I love this idea and I'm curious: is this what you do for the lesson that day in art or is it just for part of the class? I know the painted paper is part of something bigger later like collage. I have 40 minutes with my students and could see doing this for part of the class but not the whole time... Thanks!!
Actually I have them make 3-4 sheets per student takes 30 minutes then we open up choice stations Legos, block, drawing. My classes are 40 minutes. I also do this at the end of the school year to get ready for the first day of school for the next school year.
I love your blog. I'm an adult and consider myself in the category of kid when painting, as I'm just learning. Your blog is colourful and beautiful. Lucky kids who have you for their teacher.
I have tried this with my art students and they love it! I have found with some of the younger kids that they want to over mix their paint on the paper and get muddy colors. If they prepare painted paper beforehand and collage their compositions rather than straight paint it, their work stays bright, crisp, and easy to interpret. Thank you for the tips!
I have a couple of questions... 1. Since you store the painted paper in stacks of rainbows, does that mean you have a stack of painted paper per class? 2. When the students use the paper for a project, do they use the painted paper they created, or do they just pick any painted paper from the stack? 3. Do you let the students pick any colors they want to work with, or do you have guidelines? Like, classes at the beginning of the day start with certain certain colors, and classes at the end of the day do another color grouping? Sorry that was a lot!
I use the painted paper instead of regular colored construction paper, so it just another material available for projects. It goes into a community pile so if I need to use green construction paper for a project I then put out the previously painted paper in different shades of green. This creates more unique projects. I do have some guidelines but that is based on the project not the class. We create so many different shades of paper that my students have a hard time picking which paper they like best because they like the papers so much. When creating painted papers I do make a ton at the very end of the school year so that the next school year we have a huge supply. Usually around Feb we have to start making more, but the students love the process of paint so much it is never a problem. I hope that answers your questions. Please ask if you have any more questions! I love helping ya out. :)
I love this idea and I'm curious: is this what you do for the lesson that day in art or is it just for part of the class? I know the painted paper is part of something bigger later like collage. I have 40 minutes with my students and could see doing this for part of the class but not the whole time... Thanks!!
ReplyDeleteActually I have them make 3-4 sheets per student takes 30 minutes then we open up choice stations Legos, block, drawing. My classes are 40 minutes. I also do this at the end of the school year to get ready for the first day of school for the next school year.
DeleteI love your blog. I'm an adult and consider myself in the category of kid when painting, as I'm just learning. Your blog is colourful and beautiful. Lucky kids who have you for their teacher.
ReplyDeleteAwww Thank You. Keep on creating!
DeleteI have tried this with my art students and they love it! I have found with some of the younger kids that they want to over mix their paint on the paper and get muddy colors. If they prepare painted paper beforehand and collage their compositions rather than straight paint it, their work stays bright, crisp, and easy to interpret. Thank you for the tips!
ReplyDeleteTotally! :)
DeleteI have a couple of questions... 1. Since you store the painted paper in stacks of rainbows, does that mean you have a stack of painted paper per class? 2. When the students use the paper for a project, do they use the painted paper they created, or do they just pick any painted paper from the stack? 3. Do you let the students pick any colors they want to work with, or do you have guidelines? Like, classes at the beginning of the day start with certain certain colors, and classes at the end of the day do another color grouping?
ReplyDeleteSorry that was a lot!
I use the painted paper instead of regular colored construction paper, so it just another material available for projects. It goes into a community pile so if I need to use green construction paper for a project I then put out the previously painted paper in different shades of green. This creates more unique projects. I do have some guidelines but that is based on the project not the class. We create so many different shades of paper that my students have a hard time picking which paper they like best because they like the papers so much. When creating painted papers I do make a ton at the very end of the school year so that the next school year we have a huge supply. Usually around Feb we have to start making more, but the students love the process of paint so much it is never a problem. I hope that answers your questions. Please ask if you have any more questions! I love helping ya out. :)
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