There was a lot of self portraying in our classroom lately. These amazing works are of Grade 2 students. They were insired by Frida Kahlo. A lot of privacy and backrounding.
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It’s still about me
From 2-D we logically went into 3-D.
I connected our lesson with the drama teacher who was teaching children about the monologues.
This was a long project because of many steps: building the bust, pulling over the skin, drying this out, adding the features and the hair, drying it out, painting, drying, painting some more, drying some more and finally making the monologues.
The sculpturing part was fun and interesting. Much of glue everywhere. Much of glue nowhere but running to the shop, buying flour, making glue, improvising.
Drying was interesting too. We grew some bacteria and fungi. The classroom had a very specific smell. We were all like weeeeeeeeeaaaaaa.
Skin was complicated because children are having high expectation regarding that and they stand there comparing their skin with what they’ve mixed and are usually not too happy with the result.
The monologues were added after everything was done – no glue or paints in sight any more. Pffffeeew!
They wrote few sentances in their sketch books about something they feel strongly towards. Then they tried to make a shape of what they wrote about on a white paper, cut it out, add the monologue inside, minimalistic decoration with chalk markers and glue it on the box.
I am impressed by the works, I think they came out very beautiful.
The Magic of Geodes
Students were learning about natural geological events. At about same time I came across this amazing project on Small hands big art, website, that must be helpful and inspiring to anyone working in our field.
Observing the geodes we studied their shape, structure, colour, crystals. At first we paid attention to the shape, we drew the crystals and the structures, then came painting and then the decoration of the middle gap using the weaving technique.
I think it went brilliant and kids really loved it.
Self-portraits with expressionist backgrounds
Another project for our school’s unit. Self-portraits with beautiful backgrounds. Children were instructed to use all sorts of lines.
I find this project so positive and beautiful. It was suggested by the class teachers which also did the photography, the little interviews and writing with the children. I only did the art bit, quite easy really. I’d enjoy professional assistants. Like in real life, ha!
Stone bugs
A little stone project for little artists. Bugs and their large families were hatched on these trays. Unfortunatelly I had no time for a camera and took these few photos with my phone. Better than nothing.
Gigantic carnival hair styles
This project was fun but a lot of work. It might not look like it but every single child would agree. The cutting was the hardest.
I wish we had time to make some sort of head rings behind the wigs so they would stand on heads by itself but it was more than enough work for a two hour class. Next time!
Flying engineered sculptures
This was an amazing project with a great story behind. I would love it to be mine but it wasn’t. I fully found it on Small hands big art, my favourite of all creative pages.
Children engineered flying objects. First they drew a sketch and a whole planning. They were offered certain materials and a photo of themselves to put in the flying pit.
Big stories came out of all this and there were giggles from behind and under the tables. These girls!
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Studying Mark Rothko
We spoke about Mark Rothko a little bit but more than that the children were into mixing colours and trying how they match together and what sort of impression do the combinations provoke. Is it OOO, is it AAA, is it UAAA or YOOHOOO or maybe a MMMMMM… and what do all those interjections mean. It was a lovely art project.
Imaginary playgrounds
There are projects on internet so perfect I can not only not avoid trying them out but I can’t even make myself change a slightest thing!! This original creation is by Artbar and it blew my mind.
It was a busy hour with a group of 3-6 year olds. Children had a blast with these squeezing paints that are also actually pretty good quality. One little girl started painting the paint. Ha! Can you do that?
The results of lovely little imaginary playgrounds are all here.
It’s time to fly away!
These beautities were made at Minis, parent-child classes. There was some work and a lot of inventiveness on the mothers’ sides. Children did the deco, all the important buttons and helmets too of course.
I know they will have A LOT of good time inside of them.
Everyone needs a rocket once in a while.
Me too. Like my own one. In the kitchen. Doooh.
