New Projects with my Students....

So, this is how my project "It's Positively Negative" turned out.  You may remember that the object of this lesson was to study Negative Space, or the space found around objects......in this case; everything that is not white.
Can you believe the girl who did it is only in third grade?  This is why I like semi-private classes!  The older kids inspire the younger ones and everyone works to surpass their best!

Here's one from a fifth grader....

And my second grader who missed a class and had to rush a bit to catch up- it still turned out great!

We did these by coloring pre-drawn sketches on canvas paper with oil pastels and then adding linseed oil to blend them.  For our next project; I let them choose any subject they wanted and render it with a palette of crushed oil pastels and linseed oil......when we use the oil pastels this way on canvas paper, they become translucent- VERY cool technique!

bird at sunset....

unicorn with blues, metallic gold and neutrals

 

instead of water, we used odor free mineral spirits

a combo of "catch up time" and "free art"

 Where I once had "mini-projects" to fill the gaps between our main work, I now have good paper prepped for the kids to work on ongoing "free art" so there's always something for them to work on 

without waiting for everyone to finish!

and just because it's "free art", doesn't mean it's not of excellent quality!

 

So, there's your update on what going on in art class!  To see all of our projects, click HERE

Have a wonderful day!

Stephanie