Tuesday, March 20, 2018

In the Art Room: Heather Galler Inspired Bouquets with Second Grade

 As we draw toward the end of the school year (okay, I know I'm early BUT in "art teacher years" a couple of months means time for just a handful of projects until the end!), I am thinking about ART.SHOW. Like, 24/7. And my art show isn't until MAY 15TH! I'm trying my hardest NOT to be my usual procrastinating self. So I've been pulling out grade level artwork and seeing what masterpieces we have to hang (we hang everything...if you search "art show" in that search bar on the right, you'll get a taste of our art shows). In doing so, I noticed that my second graders didn't have that one BIG masterpiece. So I pulled out the bingo daubers (yet again) and some huge tagboard and we created these! We did the drawing portion in the first 30 minute art class and we are slowly adding color. These are not finished yet...but the lesson has been so fun that I thought I'd share it with you as we make progress. Here's the lesson video:
For this lesson, we are using our bingo daubers filled with slightly diluted India ink, oil pastels and liquid watercolor. To finish, we'll simply be painting the flowers and the backgrounds...with the option to add color to the vase and table. I rather like the black and white because I find it to be a beautiful balance with all of the color but I'll let the artists decide.
 After our first 30 minutes. It wasn't really a guided drawing...more of a "here's how you can draw some flowers and here's how you can draw some vases and patterns...go to town." We never use pencils first, we just go for it. If they painted something they didn't love, they had to wait until next art class to try again on the back of the paper. This tag board was thick enough for them to do that. The reason I have them wait is because they usually forget about it as they move on. Also...if one kiddo starts over, THEY ALL WANNA START OVER. So, I nip that in the bud.
 Today we began adding color with oil pastels and watercolor paint. It's a big task as the papers are huge. We literally spread all out over the room because only two to three kids can work at a table at a time due to the size. 
 I don't have a favorite liquid watercolor, do you? I find that they are all pretty fantastic. Except the fluorescent ones. They universally stick. 
 I don't dilute my liquid watercolors much...I love how vibrant they are!
I got the great idea from Katie Allain (@mrsallainart on IG) to put my watercolor paint in these color coded cupcake liners to eliminate the guesswork! 
 I'll be sure to do a follow up post on these once complete. I'm so excited! They make my heart happy. 
 Also...this is now my fourth bingo dauber project! The only grade who has not worked with them is fourth and I totally have a project lined up for them using these bad boys. They my fave this year!
 
Are you a bingo-dauber-aholic like me?! I wanna know what you and your young artists have created!

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6 comments:

  1. Hi Cassie...could I inquire...do the students ever have issues with getting ink on themselves/clothes and also, what do you dilute the ink with? Thanks Awesome Art Guru!

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  2. Jamielle3/21/2018

    Love this lesson along with all your others. I started using the bingo daubers with my liquid watercolor in them. My third graders tried out your Dean Russo lesson and loved the daubers for painting. Made for no mess and very successful students!!!

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  3. That is so awesome! I would frame and hang those in my home! 😊

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  4. I LOVE this artist! Your student's still life painting turned out AWESOME! I LOVE the vibrant colors!
    I like to use Doodle Hog's "Dab & Dot Markers" in my classroom ( https://www.doodlehog.com) . My students can't get enough of them. Bingo markers are FUN! :)

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  5. Anonymous4/09/2018

    Where did you get your flower template from ?

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  6. Thanks for sharing. Great post very Informative, also checkout Katherine's Florist

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