Our first project of the quarter comes from the wonderful blog of a NYC artist, Julie Fei Fan Balzer. In an old post from March of 2011 she had a guest artist blogger who creates mixed media art journal pages from the Netherlands, Sandra van der Geest. I took van de Geest's art journal pages as inspiration for our own mixed media art and writing project. You can use the link below to explore her blog post on Balzer Designs Blog. Today was about finding a quote that we could relate to personally. Students will be required to not only visually represent their quote, but also reflect and write on what it means to them so they had to choose carefully. The iPads from the JCF were a great help. Today we looked for words and letters to recreate our quotes. We also reinforced our quote pages by gluing them to another page. This will make our paper strong enough to hold the paint, paper and any other media we decide to use, ensuring that our work looks its best. days five and six:Students got to paint with everyday objects to create an abstract background for their quotes and images. Then got to use these items to add some kind of framing and detail. Popsicle sticks, bread bag tabs, cotton balls and bubble wrap were all given new life as art tools over these 2 days. days seven and eight:After days of collecting and creating backgrounds, it is time to assemble our pages!!! Student simply glued on their quotes and images with Elmers glue. After drying overnight- we added detail with oil, paint and metallic Sharpies- you can see a sneak peek below. Tomorrow, students will do a writing piece that accompanies their artwork about the connection between their lives and the quotes they chose.
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