Mondrian for Kids
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by artymommy
3y ago
If you’ve been following my preschool art series, you probably know by now that I have a thing for tape resist methods. Kids love the whole peel-and-reveal situation, and tape resist allows for creativity without much restraint, while still producing semi-controlled and/or geometric works. So, for our final class this year, we revisited our beloved technique, this time making paintings inspired by Mondrian (canonical Dutch Modernist). To make this session a bit special, I brought in oil paints and canvas so the kids could finally try their hands at the time-honored media. It was risky (oil pai ..read more
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Pointillism with Preschoolers: Fall Trees
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by artymommy
3y ago
When teaching Pointillism within the canon of Art History, it’s common practice to focus on this painting: George Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884 When I taught Post-Impressionism to college students, indeed, the Seurat painting above was discussed in depth — as was color theory and the science behind it. But for my active preschoolers, who value doing more than looking, Pointillism was explored using little more than cotton swabs and paint. For our penultimate class this semester, the kids created Pointillist fall trees, using bundles of cotton swabs as their paint brushes.  O ..read more
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Geometric Painting for Kids
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by artymommy
3y ago
Miss R, my loyal tester for all projects that reach my preschool art class, experimented with a wonderful painting project yesterday. We made a large-scale geometric painting comprised of many squares in various colors.  First, we composed a tape grid on poster board (making squares out of lots of horizontal and vertical lines of painter’s tape), and then painted within each square. We were mindful of color placement, making sure that side-by-side squares didn’t feature the same color. When all squares were filled, and all paint dry, we peeled off the tape.  It’s oh-so-satisfyin ..read more
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Spray Painting for Kids: Stunning Process Art & Sensory Fun
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by artymommy
3y ago
This week’s preschool art class provided another joyful and enriching sensory experience. Our “brushes” were spray bottles of liquid watercolors, and we continued to experiment with resist painting — the concept of which my tiny artists are beginning to grasp after lots of exposure (see this project and this project). Before explaining our process, I’d like to share one general observation about teaching art to pre-schoolers: my desire for preparedness and an aesthetically pleasing set-up is consistently at odds with my students’ ability to wait for instruction. Every week, I set up our k ..read more
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Preschool Fine Art Series: Paper Marbling & Scrape Painting
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by artymommy
3y ago
  This week’s preschool art lesson was dominated by a delightfully sensory Process Art project: creating incredibly gorgeous marbled paper via the tried and true shaving cream + food coloring printing technique. See this post and this post for a complete tutorial, but here’s the gist: add food coloring to shaving cream, swirl it around to produce colored whirlpools, press paper to the cream and scrape off the excess to reveal striking marble designs on your paper. The kids simply loved this activity because, well, shaving cream! What’s not to love about the soft, white, fluffy ..read more
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Preschool Art Class: Printmaking Basics and a Dash of Dale Chihuly
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by artymommy
3y ago
Since the preschool stained glass project was a huge success, I delved a bit deeper into the world of glass art by introducing my tiny students to Dale Chihuly. We mimicked his popular “Maccia” series, using white coffee filters, washable markers and heavy spray starch. We simply used markers to make designs on the coffee filters, covering most empty space. Students were encouraged to use light colors first, and then apply smaller areas of dark colors. We then used rubber bands to secure the filters on the bottoms of plastic cups, took the cups outside and sprayed the colored filters with hea ..read more
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Impressionism for Kids: Finger-painting with Monet
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by artymommy
3y ago
Last week, my Fine Art for Kids preschool class learned about Impressionism, looking at images by Monet and studying his Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies. We talked about what an “impression” is, and how we all perceive the world differently. We discussed the Impressionists’ tendency to paint in groups, depicting the same subject alongside one another and producing very different artworks. This reinforces the concept that we all have unique “impressions” of the world, seeing it through our very own, one-of-a-kind eyes. We also learned about warm and cool colors, and that many Impressionists ..read more
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Preschool Art Class: Making “Ish” Art
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by artymommy
3y ago
This week’s installment of my preschool fine art class was based upon the teachings found in Peter Reynolds’ Ish. Ish is a continuation of The Dot — the book that started it all for my little class of budding artistes.  Ish is about a young artist who adores drawing — anytime, anywhere, anything — until his big brother insults his efforts. He gives up on art-making, upset that his drawings looked different than the real-world subjects that inspired them. His world changes when his sister reveals that she’s been keeping, honoring and displaying all of his crinkled up drawing ..read more
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Resist Painting inspired by Peter Reynolds’ “The Dot”
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by artymommy
3y ago
My first lesson for the Preschool Fine Art enrichment course was a success! The class introduces young artists to art historical movements, techniques and concepts, while demonstrating art’s expressive capacity. The students and I had so much fun creating together, and I wanted to share their work and process here. For our first session, I started off with story time, reading The Dot. I think most art educators will agree that it doesn’t get much better than this gem of a tale, about just how far you can travel artistically by starting with one simple dot.  After discussing what the ..read more
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PAPER PLATE AQUARIUM: Come Swim Under the Sea with Me!
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by artymommy
3y ago
ARTY MOMMY Miss R’s kinder class is learning all about oceans this month, so I volunteered to come in and lead an ocean-themed art project. This one fit the bill perfectly, and the kids loved it! It worked well for a group project, though I was grateful that the teacher was there to help since the activity involves several different steps. Check out our updated pics, and scroll on down for the original tutorial. Baby K enjoyed being a kindergartener and was mostly cooperative! ORIGINAL POST AND TUTORIAL: Before R ventured out to the aquarium with her Mimi and Papa Deedee this am, she ..read more
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