Huichol Yarn Art

The Huichol Indians of Mexico are known for their yarn paintings.

 The Huichols take beeswax which they melt in the sun, and spread it over a piece of wood. They then push colored yarn into the wax to create images.  Modern Huichol artists use glue or spray adhesives. 

Each color, every line and symbol, no matter how abstract, has a meaning.  

You can create your own yarn painting using glue and scraps of yarn and wool.

Extra Art- Fonts & Lettering

A font is text or lettering that is in a specific style and size. 

When you type on a computer, you can change your font by choosing from a list like this.

Artists and Designers create the fonts we use, and people are constantly creating new fonts.

Today, you can either 

1. CREATE your own font 

2. DESIGN one fancy letter and surround that letter by things that begin with that letter. 

3.Write a word, and design letters that describe that word. 

Here is How!

(video)

MORE EXAMPLES

Create your own font:

Animal Font

A fruit font!

A robot font!

Single Letter Surrounded by things that begin with that letter

A word that has letters designed to describe the word

First and Second Grade Story Map

Making a Story Map

Have you ever made a story? Map it out!

Map about myself-Map out things you like!

Make a map of your heart

Fill it with things that are near and dear to you

How to Start:

1. Draw a large organic shape
2. Divide up organic shape 

Third Grade Extra Art-Figures in Motion

How can you make a person who looks like they are moving? 

In art, a figure is a person. So when we create a drawing of a person, it is called figure drawing.

If you want to draw a person that is moving, you need to know where your body bends.

(Identify the places your body bends.)

By changing the positions of these parts of the body, you can make your person look like he or she is moving.

What are some activities you can draw a person doing?

Draw a stick figure. draw dots at the parts of the person that bend.(knees, elbows, waist, hips, shoulders ankles etc.) Draw people in several poses. 

Color over the stick figures to add clothes, and the details of the person. 

First and Second Grade Extra Art-Drawing with SHAPES!!!

One way you can start a drawing is to draw with geometric shapes!

Circles, Squares, Ovals, Rectangles, and Triangles

By putting together some simple geometric shapes, you can make faces. 

Begin with a curved line or a rectangle for the shoulders, a rectangle or square for the neck, and an oval for the face. Then use different shapes in a variety of sizes to make a face fit for a king or queen! 

First Grade Stick Puppet Theater

Puppet Theater

Storytelling and Art

Puppets are a fun way to tell a story. Do you have a favorite story, or a story that you wrote that you want to share? Who are your main characters?What is the setting? 

Bryan Ballinger 

You can make your puppets in the drawing studio 

or

                                        You can make your puppets in the collage studio 

You can make a background in collage, drawing, or painting. 

Second Grade-Mandalas

Mandalas are symmetrical, geometric designs that are said to represent the universe. 

The word Mandala means the “whole world”  or “circle”

Which makes sense because our world is a circle!

People from all over the world make their own versions of mandalas.

Buddhist monks making a sand mandala

W. Australia

Celtic Mandala

Hopi Mandala

Video: Sand Mandala

Mandalas can be made with many materials

Crocheted Mandala

Painted dot Mandala

Natural materials--stones, flowers, seashells

Drawing Materials

You can make a mandala. 
The first thing you need is a CIRCLE!

Mandala Video

Your Creative Bank Account-Where do Artists Get Ideas?

Link to Beth Williams' Art blog: Meramec Choice Art

Extra Art-Chalk Pastel on Black Paper

 Chalk Pastel can be layered on black paper 

 Use the side of the chalk for large areas 

Use The tip of the chalk for bold lines, brightly colored areas, and details.

Layer color over color to create exciting textures, and to bring out details.