Lines that Wiggle: The Line Collage

Lines, Lines, and More Lines. Kindergarten and first grade students were working with the one of the elements of art:... You guessed it: LINE! We read Candace Whitman's book Lines that Wiggle and talked about the different lines in the book like wavy lines, swirly lines, curly lines, and zig-zags for me to draw on the board. The students were really excited over all the lines they could use. We set out to use crayons, precut paper strips, and glue. The students had the options to use of lots of colors. They were happy to create glittery lines, gold lines, textured lines. It was a fun experience.  Here are some pictures of the projects being worked on:

Some of the projects will be posted up in the hallway soon. You will be able to see them soon. I will update this blog post as soon as I put them up. 

Update:

Here is the hallway display:

Welcome Back!

Thank you for coming to the Samuel P. Massie Academy Art blog. I'm hoping to share plenty of exciting projects with you and the happenings of the clubs I'm hosting this year. The Animation club is a new club for the students to be involved in and I'm super psyched to have the students try it. Maybe it will even give you some inspiration. The art club will be doing long term projects to showcase at the next Countywide Art Show. 

If you would like to help the art program this year we need things like empty cereal boxes, milk caps, string, and random things that could help create art. 

Let's make it a great school year! 

Field Day Face Painting

Last week selected seventh grade students participated in field day by doing Face Painting with materials provided by the Physical Education Department and Mirrors funded from Donorschoose.org. The students had a great time face painting. It taught them how to help others and how you can paint quickly. 

Celestial Scenes

7th grade did an awesome job creating paintings of moons, stars, and swirls. I wanted them to get more practice with painting. They were a bit afraid at the beginning because the results could be different. I assured them they would do well and they did. 

Fish Surprise

We extended the folding paper to create fish by creating fish surprises. Many of the students loved this lesson because it reminded them of the hand puppets. Students were able to create these drawings using a variety of materials. The students created different types of fish with a variety of suprised like eating, singing, having conversations with other fish. 

Kaleidoscope Designs

I'm excited to share the kaleidoscope designs because there was a wide range of results where the students just want to keep looking at them. Having the value changes requirement within the work makes them pop so much. 

I want to highlight a few. 

The Mural is up!

I have to say it feels more like a collaborative piece than a mural but it's up and makes an impact! People keep talking about know the image changes with your distance to it. The students like how there are so many students involved in the project.