Zentangles

 

A zentangle is a doodle, an abstract design on white paper with a black sharp pointed marker.  It has no orientation and is not a recognizable object.  There are no mistakes.  That said, a zentangle design can cross any boundry and we are only limited by our imagination.  This activity is very meditative... the room gets quiet., very quiet.. the kids love it!

One student said, "It's really quiet and you didn't even tell us not to talk."

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRz5ZFDO0hk  Doodling by Art ala Cart

 

This is one video we like and we watched it with no sound.....

 

We made zentangle doodles in 3 " squares and circles... 6 to a page.

 

 

 

4th graders want to continue with this exercise.  There was talk of doing our initials or choosing a recognizable object and maybe even adding some color.  Check back to see what we decide to do.

 

Art Camp 2014

 

 

We're having WAY TOO MUCH FUN in art camp.

copper

cut and design glass

sculpy and glass jewelry

tile mosaics

 



Stony Point Dragons

 

Clay Self-portraits

 

After 5th graders finished their colored pencil self-portraits, we decided to make  clay ones while it was still fresh in our minds.  They came out as individual as the students are.

 

 

We liked making so much, we made small ones.  These were glazed with the same color as our Stony Point dragon's scales and attached together like a mosaic.

We haven't decided where these two panels will go.  They're about 12x22 each.

 



 

 

Sketching

 

 

Most projects start with sketching.  It gives us time to think and organize our thoughts.  It's like making a "web" before you start writing.  This kind of sketching is individual.

 

 

 

 

 

Sketching is also for note-taking.  It helps our brains process and remember facts.  We also write down important things we want to remember.  this we might do as a whole group.

 



 

3rd grade African Trading beads

 

As part of a unit on Mali, we made these beads.  Years ago when Europeans first went to Africa, they traded glass millifore beads for salt and gold.  African children are given beads as part of a naming ceremony to wear all their lives.  Beads are very important to them even now, as they are passed down from generation to generation.

 



 

 

Second graders studying MC Escher and tesselations came up with this poem.