To finish the semester on a high note, the last project will be Making Custom Christmas Trees with plastic plates. To start, first cut the plastic plates into halves, then paint over with green markers. Next, carefully fold it into a cone shape and staple the ends. If some children …
After learning about perspectives and drawing in 3 dimension, it is time to build our own houses with paints! Image from Printable Coloring Pages Students first draw the blueprint of the house by drawing a large rectangle and divide it into two parts with a straight vertical line. The first …
Transforming Van Gogh’s The Starry Night on Paper Inspired by Van Gogh’s Starry Night, the student began a journey of making their own Starry Night with paints on paper. This project is a three week long exercise, focusing on helping the students to understand the basic elements of a painting …
Thanksgiving has just passed and Christmas is just around the corner! Students now get a chance to design their own Cornucopia using pencils and papers! After introducing the different ways to draw basic shapes, we began by drawing the outer edge of the basket opening. Use pairs of curved lines …
After showing the students at Penn Treaty an art magazine that featured a variety of artist using nontraditional material to create their work last week, we decided to have them paint their own designs on a wooden frame mirror and wood cork spheres. The purpose of this project is to …
We have been so grateful to have had graduate students from University of the Sciences, who are majoring in occupational therapy, assist in our 10-week session at the Fishtown Recreation Center. Every week we’ve had new grad students participating in our class. They’ve been able to provide extra one-on-one interactions …
Students at Cione Recreation Center wasted no time to start using their brand new art materials given to them from Art Sphere Inc. Their gift bags included: markers, colored pencils, crayons, glue, brushes and watercolor paints. One student noted how excited they were to be able to decide how they …
Reading is always more fun if you can sing the book! We had a lot of fun with our “Starry Night” lesson at Fishtown Recreation this semester. The students learned about Van Gogh’s famous painting and made their own interpretations. For the music portion of the class, I did a …
