Apples!!!
We have officially passed the one-month mark in art class! Here is a review of what we covered, how we created the project and what we learned. I have posted many pictures of the kids as they flexed their creative muscles. Enjoy!
Week One: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday Classes
Apple frames!
Each of the kids started off with a square or rectangle shaped frame. We first primed it with white and began to add the base color red paint. The instructional part of the class was to learn about tints and shades.
Things to remember:
Base color + White= Tint
Base Color+ Black= Shade
I held up a real apple and the kids examined the different color reds, greens and yellows the saw in it, as well as how the side that gets the most light is shiny and lighter. Leaving the center the base red, they painted (using a curve stroke) one side of the frame using the shade of base red that we mixed with a small amount of black and then a curve on the other side of the frame with a tint of red we got by adding a small amount of white to the red base. We added a ribbon stem and leaves, the frame was ready for this year’s first day of school pic!
The second project also followed the lesson on using a base color and making tints and shades. The boys started with white cardstock and used the same technique as the frames. Once the apples were painted, we cut them out and glued them to a blue piece of cardstock that had a burlap strip of ribbon on it to create the effect of it being on a table.
Week One: Wednesday Boys
Coated Apples
Our Wednesday boys kicked off the year…to their sheer delight…. with candy and carmel apples. After they gorged on what was supposed to be the display for the instructional part of class, I produced another apple and showed them the heart shaped top of an apple. Then, they sketched out an apple on a stick with a puddle base. They filled in the bottom of the apple VERY carefully with hot glue using a glue gun, and spread the excess to the edges of the apple. After the hot glue hardened they painted the hot glue with red shiny, Carmel colored or chocolate brown acrylic paint to create a 3-D effect. Delicious!
Things to Remember: DON’T TOUCH HOT GLUE!