Tag Archives: art class
DANCING FIREFLIES
Have you ever admired dancing fireflies on a dark summer night? You can almost hear the music as they swoop and circle carrying their little sparkling lanterns. While some of the blinking lights seem to stand still, others wildly dart … Continue reading
ABORIGINAL DOT ART JARS
Australian Aboriginal dot art styles range from exceedingly neat work to overlapping, unstructured works. The sizes of dots range from tiny dots randomly applied in an area to give a stippled effect to dots placed so close together that they … Continue reading
PARTY LINE GOSSIP
Have you ever noticed a flock of birds sitting on a telephone wire and wondered what their conversation was about? I imagine from that height they get a pretty good view of what’s going on in the neighborhood. Actually, when … Continue reading
WINTER TREES SCENE
Imagine a cold, winter evening with snow flurries blowing through a field of fir trees. Imagine one of those trees beautifully decorated, though no one is there to see it. For this project we are going to paint this imaginary … Continue reading
JAMES RIZZI’S ART
Bold, colorful and humorous describes James Rizzi’s paintings. We viewed a Power Point presentation of Rizzi’s art and then the kids did “Rizzi” type drawings of their own. White construction paper, crayons and a black Sharpie were all the supplies … Continue reading