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Lacey
I teach an art class for children whose ages range from 2-10 and I am completely out of ideas! I have done so many things already. When ever I look online for ideas it is all stuff too complicated for the children to do. The materials I have are: tons of different colored construction paper, markers, crayons, colored pencils, puff balls, tons of glitter, pipe cleaners, google eyes, plates in every color, foam stickers of shapes and animals, scissors, glue, tape, scissors that cut designs, and just basic paper. Please no idea involving beads/paint. Last time I tried those it was a huge mess and some kids even stuck the beads up their nose. -.-
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I used to go to a summer art program when i was in 4-6th grade, I always loved it! I know it's a bit out of the age range you're looking at but we used to go on at least 1 field trip and learn about art (whether if it was an artists home and we go to tour it or if it was at a butterfly garden) then after we learned a few things about art we would draw something after. Once we went to the zoo and drew the animals we saw.
You could always make macaroni art, they can make necklaces, glue them to paper...ect. (plus you can buy macaroni pretty cheap and it lasts for a while), take them outside and let them draw what they see (trees, flowers, birds...ect.), make picture collages (give them magazines, scissors, glue stick, and a piece of construction paper.) Let them cut out pictures they like and them clue them onto the page.If you live near a recycling center you could go and ask if you could pick out a few magazines to take and use those. One of the things we did at summer art (which i really loved!) We picked an animal we wanted to make and we went to the recycling center (usually they'll let you pick out things for free (they are usually cleaned)) we picked out plastic bottles, buttons, paper, twine, thread spools..ect. and we made the animals we chose using the things we picked out. You can ask some older volunteers (adults, teenagers..ect) to help out. Have a hot glue gun station to glue the pieces together. You can have them trace their hands and feet and they them color and draw rings, bracelets, color their nails, color their hands...ect. Get out the stamps, markers, and ink pads and let the kids make cards using the stamps. Get some large round candles and wax paper, let the kids draw on the wax paper using stamps and markers. Once they are done wrap the wax paper around the candle and blow dry the wax paper, the drawings should transfer over onto the candle. Hand out some mirrors and let the kids draw self portraits and then share them with the class. Teach them how to draw something new, weather if it's tree, an animal, flower, people, buildings...ect. You can show the older kids something and then the younger kids something else.
At the end of the art class you should display the art they have made and invite the parents to come look at the art gallery. You can hand out awards at the end if you want :)
I used to go to a summer art program when i was in 4-6th grade, I always loved it! I know it's a bit out of the age range you're looking at but we used to go on at least 1 field trip and learn about art (whether if it was an artists home and we go to tour it or if it was at a butterfly garden) then after we learned a few things about art we would draw something after. Once we went to the zoo and drew the animals we saw.
You could always make macaroni art, they can make necklaces, glue them to paper...ect. (plus you can buy macaroni pretty cheap and it lasts for a while), take them outside and let them draw what they see (trees, flowers, birds...ect.), make picture collages (give them magazines, scissors, glue stick, and a piece of construction paper.) Let them cut out pictures they like and them clue them onto the page.If you live near a recycling center you could go and ask if you could pick out a few magazines to take and use those. One of the things we did at summer art (which i really loved!) We picked an animal we wanted to make and we went to the recycling center (usually they'll let you pick out things for free (they are usually cleaned)) we picked out plastic bottles, buttons, paper, twine, thread spools..ect. and we made the animals we chose using the things we picked out. You can ask some older volunteers (adults, teenagers..ect) to help out. Have a hot glue gun station to glue the pieces together. You can have them trace their hands and feet and they them color and draw rings, bracelets, color their nails, color their hands...ect. Get out the stamps, markers, and ink pads and let the kids make cards using the stamps. Get some large round candles and wax paper, let the kids draw on the wax paper using stamps and markers. Once they are done wrap the wax paper around the candle and blow dry the wax paper, the drawings should transfer over onto the candle. Hand out some mirrors and let the kids draw self portraits and then share them with the class. Teach them how to draw something new, weather if it's tree, an animal, flower, people, buildings...ect. You can show the older kids something and then the younger kids something else.
At the end of the art class you should display the art they have made and invite the parents to come look at the art gallery. You can hand out awards at the end if you want :)
What do you look for, seek, or respond to in a work of art?
Lil Greek
In addition, do you think that beacuse someone knows how to draw (make pictures with a pencil, etc.), that it makes their work ART? Is it the skill involved in doing something that is the ART or is it what is expressed through the skill. Example: Norman Rockwell was a skilled painter, yet expressed nothing. And I am talking of all the arts: film making, music, painting, literature, poetry... etc.
Norman Rockwell did express something... he expressed that he lived in a fantasy world. To me, any real art begins in the world of reality. Total fantasy is not art.
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Each piece of art can have a different effect on each person.
Generally people look for a composition that either reminds them of something or is something they aspire.
Yes, drawings are art and despite your opinion, Rockwell was popular because he hit a note with the viewers - a glimpse into a simpler time era.
We run galleries every few months and the pieces that sell the most are the ones that are usually the most artistically done. People can see when an artist has hit the nail on the head, so to speak.
In summary, composition is the key, but a well drawn or painted piece is what usually sells best.
Each piece of art can have a different effect on each person.
Generally people look for a composition that either reminds them of something or is something they aspire.
Yes, drawings are art and despite your opinion, Rockwell was popular because he hit a note with the viewers - a glimpse into a simpler time era.
We run galleries every few months and the pieces that sell the most are the ones that are usually the most artistically done. People can see when an artist has hit the nail on the head, so to speak.
In summary, composition is the key, but a well drawn or painted piece is what usually sells best.
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