Fabric Resist

This was really fun... we put the resist on first which was mostly water and flour, then when it was dry painted over it.  Once that was dry we washed them and this is what it looks like.

Color Wheel

We had to mix our own colors only using the primary colors.

Each block was inspired by food.  We had to paint what we could taste, then we used things like wax and rubbing alcohol to create resists.

Scratch Board!

This was one of my Favorites! It was really fun and easy
we colored the paper with crayon then painted over it, once it was dry we scratched it

our "Van Gogh" Paintings.

this was a lot of fun, it was suppose to be what we saw out our windows

3D wire animal

African Mask

Coil and Pinch pot

African Masks!

-Most of the time African masks will be dramatic portraits of spirits, ancestors, or invisible powers.
-They are worn for ceremonial events like social, religious, or moral values of the community.
-The materials they used were usually leather, metal, fabrics, and wood.
-They would have these ceremonies for celebrations, crop harvesting, war preparation etc.
-They would usually wear the masks three different ways...
1)Vertical: covering the entire face
2)Helmet: covering entire head
3)Crest: resting on the head
-During ceremonies the dancer will go into a deep trance, during this time they will "communicate with ancestors.  Sometimes there will be a translator or wise man with the dancer to translate what the dancer is hearing for the ancestors.

Art and Craft

On answers.com it was saying that craft is a learned skill and it turns into art once it has an emotion or transcendent quality.  But I think that art is a learned skill that you need to practice.

Justanswer.com said that crafts are structured projects with a goal and art is unstructured and very open ended, which is true, but I don't think that it is always unstructured.

Summative and Formative Evaluations

Summative:
1) At the end make sure they tried their best, made the intended goal, and met all requirements asked of them.    
-www.socialresearchmethods.net-
2) Follow a rubric so grading is fair, then give extra credit to those who went above and beyond.
3) Hand them a rubric before so they can check it while they do their project (this could be summative and formative)
-pg 60 in Emphasis Art

Formative:
1) Let them work during class so you can help them fix any problems.
2) Let students do critiques during class so they have different feedback to work with
3) Let them do a "test run" or rough draft before they do the final work.
-proposal/evaluation/summativevsformative.htm-

Why is it Important to teach art?

I think art is an important subject to teach, because it helps kids learn creativity.  It also gives them an idea of what they can do, and how they want to improve, or what they're interest are.  To me art is a subject that you can learn and get different lessons out of it whether it was intended or not.


-Art and the Creation of Mind Ch. 4