Art form and Style of Art : Visual Art based on a literacy activity

Art Elements evident in the artwork : Different watercolors painted with paintbrushes . Different materials with different textures . Black marker used for facial features .

Materials used : Watercolor , Paint brushes , Construction Paper , Glue , Black Marker , Aluminum foil

Description and directions : The children traced & cut their fish . With different paintbrushes , they painted the fish by lines . When it dried , they pasted the scales made from aluminum foil . They then put on the facial features.

How I can use this activity with children : This activity would be used to reinforce the message from the story of "The Rainbow Fish". The children then exhibit their art & talk about the story .

Art form and Style of Art : Visual Art , drawing

Art Elements evident in the artwork : A square was painted green & then it was ripped by hand to act as the grass . When it dried , we drew the flowers on the paper behind the green paper using markers .

Materials used : Square Construction paper , Tempera colors, glue & Colored Markers .

Description and directions : On the square paper , we used paintbrushes to paint green & earthy tones . When that dried , we ripped it up with our hands & we pasted it on a rectangular construcion paper . We then drew the flowers on the paper behind with different shapes and forms .

How I can use this activity with children : Giving children the option to draw flowers , insects , clouds , etc . on the sqare background paper .

Art form and Style of Art : Visual Art , painting

Art Elements evident in the artwork : A web of different colors .

Materials used - Cardboard box , White Construction paper , Tempera paint chosen by the classroom & 6 marbles .

• Description and directions - The children grabbed a cardboard box & put their construction paper at the bottom of the box . Then , they put drops of paint in the box on the paper & dropped 6 marbles in the box . Then , they moved around the cardboard box & the marbles made the web design shown above.

How I can use this activity with children - There needs to be extreme safety when using the marbles . There are different forms & shapes of paper that can be used. Demonstrating the effect of using certain materials used with the paint .

Art form and Style of Art : Visual art , collage

Art Elements evident in the artwork : Different colors , texture & different forms of squares .

Materials used : Construction paper of different designs with green & blue , Glue , and a circle stencil .

Description and directions : The children start off with white construction paper . In the center , they form a circle with the stencil . Then , they cover the circle with green paper & the outside , with blue paper .

How I can use this activity with children : This can be used to celebrate earth day . This is done by utilizing colors & shades that represent the earth and water . This supports their creativity .

Art form and Style of Art : Visual art , textured art

Art Elements evident in the artwork : Texture , mixed colors .

Materials used - Black Construction paper , Figures made of white construction paper ,glue, Shaving foam , watercolors & droppers .

Description and directions - The children glued the white figures on the black construction paper . Then , we added shaving foam on the white paper . Watercolor was added with droppers & they used their hands to mix in the colors .

How I can use this activity with children : This stimulates their 5 senses , you can feel it , smell it , etc. Questions are asked about what happens when materials are mixed . Different figures can be used , different animals , shapes , flowers , etc.

Art form and Style of Art : Visual Art

Art Elements evident in the artwork : Texture , colors & 3 D

Materials used : White construction paper , Red paint , Sponge , Rolled up paper , Water , Tissue paper & glue

Description and directions : The children trace a heart and then they cut it out . Then, it is painted with a sponge dipped in red paint . Once its dry , they will make balls of tissue paper painted in red and glue them around the border of the hear .

How I can use this activity with children : Children can use any color or shape & follow the same directions .

Art form and Style of Art : Visual art , with creative movement

Art Elements evident in the artwork : Sounds , textures , & three dimensional .

Materials used : Paper plate , ribbon , markers , foam stickers , glue, bells, hole punch & a stick .

Description and directions : On a paper plate , the children make their design on the plate & stickers are added . With a hole punch , holes are made all around the plate . Then the ribbon is tied on . Another plate is added on top of the first plate & the bells are put inside the two plates .

How I can use this activity with children : Introducing music that uses a tamborine , this art makes sounds like a tamborine . This is an auditory activity so the children know that art can be visual and musical .