Saturday, March 28, 2009

Sandpaper Art

What happens when you give kids sandpaper and a bucket of crayons? Mania! After showing the class a slide show of Vincent Van Gough, the kids were asked to create their version of a dream-like picture, emphasizing Van Gough's movement in Starry Night. This is what we got!!!

Monday, March 2, 2009

Abstract Portraits

Picasso's abstract portraits inspired the students to produce these portraits. With a felt-tip pen, the students drew each facial feature on a different colored paper, cut the features out, then pieced them together to form a face.