In honor of the start of the Color Days last week, the Apples and Lily Pads explored using different black art materials. We brought out the easels for the first time. We talked about how easels are special tools for artists to use to help them paint and draw standing up. First, we created drawings using charcoal and ebony pencil. Students made different kinds of marks and lines. Next, we used black tempera paint to make large paintings. We talked about the different kinds of lines and shapes we could make with our artist tools, including our hands! The large pieces are now on display in our art classroom. Last Thursday, we experimented with clay and a special black pasta made from the ink of a cuttlefish! Students poked, rolled, squished and pinched their clay to create their very own sculpture. They finished off their sculptures with the pasta and black tempera paint.Comments are closed.
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