Art Club Materials Needed

Many interested parties have asked what we need for Art Club. After some brainstorming, I compiled a list of potential projects and associated materials. If you feel a child who is attending and want to donate a material or materials from this list please do! Or if you feel like donating at all :). We take almost anything!


Also, suggested projects are WELCOME. After planning 5 classes a day, my creativity sometimes could use a push. Thank you!

Art Club Project Ideas and Materials Needed

GENERAL SUGGESTED MATERIAL LIST

-          Card decks

-          Gesso

-          Acrylic paint

-          Brushes

-          Water containers

-          Palettes

-          Tissue paper

-          Pieces of chicken wire

-          Substantial wire

-          Wire coat hangers

-          Pieces of metal or cardboard

-          Acrylic paint

-          Beads

-          4x4 Wood bases

-          Wire coat hangers

-          Panty hose

-          GLUE

-          Clay

-          Glaze

-          Paint brushes for glaze

-          Paper

-          Pencils

-          Colored pencils

-          Pens/sharpies

-          Book-making materials ?

-          Post-it notes in multiple colors

                                  POTENTIAL PROJECTS

Art Card Swap:

Creating individual cards to swap and collect.

-          Card decks

-          Gesso

-          Acrylic paint

-          Brushes

-          Water containers

-          Palettes

Tissue Paper Self Portraits

Thinking along the lines of a float combined with Chuck Close’s paintings, use chicken wire and pieces of tissue paper to create a “paper painting” of a self portrait (subject might change).

-          Tissue paper

-          Pieces of chicken wire

-          Metal to use to hang pieces

Calder Mobiles

Creating mobiles to hang along the ceiling.

-          Substantial wire

-          Wire coat hangers

-          Pieces of metal or cardboard

-          Acrylic paint

-          Beads

Calder Sculptures

Creating abstract forms in 3d.

-          Wood bases

-          Wire coat hangers

-          Panty hose

-          Acrylic paint

-          Paint brushes

-          Water containers

-          GLUE

Ceramics Sculptures

Subject TBA

-          Clay

-          Glaze

-          Paint brushes for glaze

Cartoon/Graphic Book

Create a story with images. Learn about cartooning.

-          Paper

-          Pencils

-          Colored pencils

-          Pens/sharpies

-          Book-making materials ?

Post- It Note Wall Mural

Stolen idea from the web, creating a wall mural using post-it notes.

http://weburbanist.com/2008/01/24/more-unusual-art-from-everyday-materials-16-post-it-note-pranks-sculptures-and-murals/

-          Post-it notes in multiple colors

-          Pens?

Dragon Creation

For the New Year, make a 3D dragon (working with Ms. Chen)

-          TBA

Still Life Oil Pastels

7th and 8th grade took their contour drawing to the next level by adding color. Color is a difficult theory to master so we started by experimenting and then added color schemes as needed.


To begin, our students sketched several glass objects from life using a contour line. After they completed their final drawing, they began adding the first layer of oil pastel following the simple rule of "a light color ONLY." Oil pastels, like many paints, work best when combining them from light to dark and this is what we did.


After layer one, each student added layer two and made choices on their own when choosing colors (experimenting with colors to see what colors combined to create what).


For the third layer, they learned about complementary colors, shading, and highlighting in order to give the illusion of a light source and form. We focused on the marks in the oil and blending.


The last two steps included adding a pattern to the background or table and outlining the objects in black.


As you can see, our students did a wonderful job!

Landscapes in Progress

Our 5th and 6th graders and Independent Studiers are hard at work creating oil pastel landscapes. Here are a couple almost-finished products.


To begin, each student had to draw a basic landscape and then proceed to color in each section with three layers of oil pastel. It sounds easy, but managing color combinations and coloring as thickly as necessary takes skill. As you can see, our students are doing fabulously!

Self Portraits

To kick off the year, our 7th and 8th graders learned about continuous line and contour line. After many quick sketches they drew their final self portrait using either a continuous OR contour line. Basic pencil, pen, and crayon artwork. Try to guess who's who from these selected few!

Art Club Starts Next Week!

Important Note! Art Club will start next week!

Usually 5th/6th grade will meet on Mondays from 4-5:00 but next week, due to Labor Day, they will meet on Tuesday. 7th/8th grade will meet on Wednesday as normal, 4-5:00.

Email me for any last minute additions. There are spaces left in both sections. I look forward to seeing your students there!