Thursday, October 29, 2015

CRAZY HAIR!

Crazy Hair!!

A lesson on Patterns and Design

Artist Focus: Romero Britto

Special Education - Middle School-Age Students











 My students never fail to exceed my expectations! I am beyond impressed with how beautiful these all came out!


Monday, October 19, 2015

Pumpkin Patterns - Yayoi Kusama








Results....







FALL PUMPKINS in the style of Yayoi Kusama artwork!

Artist Focus: Yayoi Kusama

Medium: Drawing

Materials: black construction paper, white crayons, construction paper crayons

Middle School-Age // Special Education Art Lesson

Oh, what a fun lesson for the fall season! Students loved creating their large scale pumpkins. 
Using a step by step approach to drawing the pumpkins, we all worked together. Once students created their pumpkins they then added Kusama's famous polka dots! Coloring each section and then added the triangles to the outside surrounding. 
They ALL came out beautiful!

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Symbolic Self-Portraits



 















Symbolic Self-Portraits

Artist Focus: Kara Walker

Vocabulary: Silhouette

Medium: Collage

Special Education Art Lesson - Middle School-Age Students

Materials: magazines, glue, scissors, silhouette cutouts, black construction paper

*Note* Some of our students were able to trace silhouettes by using a flashlight and partnering up against the wall, then tracing their partners shadow with a pencil. This was difficult in many classes, so I drew many of them or had them trace on the table. Either way, you could create a male and female or various templates for your students to trace. See what works!