Onion Domes

Students studied the Onion Domes architecture style. We used watercolors to paint the domes and towers.  Prior to doing the painting, students tried different watercolor techniques such as wet on wet and allowed their colors to "bleed", applied salt, wet in wet, dry brush, and lifting off. 

They used a watercolor they enjoyed most.

 

 

Mosaic Octopus

Students were to draw an octopus of any variety.  They looked at an octopus mantle, siphon, tentacles and suckers and thought about the position they wanted their octopus to have.  Students looked at the history of mosaics from Sumerian, Greek, Roman art.

Students also used different values of a color to create interest.

 

 

 

 

Texture on Scratch Art

Students love working on scratch art and they love the process of making their own scratch art even more.  We concentrated on the Element of Art: Texture (visual) and the Principle of Art: Emphasis

Students drew a contour drawing of their animal using a marker.  Then colored the eye of their animal in any color of their choice to focus on emphasis. They colored the rest of the cardboard, trying to avoid the marker lines, in white oil pastel.  The boards were painted in black tempera and allowed to dry.  We talked about the different types of textures animals have and the types of lines to create their desired texture.   It always makes for a therapeutic art project.  I'm pleased with the results only I would go back and have them retouch areas where the paint was brushed off.

Color Wheel Paper Rolls

Students painted the 12 colors in a color wheel.  Students did not have to put the colors in order but they were allowed to use only the primary colors, yellow, blue and red to create the secondary and tertiary (intermediate) colors.  They used Tints and Shades (black and white) to create values.