Clay Creations - Kid's Art Class

Here are some of the fun polymer clay creations that my classes made a couple of weeks ago.  I printed off some cute ideas that I found on Pinterest and let the kids decide what they wanted to make.  You can see there was a lot of variety!  The robots are some of my favorites.  I made the wire coils for the arms, legs & necks with floral wire that I wrapped around a piece of clothing hanger wire.  It worked great, and the coils were much stronger than I thought they would be (since the floral wire is so thin).

 You can check out the gorgeous clay creations of HerArtSheLoves that inspired our robots below.

Name Zentangles - Kid's Art Class

I LOVE Zentangles!!  So fun.  When I saw this idea on Pinterest I just had to do it with my art classes.  I used photoshop to create an example for each student (ages 7-14) to help them place their letters.  They did the lettering on trimmed cardstock and used sharpies and colored pencils to create the designs (rulers helped too).  Then I mounted them on black mat board to make the colors pop.  It was a great, low-stress project and the kids loved the results.

 ERICA

 EMILY

 HALEY

 ABBIE

 KARLEE 

(gotta love the mustaches!)

 MYAH

 SPENCER

 BILLY

 DREW

 ADELINE

 SADY

 ELIZABETH

 KATIE

MICHAELA

Cute Houses Mixed Media Project - Kid's Art Class

We made some adorable mixed media houses on canvas this week.

I often get asked what "mixed media" means.  All it means is that we are using a mix of different media (acrylics, oil paint, pastels, paper, ink, pencil, crayon, charcoal, objects, fixatives, etc.) to create the artwork.  In this project, we used acrylic paint to cover the canvas panels, scrapbook papers outlined with charcoal and adhered with mod podge, and buttons, markers and ribbon to embellish.

I would caution that the charcoal needs to be put on very lightly and smudged well before using mod podge.  In some cases, we had bleeding happening.  I like the blurred look of the charcoal but may try to find a different, more controlled, way to achieve the same look in future classes.