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Joseph Cornell art boxes. Donna Staten (artgirl90) on Pinterest. Art Inspired / FrontPage. Lines, Dots, and Doodles. Alessandra Fiordaliso upcycles cardboard into creature art « Made In Slant. By Eyeswoon, on June 27th, 2011 Italian artist and designer Alessandra Fiordaliso creates decorative objects with 100% post-consumer cardboard.

Alessandra Fiordaliso upcycles cardboard into creature art « Made In Slant

Fiordaliso produces beautiful cardboard chairs, tables, and lamps, but I am especially drawn to his animal creatures have an unexpected disarming quality.

Tech-and-arts. Pop Culture Cash. Are you a master of pop culture?

Pop Culture Cash

Can you name random characters from a movie, fast food mascots, great artists and rock and roll legends? If the answer to that is "Yes! ," then you'll enjoy these currency manipulations by James Charles. Going on now till June 4, 2011, Charles is showing an exhibition with fellow artist Akira Beard at the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco. Called American Iconomics, it asked the artists to fixate on the idea of the “contemporary American icon.” Art 2. 3 S.T.ART ( 3 Student Thinkers in ART ) Arteascuola-miriampaternoster.blogspot / Pinterest. Interactive Starry Night - Teach Students Movement in Art. Movement can be a bit tricky to teach to art students.

Interactive Starry Night - Teach Students Movement in Art

Movement, a principle of art, can take on several forms in a work of art. It can refer to eye movement, or the way a viewer’s eye moves through a work of art. Or movement can refer to the actual feeling of movement that is created by the application of material on the surface. Van Gogh definitely falls into the category of an artist that used brushstrokes to convey movement in his art.

The large directional brushstrokes forces your eye to follow patterns, while at the same time coveys the feeling of physical movement in the artwork. The Princess and the Pea. Posted on Jul 2, 1997 by Hans Christian Andersen Illustrated by Edmund Dulac There was once a prince, and he wanted a princess, but then she must be a real Princess.

The Princess and the Pea

He travelled right around the world to find one, but there was always something wrong.

Earth album alpha - a slicker google maps + flickr mash-up. - StumbleUpon. STArt: Visual Arts Basics - Clay (OPEN) Working with Clay Index Hints and Definitions For the Classroom and for the Clay Glazing All pots must be bisque fired or they will turn back to dust! Using the Kiln Bisque Firing Glaze Firing Knee Bowls Grades K-1, project takes approximately 30 minutes. Balloon Bowls Grades 1-2, project takes approximately 45 minutes. Education Closet. 21st Century Skills. Art Resources and Lesson Plans. Math: Visual Arts. Global rating average: 0.0 out of 50.00.00.00.00.0 These websites are about the importance of math to the visual arts.

Math: Visual Arts

There are many lesson plans and activities where students can create artwork based on mathematical concepts such as pattern, symmetry, geometry, and perspective. Included are eThemes resources on pattern and tessellations. Grades Links. Art lessons for kids. Kids Art Projects and Lessons at Ms. Julie's Place. Pizza’s box inspired by Michael Craig-Martin. Japanese Notan. This week, 5th graders will be considering line and shape as they create positive and negative space in a Notan-inspired collage.

Japanese Notan

We'll begin by looking at some examples of the Japanese tradition as well as some more contemporary collages. Examples include symmetrical and assymetrical designs. I plan on having students prepare their base paper by applying strips of a musical score, which will show beneath their cut paper work, creating a first layer.

Next they will fold their square of black paper in fourths, write the word fold by the 2 folded edges and cut out shapes along the 2 outside edges (the edges NOT folded). These cuts should be fairly near the folded edges to start out. Notan Designs. Materials: - Construction Paper - Paper Squares (mine were 5" x 5") - Scissors / Exacto Knives - Glue / Gluesticks - Pencils Notan is a Japanese design concept involving the play of light and dark and having equal representation in a composition.

Notan Designs

In western culture, the positive space is usually the dominant subject of an art piece. Notan designs emphasize a balance of harmony between positive and negative space. Search results for sonia delaunay. My 8th grade students just finished their final project and just in the nick of time as tomorrow is our last day of school.

Search results for sonia delaunay

They created line drawings using colored pencils inspired by French artist Sonia Delaunay. Organized Chaos. Batik with Toothpaste??!!! What Fun! - by gr.5. Yes, these gorgeous 5th grade paintings, done back in the fall, are actually imitation "batiks" that were created using a resist of toothpaste mixed with Aloe Vera lotion (which I bought in the $1 store).

Batik with Toothpaste??!!! What Fun! - by gr.5

No melted wax! According to the kids: Best Project EVER!!! Word Clouds for Kids! ABCya is the leader in free educational computer games and mobile apps for kids.

Word Clouds for Kids!

The innovation of a grade school teacher, ABCya is an award-winning destination for elementary students that offers hundreds of fun, engaging learning activities. Millions of kids, parents, and teachers visit ABCya.com each month, playing over 1 billion games last year. Apple, The New York Times, USA Today, Parents Magazine and Scholastic, to name just a few, have featured ABCya’s popular educational games. ABCya’s award-winning Preschool computer games and apps are conceived and realized under the direction of a certified technology education teacher, and have been trusted by parents and teachers for ten years.

Our educational games are easy to use and classroom friendly, with a focus on the alphabet, numbers, shapes, storybooks, art, music, holidays and much more! Color theory inspired by Paul Klee. Photo Effects and Photo Editing with One Click - BeFunky.com. Color – Marbleized Paper (Weekly Unplugged Project) This has actually (unintentionally) been a colorful week for us. I haven’t mentioned Odyssey of the Mind (OM) here yet, but my friend Wishy and I just discovered it (actually she discovered it) and we dived right in last fall as coaches for our children’s Montessori class (1st – 4th grade). It’s a bit complicated to explain OM in this post, but suffice it to say that the children have to come up with an engineering or creative project entirely on their own.

Modigliani & The Artists of Montparnasse. Alessandra Fiordaliso upcycles cardboard into creature art « Made In Slant. Make a Town - Free Online Software for Kids to Make a Town. Printable Instructions on How to Make a Paper Rose. We have had a few requests for a printable version of the instructions on “Making the Paper Rose” from our Paper Rose post.

Here is a 3 page PDF version that you can easily download and print! Lia Lia is a daily crafter, maker, designer and DIYer. How to Make An Oaxacan Foil Animal Part 1 video from Answers. Magnetic Poetry : Play with the Kids Magnetic Poetry Kit. Pick and Draw » How to Play Pick and Draw. Try out pick and draw right here on the website! Click on one of the two red cards to begin the game…then repeat with each color cards that follow. Block Printing with Corregated Cardboard:Layer and Texture Design. Free Stained Glass Patterns. Art plans /museums.

Pachyderm Presentation. The Art Institute of Chicago: Education: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Fireworks of Glass The Art of Dale Chihuly Enduring Idea: Dale Chihuly turns ordinary glass into extraordinary works of art that inspire wonder and joy. In this unit of study, students learn how Dale Chihuly transforms ordinary materials into extraordinary works of art. They learn about the ancient art of glassblowing and consider ways that Chihuly gives back to the community through his work with youth at risk. After creating their own sculptures, students engage in planning an installation in the school setting.

This unit is intended for use by classroom and visual arts teachers working together to help students develop skills in observation, questioning, inquiry and communication as they learn key concepts in visual arts, science and language arts. Click each link to download the PDF files: Teachers. Assessment Rubrics. Yes, assessment. Art in Action. Basic Art Vocabulary Quiz. The Children's Museum of Indianapolis.

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Pearltrees tips. Art!: Cityscape Sculptures. Moonlit Snow Flurries. A full moon loses its intensity during an evening snow fall. Peaceful, tranquil, and possibly even chilly, are all words that could be used to describe this winter scene. Supplies: Black construction paperOil pastelsWhite chalkKleenexWhite craft paint mixed with white glue and waterOld toothbrushFine iridescent glitter Directions: With white oil pastel, draw a circle on the black paper. With white oil pastel, draw and fill in snow drifts along the bottom of the picture.

In the Style of Friedrich: Spooky Trees. Happy Halloween everyone! BlueMoon Palette. Kids Art Projects. Bulletin Boards to Remember. A Tree Grows (and a paper crane update) It's wonderful to see all the projects and art class lessons this tutorial has inspired. Please keep sharing photos of your artworks with me (my email address is in my blogger profile) - I love seeing them! If you share images online, please acknowledge me as the original artist and share a link to my blog.Unfortunately, I do need to remind readers that the original "Tree and Stars" painting is protected by copyright (as are all my images), which means that the use of this tutorial to create artwork or craft projects for exhibition or sale is not allowed without my consent. New art journal. Www.rainbowswithinreach.blogspot.com. You know that I like happy colors, right?

Line Design w/Shading - 4th Grade. Rainbow Batik.