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Water Bottle Fish

By Cheryl Trowbridge 5 Comments

Water Bottle Fish

What can you do with a plastic water bottle besides just recycle it?? Here’s one idea…. make something fishy!! Celebrate civic engagement through art making! In honor of their 30th anniversary, the Children’s Museum of Art in NYC is issuing a new creative challenge each month.  Are you ready to get creative? The #CMACIVICKIDS challenge for April is the "Plastic Bottle … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Markers / Pen and Ink, 3D / Sculpture, Art Challenges, Coloring, Fish / Marine Life, Found or Recycled Materials, Handbuilding & Sculpting, Recycling with Art Tagged With: #cmacivickids, crafts

Make a Leaf Collage

By Cheryl Trowbridge 3 Comments

Make a Leaf Collage inspired by 'Look What I Did with a Leaf' by Morteza E. Sohi

Now that summer’s here, how do you keep your kids learning, creating, and spending more time outdoors than in front of a screen? One way is with this inspiring little book, “Look What I Did with a Leaf!” by Morteza E. Sohi. This is not so much a read-aloud type of book that you would share with a roomful of students, but rather a book to enjoy at home with your kids, or for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Animals, Birds, Book Reviews, Books, Butterflies, Collage, Creatures / Monsters, Earth Day, Fish / Marine Life, Flowers, Found or Recycled Materials, Greeting Cards, Imagination, Landscape, Medium, Nature, Process, Subject, Trees Tagged With: leaves, nature

Quilled Paper Designs

By Cheryl Trowbridge 11 Comments

Imaginary Landscape with Quilling

  Quilling, also known as paper filigree, is an art form that involves rolling and gluing thin strips of paper into various shapes and arranging them to form designs. Quilled paper designs can be very simple or as complex as you have the dexterity and patience for! The art of quilling dates back to the Renaissance when French and Italian monks and nuns would use … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Abstract Design, Animals, Birds, Butterflies, Fish / Marine Life, Flowers, Greeting Cards, Hearts, Landscape, Lessons, Misc. Subjects, Nature, Paper, Quilling

Underwater Fantasy inspired by Paul Klee

By Cheryl Trowbridge 8 Comments

Swiss painter and graphic artist, Paul Klee, is known for his child-like use of line and color.... maybe that's why kids relate so well to his work!  The influence of Surrealism, Expressionism, and Cubism is easily seen in his art, yet he really had a style all his own.  This project is inspired by his painting, "Fish Magic", where he combines traditional underwater imagery … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Abstract (Non-representational), Fantasy, Fish / Marine Life, Klee, Paul, Lessons, Mixed Media, Ocean / Seascapes, Painting, Surrealism Tagged With: abstract art, artist Paul Klee, Surrealism, tissue paper

Oil Pastel Fish – Kindergarten Style!

By Cheryl Trowbridge 5 Comments

 Oil pastels, with their rich colors and expressive line quality, are one of my favorite mediums to use with kids. And the key to getting the best results with any oil pastel lesson is LAYERING! Materials:12x18 black construction paperOil pastels (We use the Pentel 16 color set.)Directions: 1. Set aside your black oil pastel... you won't use it until the end!2. To begin this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Fish / Marine Life, Lessons, Oil Pastel Tagged With: fish, Kindergarten, oil pastel, pattern

Drawing Fish with Lines and Shapes

By Cheryl Trowbridge 2 Comments

In Kindergarten this year, we've been focusing on drawing the world around us using lines and shapes. This colorful fish was drawn by Gabe. For this project, we first read a story about different kinds of fish, and talked about the shapes, lines, and patterns we saw in each one.... lots of ovals, triangles, circles and rectangles, and lines of all kinds: straight, zig zag, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Drawing, Fish / Marine Life, Lessons, Oil Pastel Tagged With: fish, Kindergarten, lines, oil pastel, pattern, shapes

Watercolor Fish

By Cheryl Trowbridge 2 Comments

These are your basic crayon resist fish, but with a new twist.... students painted the fish separately from the background, then we glued them on top after everything was dry. The result is a background that looks continuous. Try sprinkling some salt on your background before it dries for an interesting, "watery" effect! I like to put up lots of visual references for students … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crayon, Fish / Marine Life, Lessons, Mixed Media, Painting, Watercolor Tagged With: crayon resist, fish, salt technique, watercolor

Foil Fish

By Cheryl Trowbridge 2 Comments

Self-adhesive mounting board made this project a snap to prep and clean up! Special thanks to Mabel Gidcumb for sharing this fun lesson plan, which she adapted from a project in the Usborne Book of Art Projects. She made these colorful fish with her Vacation Bible School kids and reports that it was a huge success! They used self-adhesive mounting board, but you could also … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Collage, Fish / Marine Life, Lessons, Markers / Pen and Ink, Mixed Media Tagged With: fish, markers, texture

“Catch of the Day” – Ceramic Fish

By Cheryl Trowbridge 7 Comments

Clay fish platter by AllisonKids love clay! There's just something about getting your hands covered with mud that kids can't resist! Clay is a great medium for learning about texture and form, and its possibilities are endless. Here are my directions for this fun fish platter.... a perfect summer project!Directions:1. Draw a fun fish design on a piece of 9x12 construction … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D / Sculpture, Clay, Fish / Marine Life, Lessons Tagged With: clay, fish, sculpture

Abstract Scatch Art

By Cheryl Trowbridge 3 Comments

This project was inspired by Swiss artist Paul Klee. Paul Klee (1879-1940) was an abstract artist known for his highly individual style, which was influenced by many different art movements, including Expressionism, Cubism and Surrealism. Random colors in the background appear as your design is scratched out, offering a fun surprise whether you create a partial or total … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Abstract (Non-representational), Abstract (Representational), Abstract Design, Drawing, Fish / Marine Life, Flowers, Klee, Paul, Lessons, Mixed Media, Nature, Ocean / Seascapes, Oil Pastel, Surrealism Tagged With: abstract art, artist Paul Klee, oil pastel, scratch art

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