Natalie's Classroom Art

Saturday, April 25, 2015

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These are blogs from my classmates at USU. They have some more awesome ideas and lesson plans for you to look at.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Non-objective Cardboard Construction

Supplies: Cardboard boxes, paper towel rolls, pencil, scissors, hot glue, spray paint.

I worked with a partner on this and it was a great experience. We cut out different shapes, and using a pencil we curled some cardboard and used the paper towel rolls and cut those which worked out awesome to use as well. We set up three pillars and then started to use our shapes and curls to attach them in an interesting non-objective composition. We used hot glue to attach the cardboard pieces together. We wanted the piece to look interesting and have intrigue from several different angles. When we were finished we decided to spray paint the cardboard with silver from one angle. This really emphasized the overlapping and angle of some of the cardboard shapes. Next time it would be interesting to try several different colors of spray paint from different angles.

Puffy Paint Mask

Supplies: net, puffy paint, sparkles, scissors, saran wrap, tape,

This mask is very fun and easy. I decided on a design and shape of the mask I wanted on paper. I then covered my paper with saran wrap, taping it to my paper. Then I took my square of net and taped it over the saran wrap. Using puffy paint I traced my design of my mask. When I was finished I took some sparkles and sprinkled over the still wet puffy paint. When it was all dry I took my net square off and cut out the eye wholes and around my mask. Mask is flexible and fairly sturdy. Use a thicker netting so it's less likely to rip especially for children. Mask is even more sturdy where there is lines rather than dots, but it still works great. Attach some string or ribbon to mask so you can wear it. You may use a needle and thread to attach it, hot glue, or a whole punch. I love the sparkles it adds a magical quality to it and they stay on.

Milk Jug Mask

Supplies: milk jug, scissors, acrylic paint, foam, hot glue, a whole punch, raffia, and masking tape.

I really wanted an African theme for my mask but to still make it my own. I drew out the basic shape I wanted my mask to be and used scissors to cut it out. (The seams of the milk jug are super hard to cut through. It's possible just hard.) I then covered the entire mask in masking tape. From there I painted my mask and added designs I felt were appropriate. I still felt like my mask needed more so I took some foam and using my scissors carved out some eye lids and lips to create some depth to my mask. I painted them with acrylic paint and then hot glued the foam onto my mask. Using a whole punch I made holes in my mask and then tied raffia to my mask to create some literal texture. This was super fun and turned out really nice. Fairly inexpensive project to do.

Foam Plate Printmaking

Supplies: dull pencil, a foam plate, and acrylic paint

On the base of the foam plate I indented my design into the foam plate with a dull pencil. Then with a paint brush I covered the foam plate evenly and did several prints. I really like this method, it was fun and fairly easy to do. I loved layering my prints and using ghost prints (a 2nd print made with paint still left on plate) and first prints overlapping each other. I like seeing the different colors pop through, and how the overlapping really adds to the design of the artwork.

Ziploc bag Printmaking

Supplies: Ziploc bag, acrylic paint, q-tip, and paint brushes.

I liked this method because it gave a lot more freedom to make designs and shapes, you could take a q-tip and pull off some paint so that was white instead. The plastic bag could be used over and over again to make more prints. Next time I would like to try this with tempera paint because I had to put down my prints quickly so the acrylic paint didn't dry.