Hey, y'all! Today I saw a couple of fourth grade classes for their second day working on their Faux Stained Glass Winter Scene project. I was so impressed with their beautiful work that I thought I would share and let you take a peak at how these 12" X 18" beauties are turning out. In case you missed the demo video, here it is:
On our first day, we sketched out our ideas, enlarged our favorite onto our 12" X 18" piece of paper and drew the lines in either black glue or puffy paint. I decided to change the size of the artwork to better accommodate frames. I have had parents tell me that when we do odd shaped artwork, it is difficult for them to frame. I really love the idea of them framing their child's work so of course I'm going to make some changes to have that happen!
Today we watched the second half of the video and dove right into chalkin' it up. I stressed the following: no more than three colors per shape; colors had to be analogous; keep your fingers clean by washing and drying regularly.
About 1/3 of the kids finished today, some used glue today (because they were absent last time) and others are still in the middle of creating. Yay! That should be real fun to coordinate all those finishers/almost finishers/no where near finisheders. Such is art teacherin' life. I plan to provide some open ended projects for those wrapping things up as that will be our last class before break.
One of the half dozen freshly-glued designs from today. We dry these on our messy mats on the floor. I found that placing them on the tilted drying racks causes the glue to run.
The partially finished pieces really stole my heart. These kids were serious about taking their time and doing their best. I love this Hershey Kiss tree!
This one is really so stained-glass-esque.
This artist got a big warm hug from me. So stunning!
And this artist, ah! I was so concerned when I saw his glued design as I thought, that is gonna take him forever! I was worried that he wouldn't have the patience to fill it in the best he could but he really is rockin' it!
And this one says Paul Klee to me! Please feel free to give this project a go in your art room! I'd love to see the results if you do.
Nice work! It does not exactly look like a stained glass but more of an abstract painting. It is really fun and interesting to fo stainglass painting. I have also made some of these.
Your instructional video is 21 minutes long. Will you have your class sit quietly for that long and listen to instruction or do you break your instruction into shorter bursts with each step?
Thanks a ton for all the awesomeness that you do! Alex
Beautiful! I see these in my near future. :)
ReplyDeleteLet me know if you give it a go!
DeleteNice work! It does not exactly look like a stained glass but more of an abstract painting. It is really fun and interesting to fo stainglass painting. I have also made some of these.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Where do you get, or how do you make black glue?
ReplyDeleteQuestion for you Cassie...
ReplyDeleteYour instructional video is 21 minutes long. Will you have your class sit quietly for that long and listen to instruction or do you break your instruction into shorter bursts with each step?
Thanks a ton for all the awesomeness that you do!
Alex
I showed my second grade students the video, and they sat quietly, no problem! They created beautiful artwork!
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