Marbelized Eggs

Second Grade watched the Reading Rainbow Rechenka's Eggs by Patricia Polacco. We drew 3 eggs on our papers and created designs inside and then traced with Sharpie marker.  To marbleize our eggs we put a layer of shaving cream down on the table and then dripped either warm or cool liquid watercolors on top.  We then used the handle end of our paint brush to swirl the color throughout the shave cream.  We then gently pressed our papers onto the shave cream and peeled back to see the beautiful results.

Many of my students remark that it looks like frosting so.........to make this project edible you could use Cool Whip or Whip cream in place of the shave cream and then use food coloring instead of liquid watercolors.  It would be fun to dip cupcakes or cookies in the cream and see what happens.  I think you could even roll out cookie dough and then lay the cookie dough on top of the cream to create a marbleized surface on cut out cookies.  It is fun to experiment with art techniques and see what cool results you might get.

5th Grade is working on creating clay creatures.  They are using many different clay techniques that they have learned during each year at Anderson.  We are using the pinch pot method, scoring and slipping, handbuilding and slab construction. Clay is always a favorite with any grade and one of my favorites as well.  The pieces featured here are in progress and are at the greenware stage.  Stay tuned to see the awesome final results during the next few weeks.

4th Grade Creates Concentric Circle Cooperative Paintings

My 4th grade students have just begun their circle paintings.  They are creating paintings with concentric circles and then they will be able to add collage elements on top.  When they are finished we will cut the paintings into 1/4 and share our art with others to create a new painting for each student to take home.  Stay tuned for the awesome results!!! I found this awesome lesson (and altered it a bit for our purposes) on http://pamelaholderman.blogspot.com/2011/04/going-around-in-circles.html

Youth Art Month Video 2012