tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post3468454289822642932..comments2023-11-05T00:57:58.060-07:00Comments on Cassie Stephens: In the Art Room: A Henri Rousseau-Inspired Mix Media Collagecassie stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850034034580646768noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-31885898465913810412016-07-10T19:46:39.179-07:002016-07-10T19:46:39.179-07:00LOVE LOVE LOVE the ideas!! Thank you so much for s...LOVE LOVE LOVE the ideas!! Thank you so much for sharing!!cassie stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850034034580646768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-33108101607268124662016-07-06T22:36:12.263-07:002016-07-06T22:36:12.263-07:00Hi, Cassie, I love your art ideas...thanks for be...Hi, Cassie, I love your art ideas...thanks for being so inspiring!<br />Model magic projects I have done with success...yes it dries fast, but, you can give the kids a golf ball size and then have them press it into a texture tile and pinch out a handle....now they have a cool stamper! We colored on it with water washable markers right away, spritzed the paper with water to moisten the paper, and made cool stamped papers as the marker ink bleeds onto the dampened paper! We also were experimenting with this! Then, we re-rolled the model magic sphere, cool color mixing, pressed it out again onto a texture tile and re-marked it again...repeat as many times as it is still not too dry. We ended with one last impression disc of Model Magic that had been impressed into the texture tile....glued it onto our patterned paper and students incorporated that bas relief disc into a creative object drawing on the paper next art period...or get creative with it in another way! I have also used it around pipe cleaner people armatures whereby the students create great posables.Each students used about one half of a package. First they made their 6 inch pipe cleaner figure and then we engulfed it in model magic, posed it with a wider model magic base...had to work fast...15-20 minutes, let dry and next art time we painted them or you can permanent sharpie marker them...we created a diorama background...they had pre-planned their action figure sketch in sketchbooks with setting.<br />Sorry it is not on my weebly site as I did this process prior to blogging!Cynthia Smithhttp://www.smithartroom.weebly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-15304548580920898862015-09-18T20:03:48.811-07:002015-09-18T20:03:48.811-07:00I'm doing Rousseau collages right now, with pa...I'm doing Rousseau collages right now, with painted paper. But all paper, and all sorts of jungle animals. I've not used model magic before for a large project like this. Cost is definitely an issue. But I love the 3d quality it gives to these works!liza janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16916364137307894200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-38835131902356469482015-09-18T19:21:52.942-07:002015-09-18T19:21:52.942-07:00I just finished using Model Magic with my Seventh ...I just finished using Model Magic with my Seventh Graders. I teach from a cart and have *extremely* limited storage and no storage in the individual classrooms. This was an expensive alternative, but I am thrilled with the results! My students made window frames, inspired by Muslim architecture, to frame a drawing of a building they could 'see' from their window. We are just finishing up the second part of the project, and my students loved it! I would recommend especially as an alternative for cart teachers (no water or major clean-up needed) and for use with students who have sensory issues. I have one OCD hand-washing Seventh Grader who only went to the sink twice during class (I call that a win since he usually goes 6-8 times in a class period to wash his hands no matter what we're doing). I overbought, not knowing how much Model Magic I would need, so I am looking for projects for the remainder.<br /><br />I love what you did and am looking forward to seeing your other grade level projects!<br /><br />Got any great monkey projects? Trying to find projects for the upcoming Chinese New Year that would work for K-8.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-42182681872772134942015-09-18T19:16:41.230-07:002015-09-18T19:16:41.230-07:00I just finished using Model Magic with my Seventh ...I just finished using Model Magic with my Seventh Graders. I teach from a cart and have *extremely* limited storage and no storage in the individual classrooms. This was an expensive alternative, but I am thrilled with the results! My students made window frames, inspired by Muslim architecture, to frame a drawing of a building they could 'see' from their window. We are just finishing up the second part of the project, and my students loved it! I would recommend especially as an alternative for cart teachers (no water or major clean-up needed) and for use with students who have sensory issues. I have one OCD hand-washing Seventh Grader who only went to the sink twice during class (I call that a win since he usually goes 6-8 times in a class period to wash his hands no matter what we're doing). I overbought, not knowing how much Model Magic I would need, so I am looking for projects for the remainder.<br /><br />I love what you did and am looking forward to seeing your other grade level projects!<br /><br />Got any great monkey projects? Trying to find projects for the upcoming Chinese New Year that would work for K-8.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-80731991308308520262015-09-18T06:07:26.947-07:002015-09-18T06:07:26.947-07:00My fabulous friend Carol Goff made them!! She crea...My fabulous friend Carol Goff made them!! She created them for a play and I borrowed them for my room this year! The support underneath is a metal frame of some sort that she found in our school storage closet and wrapped in bulletin board paper. She used an old umbrella frame as support for the palm leaves! She's super amazingly artistic and creative, I cannot take credit!!cassie stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850034034580646768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-61077500994408965732015-09-18T06:05:41.690-07:002015-09-18T06:05:41.690-07:00LOVE this idea so much!! Especially how you made i...LOVE this idea so much!! Especially how you made it friendly for ALL! Thank you so much for sharing!<br />cassie stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850034034580646768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-43761730782295242992015-09-18T06:04:44.201-07:002015-09-18T06:04:44.201-07:00Thanks! I'll tell the kiddos you said so!Thanks! I'll tell the kiddos you said so!cassie stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850034034580646768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-45878659771014214352015-09-18T06:04:12.265-07:002015-09-18T06:04:12.265-07:00It is expensive and, honestly, I didn't love i...It is expensive and, honestly, I didn't love it. The kids did! It broke A LOT once it was dry and we were constantly having to reattach limbs. I love the result of this project...but I didn't love the medium. I'll have to rethink what we can use as an alternative in the future!cassie stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850034034580646768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-58927429881021081452015-09-18T06:02:03.716-07:002015-09-18T06:02:03.716-07:00Actually the first graders and kindergarteners had...Actually the first graders and kindergarteners had been splatter painting and their art work was sitting on the tables when I snapped these pics! I thought it looked really great as a frame, I might have to have the fourth graders create some! cassie stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850034034580646768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-42394397341254862052015-09-17T17:22:49.203-07:002015-09-17T17:22:49.203-07:00I've used model magic for P-K and K to make sn...I've used model magic for P-K and K to make snow men. Very easy we make a small sphere a medium sphere and a large sphere. We add twigs for arms and make hats and scarfs with various colors. They come out so cute to have a crowd of snow men. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02978463282843508504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-84933739257213851202015-09-17T07:26:58.686-07:002015-09-17T07:26:58.686-07:00Very cool! You should blog about how you made thos...Very cool! You should blog about how you made those giant palm trees. It looks hard. Lucy Zhttp://www.midlife-gypsy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-35140326317928987492015-09-17T05:48:18.616-07:002015-09-17T05:48:18.616-07:00I love to do a "Day of the Dead" activi...I love to do a "Day of the Dead" activity in October with Model Magic. We learn about "CALAVERAS". I have skeletons ran off onto paper that the kids can use as a guideline or template for approximate size. They make a skeleton out of the Model Magic and then glue it onto a piece of cardboard. The following week after it is dry, they dress it and decorate it. We have had MANY interesting projects such as Calavera brides, Calavera baseball players, even Calavera art teachers. With this project, I had a couple of Jehovah Witness students that didn't think they would be able to make it so I did a little mini study of the body's skeleton and why we have skeletons and then they felt comfortable doing it from the "science" perspective. I did this with 2nd grade. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-25060360786516900182015-09-16T23:59:19.908-07:002015-09-16T23:59:19.908-07:00Dang, girl! Those tigers are too too cute! Nice jo...Dang, girl! Those tigers are too too cute! Nice job! lilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15209180817185367831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-89584049758023943842015-09-16T19:38:10.824-07:002015-09-16T19:38:10.824-07:00I was wondering how they attached model magic to c...I was wondering how they attached model magic to construction paper. Now I know your secret! Is that some kind of special border you all attached? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01990801043678908995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-65483190934144840802015-09-16T19:37:49.537-07:002015-09-16T19:37:49.537-07:00I've done model magic once, but I think it...I've done model magic once, but I think it's too expensive to give much of anything to 6-7 classes per grade levels. Kids loved it, though. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01990801043678908995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6781163151779948787.post-7853357878724401332015-09-16T19:34:27.673-07:002015-09-16T19:34:27.673-07:00I was wondering how they attached model magic to c...I was wondering how they attached model magic to construction paper. Now I know your secret! Is that some kind of special border you all attached? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01990801043678908995noreply@blogger.com