Fantastic Friday Art Bots

The Old Stone House Library & Mrs. Gould presented Art Bots for the final Fantastic Friday of the Summer.  Fifty participants making Bots at once!

Shout out to the Summer Recreation Counselors, Moms, Dads, Grandparents, Guardians & Library Staff

THANK YOU!  It was awesome!

The Artist Minion

Last school year we had "Minion Mondays."  Elementary Teachers and students dressed like Minions.  Near Halloween this plush Minion was left in my room as a gift.  I removed the Halloween items and made him ready for a new year as an Artist

Five Minute Drawings

I don't mind the rain

Sun Prints Cyanotypes

Today - Sun Prints Cyanotypes

*First gather items for your print

*Pin Sun Sensitive Paper to cardboard

*Place items on paper.  Pin if necessary 

*Place in the sun for 7 to 15 minutes

*Rinse under running water for 2 minutes

*Soak in clean water for 10

*Remove and let dry

Portrait out of Tea Ephemera

My favorite tea is Harney & Sons Spicy Black Tea, Hot Cinnamon Spice.  This school year I saved the packages, the packets and the tags so that I could create a portrait.

The inspiration came from High School Art Trivia (played in those last few moments of class at the conclusion of a project).
 The trivia read that English artist Andy Brown created a portrait of Queen Elizabeth out of tea bags.
Here it is, there is a likeness in the eyes and hair but the chin and neck are off a bit.  Still happy.

Copper Foil Journal

I can't pass up a book jam packed with art projects and supplies.  This one was published in 2000 by KLUTZ and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Called:  A Book of Artrageous Projects.  I am going to try them all in hopes of having fresh Elementary ideas.

This one is a Copper Foil Journal & Arm Band

 Foil cover is 4 x 7 with a 1" tab.  Paper inside 3.5 x 6.5 (6 might be a better fit).  Plastic texture plate provided in book.

2 x 7 - Used poster board to guide the folded edges of the foil 

Make Your Own Egg Tempera

3 Years ago I took a group on  Museum trip and the activity was making egg tempera Illuminated Letters.  I thought it was terribly risky with the possibility of Salmonella.  Even if you wash your hands you still have the painting to take home.  Students loved the activity.  Crushing the pigment with a mortar and pestle, cracking the eggs open and mixing it.  

I've been meaning to complete this activity myself since then.  Finally did it today.  I still don't want to take the risk of doing this in my classroom.  Maybe a demo with student helpers, then just use regular tempera.

The yolk from our free range chickens is an intense yellow.  It affected the color mixing!

  Draw letter with a permanent marker

 Powdered Pigment, Egg 

Separate the yolk from the white

  Add a little water

Add Powdered Pigment to Egg Yolk/Water

Mix with a whisk or fork

The black just mixed right in

Other colors were grainy