Hello and Happy Monday my most amazing Artists! I am super excited to share with you this week's FUN art activity! Once again, we are using items you can find around the house. The ONLY other art supply you need are SCISSORS! Please, if you do not have access to scissors, email me ASAP and I will be certain to get a pair in your hands right away! Using your amazing finger muscles, practice cutting or tearing strips of magazines or catalogues, cereal boxes, plastic bags (colorful) or paper. You could use old fabric, dried grasses, straws - even dental floss! Create straight, zig zag, curved, wavy, bumpy Be creative - cut and tear different lengths and widths! Be sure to ask your adult BEFORE you cut something up into strips. Play and explore what you can do with the strips:
Need some Inspiration? Watch this cool video about Weaving Plastic Bags! :https://www.creativereusecommunity.com/activities. There are also some other super cool weaving and drawing ideas on this week's ART MENU - the link is located on the right side of this webpage, under the heading Art Menu! I cannot wait to see what you create! Remember to EMAIL ME your photos!
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Hello and Happy Friday, C.P. Smith Artists! I know there was much new learning this week, and I hope things went smoothly for you all. In addition to folks who did a weekly activity from the art Menu, I also received a few rainbow signs that folks did over vacation! I've included everything in the gallery. I will be posting the Art Menu on the right side of the blog in the Art Menu Archive for folks to check out as they wish. This is the same as the hard copy that is available at the school pack pick up. I will continue the format of posting the week's activity on Mondays- and then some additional ideas on Wednesdays and the Friday Art Gallery! Have a great weekend! Ms. Mitchell Before I share this week's video with you, I wanted to introduce you to a few artists, all of whom use collage in their work, in completely different ways. First, meet Jane Davies, a Vermont artist who uses collage and handmade papers to create amazing abstract visual images. Jane paints many of her own papers, and then cuts them up to make her collage paintings. Also, my third grade artists will remember the Eric Carle Collage project we did in January! You can "visit" his Children's Book Art Museum here. Romare Bearden was a renowned artist who lived in Harlem and documented the life of Black Americans in the 1960's. What is most notable about his collages is how large they were, making the art bold and the issues presented large and powerful. You can look at his work and learn about him here. Finally, a few years ago, I took a really cool collage / painting class with Karen Olah, an artist from North Carolina. Ms. Olah uses fabric and painted paper in her collage work. I love the tactile quality the fabric gives her pieces. Now, you an watch me create a collage. To help me focus, I decided to make my collage based on the word WATER. If you are having trouble thinking of what to make your collage about, picking a word that makes you happy is a great place to start. I really miss being in the water right now, so I thought that making a collage about that would help! Enjoy and be well! Can't wait to see what you make with your collages and drawings! Remember to email me your collages! An Introduction to the NEW Visual Art Weekly Menu! |
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