plaid bunny

This week we also got to learn about complimentary color which include green and red, orange and blue, and purple and yellow. With these colors we were taught about plaid and how you create it by putting horizontal and vertical lines together using different colors. With our project we used the complementary colors to create plaid and then were given cut outs to trace out shapes and putting them together make a bunny... I create a red and green bunny which made me think of Christmas which is sort of funny since it is bunny shaped!!! Isn't he sooo Cute...

 An extension from this activity could be in math, you could count the lines created by the students or you could make problems up using the bunnies made as a visual lesson..

Contour blind drawing- Flowers

This week we created a flower painting where we used blinders to draw without looking. I thought that this was a different way to create art and was very interesting to do. My picture didn't show up as well as I would have liked it too but there is no say in how your art piece is going to turn out. This is a great project for younger students since they get to try something different by using the blinder and paint as well which is always fun.

An extension activity you could use off of this activity could be in geography where they create a map in a dark color but have a hidden city or place where the students could have clues to what the student's have hidden. The students could go around and try to guess what everyone has hidden on their maps.

Hidden Safari

The whole project...

Here is my "Hidden Safari" project. Take a guess on what animal is hidden within the picture... can you see him. This project was great way to get the students to use creativity with cool and warm colors. The students learn to draw in a way not really thought of when creating something. The artist turns the picture they are looking at upside down and starts with a line, you would be amazed at the drawings that form when doing this method. Then they are hide this animal as well as they can with warmer colors such as red, orange, and yellow but drawing different shapes throughout the piece.

"Close up of the Hidden Safari"

An extension from this activity could be for the students to look into their animal of choice even further by researching where they come from, the different characteristics of that animal, what they eat, how they find their food and other amazing facts to share with their classmates...

The note card for the hints to the hidden animal!