For our last art project students focused on mirror images (reflection). Using two different colors of construction paper, they had to cut out sides of one (half triangle) and place its reflecting image onto the other color. These projects turned out pretty neat once the students finished them.
Not only were we reading Langston Hughes poems in class, but the students in my fourth grade at Walt Disney were also doing a unit on this poem. It is a powerful poem that if you have the time I recommend you read. The voice and tone is so strong and the story itself conveys such a deep message. Below is a project we did in class, where we create an "hour glass" poem of either Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones or Roger. I chose to do my poem on Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. We were then supposed to create a character puppet and decorate it as we wish. Using the resources in the classroom, I made her a dress and a hat. This project is such a great resource to use in the classroom, incorporating Language Arts, Social Studies, and Art all into one lesson.
Click for link to "Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes I am not one who is big into museums, however, several years ago I went to a Body World exhibit in Chicago, and it was fascinating (something that has stuck with me for years)! Body Worlds is a traveling exhibition of preserved human bodies and body parts that are prepared using a technique called plastination to reveal inner anatomical structures. Crazy, right!?
Click the link to see past/present/future exhibitions: http://www.bodyworlds.com/en/exhibitions/current_exhibitions.html In my fourth grade classroom for field (as I have mentioned) they do art every Friday. This past week they worked on symmetry and congruency. I thought this was a fun and neat project for them. They had to make sure that (like a kaleidoscope) the sides were symmetrical with one another, so that if it was folded, it would be the same on both sides. This helped students also learn the concept of congruency (things being equal to one another). Here is some of their finished works of art :) Click here for a great link to other symmetry and art project ideas this teacher gives in her blog. She has some Robert Munsch art projects in there, and those are some of the greatest books, kids love them. Great link for teachers in the younger grade (especially first).
When i first picked the Salt Dough project to do for art, I had no idea what I was going to do. I had yet to incorporate my dog, Miley, into a project and I wanted all my projects to include something I love or am passionate about. Miley, is my three year old Yorkie, and she is spoiled rotten, I absolutely love and adore her to pieces, so I kept thinking to myself; how can I use salt dough to represent Miley? Then, I got the idea to imprint her paw into the dough. Miley even helped me mix the dough (as seen in the photo below) she loves helping her mommy! This project was fun because it was a fun way for me to make something meaningful using something that is an important part in my life. I decided to paint in the paw print once I got to school because it was hard to see the imprint in the dough without it. This was a fun project, and I would definitely like to use salt dough in my classroom, there are so many possibilities!
I chose pop art as one of my art projects in class. Before doing my research I thought pop art was a bunch of dots thrown together in a cartoon looking thing. Come to find out, pop art is the four-square idea of (like Warhol). Using something I was passionate about I had a hard time deciding what to do for my photo. I am a big Pinterest fan, and I love makeup. Using Pinterest I took the idea of doing my eye makeup using the Urban Decay Naked palette and followed the step by step instructions. My eyes turned out amazing! I took a photo of my eyes and the Naked Palettes that I incorporated. To me, this looked like a perfect opportunity to use my pop art project, thus was my result below, and I have to say I am pretty pleased with the way it turned out. I used an app on the computer to change the colors the way I wanted to, so that was a way to make it even more my own.
I myself do not believe I am a very artistic person. I feel as though I don't have the creativity or skill when creating art pieces. So, when I heard that for our art class we had to conduct four art pieces, I wanted to have a panic attack (art...me?...no way!) I saw the list of categories for the art mediums we got to choose from and was relieved a little as I saw there was some things I thought I can do. For my first project I decided to do a collage (this was something I was familiar with and since it didn't require drawing, I was golden. I am always taking pictures of my niece, Reese, whenever I am able to see her, I have so many pictures and never do anything with them so I knew this would be the perfect opportunity. I am proud of how my project turned out and thought it was a great experience. The one challenging part I had was being able to fit the pictures in a way so that they could neatly fit onto the poster board without covering up large parts or main parts of the other photos. (Finished product.)
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