It was a fun filled summer of art for Mrs. Bennett. From directing city art camps to teaching a chalk mural course at the Coral Springs Museum of art, it was both colorful & inspiring.
About 25 young artists designed bench panels for the city parks of Lighthouse Point using mosaic tiles. We created 7 in total, including 2 additions from yours truly.
The first week of July I taught a 4 day street painting class to a small group at the Coral Springs MOA. We learned the basic technique of laying out grid work with pastel directly onto the pavement. It turned out beautifully!
But onto the new school year! We will be examining structures, environments, and architecture throughout history using a variety of materials. As per usual...
Here we go!
Our 1st full week of school for k-8th grade is complete! I think my favorite project of the week has been a color wheel lesson using primary tempera paints drizzled over glue. 3rd graders each received either a plastic transparency or a plastic lid filled with a shallow base of glue. They took liberty using eye droppers or brushes dripping red, yellow, and blue paints over their bed of glue. I encouraged them to mis slowly and gently, dragging a toothpick over 2 colors at a time, creating a marbled swirl effect. They loved this process and can't wait for them to dry!
1st-4th grade reviewed the color wheel-the properties of primary and secondary colors with a little "angry bird" color wheel. At the risk of catching the angry bird hype 4 years too late, the kids seemed to enjoy the theme and some even created their own cartoon shapes. The main focus was creating 6 shapes to practice blending using oil crayon or tempera. Til next week...
