My first project of the year was done with help from all of the students at Madison School! On the first day of class students were given a blank 4x4" square to decorate. My only guidelines for the project were that each student had to include: their name, hobbies or interests, and shapes. I mentioned that we were going to collaborate with other classes to create an "all-school painting". Every class was excited to see how the painting would be put together to create their own giant mural! We briefly discussed unity, and how we wanted the result to look good, while still allowing for individual creativity. In order to solve this problem students used shapes just like Wassily Kandinsky did in his painting"Concentric Circles".
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| Kandinsky "Concentric Circles" |
Students then incorporated their interests by either writing or drawing them in their shapes!
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| In my example I chose to stay with circles. I made sure to emphasize that their are no mistakes in art. Even Kandinsky didn't make perfect circles in his painting! |
After drawing out their designs students learned about the "resist" painting technique and colored in their squares by using crayons and watercolor paint.
The best part of the project, other than getting to know all of my new students, was to see everyone's reaction after our mural was officially installed!
Here is a look at our finished project:
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