Week of 1/30/2022 - Color mixing UTK, Kinders printing and 1st grade clay

 This was my 2nd week with UTK, kinders and 1st grade.

UTK worked on color mixing - I love the book "Mouse paint" to read to students which explains the concept of mixing 2 primary colors to get a secondary in a simple, fun way!

Each student created 12 boxes on paper, numbered them and then painted each primary color in 2 boxes of their choice. We then started mixing primary colors to get secondary colors and painted them in 2 boxes to fill all 12 boxes. There was so much joy when colors mixed together and changed!!

 Kinders learned printmaking!! Each student cut foam, arranged and glued their shapes on cardboard. They then used brayers to roll ink and pressed it on paper to create 6 prints. Using brayers was a unique experience for kids and we talked about how we are using repetition in the printmaking process. We also read the book "Matisse's garden" where the artist cut, arranged pieces and used up paper that he cut instead of throwing it away. It was nice to see the similarities in his process and what we did with the foam pieces in this lesson! It was great to see the prints the 5 year olds made!! Some arranged pieces to resemble an object and other took a more abstract approach.

 

1st grade worked with clay -  tiles with initials with 2 classes, mugs with 2 and cactus with the remaining 2 classes. Students used scoring and slipping in each of the projects and the additive and subtractive techniques to create their works. They have already started asking if I have fired the pieces and when they can paint them!