Splatter Paint Innitials

This year my goal is to teach the kids the importance of the process and not just the product. We are doing abstract expressionist artwork this month and the kids are having a blast learning about Jackson Pollock and splatter painting! 

We had a professional artist talk to us about abstract expressionist art. Pollock is one of the artist who inspired her work. She talked about several of her pieces and talked to the kids about how they can use art to express their feelings like writing a poem with colors! 

HEre is her website!

Naz Kaya Erdal

First we made the letters of our name with tag board and cut them out. They were able to all participate in a large splatter painting that said something

The next week they painted their own splatter painting with the first letter of their name

We looked very closely at our finished products to find little things! This student made an accidental minion!!

This student found an alien ghost! 

Messy

BEAUTIFUL

FUN!!!

We used oil pastel to accent our names with shapes that express each child's unique interests

 we rolled up strips of tag board into little rolls that we glued behind the letters to make them pop up!

Multi Media Collage

My fifth graders have just started their Multi Media Collage and I just had to post our first steps!!

The students have created their backgrounds already and will add their decorations and photos this week and next week! 

I cannot wait to see all the creative ideas they have with this project!! 

Here are the steps

Students created the background for their multi media collage using neon tempera paint and sponges on HEAVY watercolor paper

 1. paint the image printed on xerox paper with tempera varnish or acrylic gel medium ( I used the tempera varnish becauase I had some already)

2. place it in the area you want and roll with brayer or rub gently all over with your hand

3. let dry completely.

4. use a sponge to gently wet and then rub the white paper away and VOILA! Your image apears on the painting

 5. Use old books to cut out shapes and oil pastels to make a stencil positive negative effect

6. Review the rules of composition

never in the center, not on the bottom of the page, make it big, make it touch three sides of the paper, and use overlapping for depth 

7.Use stamps and paint to embellish and add layers

Here is another exaple I made using the process above