Sharpie (Hard-Boiled) Eggs

So easy, but so effective. All you need to make these fancy Easter eggs is a black Sharpie and a hard-boiled egg. You might want to review our lessons on Zentangles and line drawings for some great patterns. A hard-boiled egg should not be left at room temperature for longer than 2 hours, and goes bad after a week in the fridge. Happy Easter!

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Here are some eggs made at home by Georgia and Nicole. Great work girls, and thanks for sharing!

Alphabet wheels

Marionettes

For Ms. Wert's 6/7 class, here is a collection of videos on the creation and manipulation of marionettes.

How to make a scarf marionette:

How to control a scarf marionette

Bill Baird Marionettes (we watched this one in class)

Davy Jones' Locker: Bill Baird's Puppet Marionettes (Part 1, 2 and 3)

How to make a doll into a marionette:

And just in case you wanted more videos, here is The Lonely Goatherd song from The Sound of Music movie!

Valentine's Day art

Handprint dragons for Chinese New Year

Line drawing: hand

Zentangle

After a lesson on line and shading, students can explore Zentangles. The links below take you to an image search for Zentangles on Pinterest, and a great video for creating Zentangles.

Pinterest image search for Zentangles.

Video tutorial for creating a Zentangle.

Tree landscape

For this Grade 6/7 art lesson, we will learn about perspective. Students will use watercolours, tissue paper, and ink to create a winter snow scene.

Gift bows

Making bows out of magazines

(From the blog How About Orange)

Make nine strips of paper out of a magazine page. Try to use a page that has all colour on it. The strips should be 3/4 of an inch wide. Leave 3 of the strips full length, cut one inch off of the next three strips, two inches off of two strips, and the final strip should be three inches long (3 + 3 + 2 +1).

Loop eight strips as shown above and secure with glue, holding on for a few seconds so the glue sets. Curl the smallest strip into a circle. Assemble all the pieces from largest to smallest. The first layer make a six point star, and the final layer is the circle in the middle.

Puffy Snowmen: Grade 2/3

Grade 6/7 art projects

Music sheet wreath

(Via Pinterest: as shown on http://missmustardseed.com/2011/09/packages-pillows-paper/)

Snowstorm 

(Via Pinterest: as seen on http://www.designsponge.com/2010/02/diy-project-sarahs-snowflake-panels-light.html)

Graffiti Name Art

We are making our name art for the Fine Arts room in graffiti style, working on the skills of lettering, 3-D, and shading. Below is a video to help illustrate (ha!) these skills.