Ted Harrison Art

http://kiefer2g.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/learning-from-ted-harrison/

Spring Pop-up Art

Mothers Day

Bouquet and Cookies in a Jar 

Cookie in a Jar Card

Cookie Recipe

Father's Day

Duct Tape Wallet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAAicTg2tjo&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Shrink Art

Ingredients:
    Clean #6 Plastic
    Permanent Markers
    Scissors
    Aluminum Foil
    Oven and Tongs or Oven Mitt

 1. Obtain a piece of #6 plastic (polystyrene). Most clear containers at salad bars, delis, and grocery stores will work. Just flip it over and look for a “6” inside the recycling arrows. If you ask nicely, they’ll usually give you a fresh one.

2. Cut any excess plastic away to make a flat sheet (use both the top and the bottom), and recycle the excess.
3. Draw or write your desired image or text on your plastic canvas using permanent markers. The total image will shrink to about a third of its original size, and five or six times its original thickness. (My parents, of course, would make us measure before and after, and figure how much it had changed.)

4. Pre-heat your oven to 350°, and place a rack in the lowest position. Create a “tray” out of the aluminum foil by bending up the sides. Technically, you could cover a baking sheet with foil, but  the thinner surface allows for more direct heat and quicker shrinking.
5. Place your art in the tray, then use the tongs or an oven mitt to place the foil on the bottom rack.
6. For the first minute your art will curl up all crazy-like, but soon, it will flatten itself out. If you have an oven door through which you can see, then just keep an eye on it. If your door is solid, open it just slightly (as you would do when broiling) after 90 seconds. Total time for a large piece (5-6” starting size) will be about 3 1/2 minutes.

7. Using the tongs or oven mitt, remove the tray. At this point, it’s still plyable, so if you want to flatten it more, or add waves or bend the corners, do so CAREFULLY within the first ten seconds.
8. Now, you can do as you please. It’s still cut-able, sand-able, drill-able, glue-able, and plenty more. Attach it to jewelry, make a luggage label, or even a guitar pick!

Teaching About Line

How to Teach Art Students about Line by Making a Types of Line Organizer

By nlockard, eHow User

Wavy Lines

When teaching my middle school students about
the ELEMENTS of ART, we usually do preliminary
activities related to each of the elements leading
up to more comprehensive projects that require
careful deliberation in the application of all
elements: LINE, COLOR, VALUE, SPACE,
SHAPE, FORM and TEXTURE. One could say
that Line is the most fundamental element,
it being required in the formation of a composition of any kind. To began exploring line we start by making a Types of Line Organizer.....

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• 12x18 inch white or manilla drawing paper
• a whiteboard
• 1

  Have 12x18" drawing paper already on student's desks.

• 2

  Assuming you have already introduced students to the
  7 Elements of Art through,
  for instance, a film that explains
  them--begin the lesson by revisiting
  the element of Line. Point out that LINES can
  CONVEY MOVEMENT and FEELING, that they
  DEFINE SHAPES and AREAS in a composition and
  that they fall into 2 general categories: lines that are organic
  or "BIOMORPHIC" (genarally curvy)--that are found in nature
  and lines that are "GEOMETRIC" (generally sharp, straight, angular)
  and are found in the "manmade environment."

• 3

  DIRECT STUDENTS to take thier 12x18"
  drawing paper and write their full name
  and period in the lower right hand corner.

• 4

  HOLD UP A PIECE OF DRAWING
  PAPER and tell students to follow
  along with you in folding the paper
  step-by-step in such a way as to
  yield them 12 boxes. To do this,
  fold the paper at the 9" halfway
  point of the 18" length of the paper, and then at the 4 1/2"
  point of that 9" segment. Then fold that 4 1/2"x12"segment
  into thirds. Unfolded, this should yield 12 boxes.

• 5

  GO TO THE WHITEBOARD
  and instruct students to
  follow along with you as
  you draw and talk about
  each of 12 different types
  of line. These are the
  12 types that I use: Horizontal, Vertical, Diagonal, Converging,
  Spiral, Squiggly, Interupted, Bold, Parallel, Biomorphic, Geometric
  and Zig-Zag. Start with "horizontal." Write 'horizontal' on the
  board--say "write this on the top of your upper left hand box."
  Then draw some horizontal lines.Now, say "draw these lines in
  your first box." Then ask students by raising their hands to say
  what kinds of feelings or movements this type of line might convey.
  Write a few of the answers on the board and tell students to write
  the answers in thier box. Then ask students for 2 examples of
  where they might find horizontal lines in nature and then 2 examples
  of where they might find horizontal lines in the manmade environment.
  They should follow along with you in writing these examples in thier
  box. Go through this same process for each type of line. We are able
  to complete a Types of Line Organizerin one 50 minute class period
  moving at a brisk pace.

• 6

  COLLECT THE TYPES OF LINE ORGANIZERS and
  grade them by the following criteria: whether
  they labelled each box, whether they drew the
  correct type of line to go with the label they
  wrote, whether this was neatly and legibly done,
  and whether the descriptive feeling,
  movement and environment words were written.

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