes on a piece of paper. Once your pattern was created, you traced it onto a piece of styrofoam. After tracing it once, it was not deep enough so I had to trace it again, directly on the styrofoam. After my pattern was engraved into my styrofoam, we colored our background paper. We could either color it with cool colors or warm colors. I chose warm colors. After coloring the background, we were shown how to paint our styrofoam and stamp it onto the paper. I chose to use red paint to stamp. We stamped it four times and you had to keep the same corner in the center so the image was symmetrical. Once you finished, you had to sign your artwork. I really enjo...

  Description This art project was inspired by Jackson Pollock who is known for drip painting. First, we learned about Jackson and got to analyze some of his artwork. Then, we got to do hands on learning. The first thing we did was cut out a triangle, square, and circle that was already printed out for us. Once we cut those out, we traced them onto our construction paper in whatever order and place we wanted them. After those were traced, we got to name our artwork. I titled mine "My Art Gallery." Then, the fun began! We got shaving cream and made the secondary colors by mixing food coloring into the shaving cream. We had three piles of shaving cream, each one mixed into a different swirl with the outcome being a purple pile, orange pile, and green pile. Then, we took the paper shapes we cut out earlier and dipped them into the colored shaving cream. After that, we scraped off the shaving cream with a card to reveal a stained pattern on the shape that the shaving cream and fo...