This project focused on how symbols and designs are used in African art. The students designed their own painted Korhogo cloth. They decorated the border with symbols and drew their main figure with Sharpie. Then, they added paint…
It’s been a great year at Art is Basic. We’ve made tons of colorful art and expanded our skills. My blog now has over 300 followers, which is super cool and way more than I ever thought would…
Juan Miro is one of my favorite artists. I used artwork by Miro to help the kids learn the difference between abstract and realistic art. The kids analyzed his artwork and we categorized prints. Then, they drew…
These charming pictures of hands were a lesson on warm and cool colors. The hands are colored in cool colors and the heart is colored in warm colors.
Over the summer I tested out several ways to make bubble prints. I experimented and discovered they way that works best for me. I decided to do bubble printing with some students this week, because it is the…
These traditional snowflake paper cuts are so simple, yet so fun. I know other art teacher bloggers have posted them recently too. Here are some we made this week.
These were some pictures we made today with the third graders. The kids used markers and construction paper crayons to draw their snow scene on the globe. Then they added white paint dots for snow. Some glued on…
The third/fourth grade classes made paper mache masks. We used inspiration from the Pacific Northwest Coast masks and viewed a video about their culture. Here are the steps we used. Start with a papermache mask form (we used…
I had another craft session of making snowmen after school yesterday. Here are the ones we made. You can see a full tutorial here.
2nd grade Collographs: We read about the art of Jasper Johns. He used everyday, ordinary images and created art so people would view them in a new way. We made a collograph printing plate using letters and numbers…
Today we made picture frame ornaments with the 3rd graders. First, I cut pieces of thin cardboard into square shapes. Then, I cut tooling foil slightly larger than the cardboard squares. The kids folded their tooling foil around…
Once in a while I will share with you some projects that the other teacher in our school is doing. This one is so cool I had to take pictures for you. She had her 7th/8th graders embroider…