As an extension activity, I would have the student's research different types of lace. After they have done some research, then they could do a group share in a round robin style so that every group has shared with every group about their research on the different styles of lace. This way, the students will know what type of lace they want to do their design off of.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Lacy Clay
As an extension activity, I would have the student's research different types of lace. After they have done some research, then they could do a group share in a round robin style so that every group has shared with every group about their research on the different styles of lace. This way, the students will know what type of lace they want to do their design off of.
Stepping Stones
As an extension activity. I would have the students bring in a photo of someone or something. This photo would be for someone that they would like to gift the project to. Then, I would have the students make a card for the person.
Print It!
This project was called Print It! It was really fun because we got to use ink. It was really good timing to do this project with Easter eggs because it was right around the time of Easter break. For this project, we had to use meat trays and carving tools to design our egg. Once we have carved our design deep enough into our meat try, then we rolled the ink onto the tray and pressed the paper onto our tray. After we did that, we had a nice result of our design. We had to do it in at least four different colors. Then, we had to paste our finished products onto a piece of construction paper for display.
As an extension activity, I would do this project as an ice breaker activity. You could have people work in partners and design each other's egg. They would be required to ask at least three questions about the other person so that they could have enough ideas to create the other persons egg. Then, they would make at least one print for them, and then the other person would have a chance to do the one that the partner designed.
Scratch Art
This picture is an example of my scratch art project. I really enjoyed doing this project. It is neat because you don't know what color you are going to get as your background. We had a good demonstration of the different techniques that we could use on our projects. We were given abstract objects, and we told to make a creation out of our object. I really loved that idea. There were so many things that I wanted to do with mine! I also really loved how our instructors went around the classroom and gave their own ideas to help you out if you needed it too. Finally, I found which one I wanted to go with, and that was the planters' peanuts man. I enjoyed doing the little dots as his body and making his hat. I think many students would enjoy this project a lot!
As an extension project for the scratch art, I would have the students design and make a scratch art project with their name. They could use many different techniques in thier letters.
Pop Art
These are pictures of my pop art project. For this project, we saw some examples of how pop art is used. We were in groups of 4's. Then, between our group members, we were allowed to choose an object. My group chose to draw a watering pot. We drew the picture and then traced the drawing onto our paper with permanent marker. Then, after we were showed a demonstration on how to use oil pastels, we were told to add color to our projects. We all had to use a different color scheme between the different members in our group. I used all different kinds of green colors and then went from lighter to darker in my picture. It is really neat to see the whole group's images together.
As an extension project, I would have the students take digital photographs of the same object. Then, I would have the students work with different coloring on the computer. After that, then I would have the students frame their digital photos and put them next to their drawings.
Rainbow Fish
As an extension activity, I would have the students do a "give a friend a scale" activity. After reading the same book that our instructors read to us, then I would have the students create their fish, and then draw a name. Then they would have a scale that they design. On this scale they would write to this person that they drew, and tell them why they want to give them their scale. This would be a nice complement.
Pebble Painting
This is a picture of my pebble painting project. We needed to bring a shoe box in order to do this project. We focused on making primary colors, and then we later explored making some secondary colors. We placed a piece of paper in the bottom of our shoe box, and then we used various sizes and types of pebbles to create designs on our papers. I thought this was a creative idea, and I think that many students would enjoy this project.
As an extension activity, I would have the students go on a nature walk and actually collect some of the pebbles that they will collect to use on this project. Then, they could write a short story explaining where they think the rock has been and what the designs mean in relation to where they think the rock has been.
Paper Weaving
This project was presented by Ms. Jundt and me. We had the topic of 3 deminsional art. We chose to do paper weaving because we thought it looked really interesting, and it would be something that everyone would enjoy doing. We introduced some ideas such as weaving, twisting, shade, and tint. We informed the students that they needed to do at least one tint or one shade within their project and that they needed to use either all cool colors or all warm colors. They also had the option to use several different types of media in their projects as well. Many students chose to incorporate glitter to their projects.
Ms. Jundt's and my bulletin board turned out really well. We really liked the fact that our project recycles news papers and uses it in a creative way. We found this quote, "We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving and we all have power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing." We both thought that this quote was very suiting and were very excited as we were putting this bulletin board together.
As an extension activity, I would have the students find a news article that relates to them in one way or another. After finding this article, then I would have them paint their story onto the weaves in either patterns or using line techniques to represent how the story made them feel and use appropriate colors. Then, whenever the students look at their weaving, it will always remind them of their story. We could have them frame it for display as well.
The Hidden Safari
As an extension activity, I think it would be really neat to do a social day. You could show the movie, "The Lion King." Then, you could have the students act out their favorite animal or scene in the movie. After acting out the different parts, then you could have the students make a giant hidden safari image. They could draw out a part of the movie or their favorite scene that they watched, and as a group they could make a giant hidden and secret image.
Eric Carle Collage
As an extension project, I would have the students create a short story book that they could accomplish over a couple of weeks. They could write their own story about their life or their interests. This could be two to three pages long. Then, when the students and teachers discuss their work with the student's parents, they would have some great art work to show case!
Finger Painting
This project was a finger painting project inspired by the "Starry Night" painting by Vincent Van Gogh. I really enjoyed doing this paiting. I didn't think that it would turn out the way that it did using only my hands. As we were painting, we listened to music. Listening to music was very inspirational for me. I enjoyed looking at everyone else's work afterwards and seeing the diversity in the paintings.
As an extension project, I would have that students do a "share your own talent" day. This would be an opportunity for them to either bring in or share an item about something that they excel in or love. Then, once everyone has shared their own talent almost like their own Van Gogh original, then that would be their inspiration for their next drawing project.
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