Art Mania 1
2.5 hours
Cost $17
One of the STEAM based fundraisers we did this past summer was an Art Mania.
1 – Color Wheel and Shading
Read Mix it Up by Hervé Tullet – Color wheel/mixing colors
Procedure:
-draw 6 squares on card stock
-using tempera paint, paint the different colors of the color wheel (red, yellow, blue, orange, green, purple
-cut the primary into squares (red, yellow, blue). Cut the secondary colors into triangles (orange, green, purple)
How to shade
Keith Haring – see https://www.deepspacesparkle.com/keith-haring-action-figures/ for ideas
Procedure:
-Give each student a copy of Keith Haring action figures. We used a Keith Haring Coloring book.
-color each figure a different shade of one color – getting progressively lighter
2 – Painting what they hear in a song
Show I See a Song wordless book by Eric Carle (which I have reviewed on Library Lady’s Kid Lit), play YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPpkaldk84Y
Read Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae (which I have reviewed on Library Lady’s Kid Lit) – Everyone hears sees things differently so what you do will be different from the other and that is okay.
Play orchestra pieces and have the students paint what they hear.
3 – Water coloring w/ salt
Procedure:
-Paint a scene with water colors
-while still wet, sprinkle painting with salt
4 – Origami
Read Paper Crane by Molly Bang (which I have reviewed on Library Lady’s Kid Lit).
Make origami figures.
5 – Suessical drawing
Read Oh The Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss.
Draw vertical curved lines, then draw rounded horizontal lines within two curvy lines. Color the alternating lines.
Procedure:
-draw vertical curvy lines
-draw rounded horizontal lines within two curvy lines
-color alternating lines
6 – End of Day
We had a little extra time and some extra poured paint so we grabbed big piece of butcher paper and let the kids paint a group picture. This picture was hung in the hall for back-to-school night.
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The Keith Haring Coloring Book
I See a Song (Blue Ribbon Book)
Giles Andreae: Giraffes Can’t Dance (Hardcover); 2012 Edition
