Painting with Patterns

04/15/2013

 
Picture
I played with the Drawing with Carl app over the weekend after having learned about it from Karyn Keenan in Chicago. Here are her students drawings and audioboos.
I love the function in it that allows you to draw with patterns. It forced me to draw in shapes from the background to the foreground which is very similar to the way we would construct a paper collage.

I think this app would be perfect for creating a Laurel Birch styled abstract cat lesson. Here is what my students created in paint (physically) and here is a quick sketch of what I did in this app below.

Picture
In the style of Laurel Birch
Picture
Still life in shapes with symmetry
Picture
Portrait in shapes of pattern
Picture
The Germ Project with Symmetry
 

Digital Custom Collages on iPads

02/07/2013

3 Comments

 
I'm looking for a way to create a class photo collage project where we can add our custom pieces, share them, rotate, resize, overlay, change opacity, and erase parts.
I think MIXEL app used to do this until they changed their format. Muse app is close to what I want except for the customization.
I played with these ideas from my own sources of images in Sketchbook X (and Brushes app). It works, but there may already be an app that makes this easier. Any ideas?
Here is how I started. I imported Edward Hopper's Nighthawks into the Brushes app and color matched and texture matched until I could rub away two of the characters. 
Here is my finished file.
Then I pulled in pngs from my collection on layers that I could transform.
Picture
Tried Justaposer app for this collage. It does limit you to two images but that's all I wanted for this odd juxtaposition.
3 Comments
 

Touching the Art in the Hallways?

02/03/2013

1 Comment

 
Our 3rd grade Matisse Inspired wallpaper still life collages are full of beautiful textures, patterns, and colors. They really are irresistible! See all of these environmentally friendly pieces displayed in the hallways. We must thank Ms. Murphy who donated the wallpaper sample books, all the art volunteers who cut out the paper from the books, and those who have been busy this week hanging artwork in the hallways! Thank you! 
You can also explore the images from anywhere in the world on our online art gallery on Artsonia. Please take a moment to write a kind comment to an artist. They will love it!
P.S. The art teacher in me compels me to plea on behalf of the artwork to always show respect for the art in the hallway. Touching is tempting, but it is really easy to damage someone's art. So enjoy it with your eyes. This Fugleflick below is a good reminder to not crush the art's dream of one day making it off the hallway walls and into a frame in the family's home. 
1 Comment
 

Strawberry Teeth and the Pepper Smiles

11/14/2012

0 Comments

 
Picture
Kindergarteners in K-1 and K-2 emailed me their final collage pieces today made in the FACES iMAKE app on the iPads. They were inspired by the work of Giuseppe Arcimboldo (view his work in my Google Art Project gallery).  I caught some of them busy at work below next to the final piece they created. 
See my earlier post to learn about the lesson.
The book, FACES, by Zoe Miller and David Goodman is the perfect companion for this lesson. Explore the book here.
View the online gallery on Artsonia or look through the images below.
Add Comment
 

Giuseppe Arcimboldo in 1st Grade

09/28/2011

 
1st graders are exploring the Faces iMake app in art this week. This app has tons of images that you can arrange into a collage of a face much like the artwork of Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Take a look at this cool animation featuring one of his paintings below. Click this link to see a first grader working on his collage. Click this link to see the art gallery of finished work.
 
UA-12621152-1