November 12, 2008

Theme:  Decorate Holiday Tree for DAR Festival of Lights

Goal:  Decorate Tree in the Pre decided Topic of Comic Book Heros.  Deliver Tree to DAR on Schedule.  Each student will make at least one ornament for the tree and one to take home.

Materials:  Fabric in Comic Book Hero theme, used for tree skirt and to cover wooden ornament shapes.  Matching ribbon for bows, empty glass ornaments to fill.  Comic Hero stickers, mini figures, tree topper to be colored, glitter, glue, sequins, and various notions to embellish and create ornaments.  Scissors, markers, paint and yarn/strings.  Camera for photos.  Snacks for participants.

Attendance:  Eleven Students and 1 instructor.

September 17, 2008

 

• Theme:  Fabric Paint
• Goal of Session or Activity  Each Student will create their own unique t-shirt design using fabric paints, stencils and brushes.
• Books and/or Materials featured:  Stencils, brushes, various colors of fabric paint, instructions, images to trace, and plain cotton t-shirts.
• Number Attending 9 students and one instructor.

September 3, 2008

• Theme: Art Crosshatching
• Goal of Session or Activity:  Students will learn basics of cross hatching and apply these principles to a line drawing of their own creation, or from a  approved source.  For example a coloring page.
• Books and/or Materials featured:  Coloring pages, Crosshatching handouts and examples, drawing papers and various pencils and pens.
• Number Attending:  Ten students and one instructor.

August 20, 2008

Theme:  Art:  Locker Magnets

Goal of Session or Activity:  Class will design one or more locker Magnets each.  These custom locker magnets will be made using sheets of paint-able, printable, cut able magnetic material.  These can be used to personalize lockers, refrigerators, etc.

Books and/or Materials featured:  Magnetic sheets purchased at craft store.  permanent markers, coloring books for images, scissors and imagination.

Number Attending: 7 students and one instructor.

May 14, 2008

• Art:  Class Project.  Three way figural flip book.
• Goal of Session or Activity:  Each student will create a figural drawing that divides into 3 sections.  The common demarcations will be the neck and the waistline.  Sheets were prepared by instructor before class.  Each sheet is divided into 3 sections and the marks for the common neck and waist were added.  Once the drawing is complete the sheets will be cut into 3 sections and fastened in order in book fashion.  Multiple combinations of figures will be possible with the resulting flip book.  Each student will get a small copy of the flip book with a larger copy being put in the library.  Original art will be returned to the students.  Figures should be brightly colored and well defined.  All backgrounds will be left white to provide a common ground.
• NOTE: Also at this class we will take photos of students in poses for flying in preparation for next project.
• Books and/or Materials featured: White paper that is pre-marked and measured before class.  Pencils, colored pencils and Markers.  Project will be scanned, printed professionally and spiral bound.
• Number Attending :  15 students attending.

February 6, 2008

Theme:  Scrolls for Chinese New Year

Goal of Session and/or Activity:  Instructor will provide information on the Chinese New Year Holiday and the Significance of the Chinese Zodiac.  This year is the year of the rat.  Students will complete one, two dimensional scroll project and also decorate a wooden fan. Examples of Chinese motifs will be provided. Spin art kit will also be available to experiment with if time is leftover. 

Students will experience an appreciation for Asian influence and the development of reading materials in the orient via handling of scrolls.

Refreshments will be provided:  mini egg rolls, fortune cookies, oriental crackers, Wasabi peas, Pocky and tea.

 

 

   

 

   

Books and/or Materials Featured:

• Scrolls were made prior to class.  White muslin was cut into 12″ X 46″ strips and coated in one layer of acrylic Gesso.
• After fabric was dry each was hot glued to two dowel rods cut to the length of 12.”  One 1/2 inch dowel and one 1/4 inch dowel.  The larger will be the bottom of the scroll and the smaller the top.  A 36 inch length of red string was passed along the upper dowel as cloth was glued on.  this was to hang the scroll.  An example of an authentic Chinese scroll was used as a model for scroll creation.
• Students used ink, tempura and water color paints to decorate scrolls.  Rubber stamps with oriental themes were also used.
• Fans were unfinished wood and were painted with water color paints. 
• All items were allowed to dry at least overnight.
• Items were available for pick up the next day.
• Several library books were used as models for Chinese Kanji. 
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page  was also utilized to fine specific kanji characters.
• One example scroll, and two authentic Chinese scrolls were available for viewing.
• Spin art kit left from pre-school class was made available for all to try as an extra activity.

Number Attending:  Seven students.