RECYCLED BOTTLE FISH. 1st ESO

Papier mâché or Paper mache is an old modeling technique. For example, in Ancient Egypt coffins and death masks were often made of layers of papirus covered with plaster.

This technique uses pieces of paper bound with and adhesive (glue, starch or wallpaper paste). The paper is cut into strips and soaked in the paste. The strips may be placed onto the surface of an armature or skeleton, or they can be placed on an object to cover it. Wet pieces are allowed to dry slowly, and after some layers they can be painted.

I took this idea from krokotak, a Bulgarian webpage full of magic ideas.  We're going to use empty PET bottles to make coloured funny fishes.

 

We need the next stuff:

• An empty PET bottle from Coke, Fanta or a similar gas drink (gas drink bottles are stronger than water bottles).  They will be our skeleton.
• A piece of cardboard
• Sticky tape.
• Wallpaper glue.
• Newspapers.
• Paintings (if you use tempera, you'll need varnish)

You can follow the instructions in Krokotak.

Girls and boys in 1st ESO have been working in them for a couple of weeks, and some of the results are really  surprising (although some of them could be better!)

BLOW PAINTINGS.6è primària

The students of 6è made blow paintings by using watercolours and straws. Firstly, they painted some test tubes in watercolours and then they blew them with the straws to get a scientific effect. In this activity, the students used their imagination and their scientific abilities.

STILL LIFE. 4t primària

The students of 4rt drew a still life painting. To do it, they took some real objects from their homes: jars, flower pots, glasses... Then, we arranged them in two different compositions and the students drew the one they preferred. They used pencil to draw the figures and carbon pencil for the shadows. Children experimented with light and shade.

ICONES. 4t ESO

Com a primera part de l'activitat "Representació de la figura humana I: el retrat", els alumnes de 4t d'ESO han dissenyat unes icones personals utilitzant l'aplicació Portrait Illustration Maker. Aquí us les deixo:

TEXTURES. 1st ESO

Texture is one of the elements of visual language.  Everything, including works of art, has a texture or surface.

In this unit we will discover how many types of textures we can meet and some techniques we can use to create texture effects.

In the next slides you can learn some interesting things about textures:

Textures

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You can also watch to these videos. They show some techniques to create textures:






Practising textures in the Net

 1.  Jackson Pollock was an American artist who painted creating different textures.  He had an special style called drip painting.  You can see him painting in this video:

 In the web page jacksonpollock.org, you can try painting in his particular style.

2. Virtual Collages 
Collage is one of the most used art techniques to work with textures.
Thanks to the blog "Las TIC en plástica" I've found some interesting applications to perform virtual collages.

• Collage Machine 1.0
• Remix, interactive collage, from de MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) of New York.
• Collage maker: doing collage using parts of portraits.

AFRICAN PICTURES. 3r primària

The students in 3r have studied Paul Klee, a Swiss born painter who was a deep thinker and a sensitive observer. Color and primitive symbols became a major part in his paintings, especially after a trip to Egypt, where he encountered deeper impressions of the landscapes.

Students used warm colours (yellow, orange, brown, pink....) and squared sponges to create a Paul Klee African atmosphere. The colours had to be different in each square. Then, they draw some African symbols using a felt-tip pen or black paint.