Saturday, March 27, 2010

Reece's Purplicious Painting and Parfait Party









Reece decided to have a Purplicious birthday party, based off the book "Purplicious". Everyone wore purple (it also happened to be on a KSU game day!) and we painted with different shades of purple for her party craft. Later on they made ice cream parfaits, so cute! Here are a few photos of the kids painting on small canvases using a bunch of different objects like starfish, yarn, and q-tips to paint and stamp with.

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Kade's Tennis Party






Today was Kaden's 4th birthday party. The theme was tennis and a filler craft was needed for the kids as they were arriving. Kade and his friends decorated tennis rackets with felt tennis balls, markers, and crayons. It only took about 15-30 minutes and was a perfect way to entertain party guests before they played tennis and ate cake!

Monday, March 15, 2010

Handprint Rainbows




In honor of St. Patrick's Day we made rainbows using our fingerprints and the side of our fist to create the rainbow and clouds. This was a great way to direct finger painting into an image.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Ice-Cream SUNDAY





We made ice-cream sundae's with watercolor on Sunday. Pattern was emphasized with this project as well as contour lines. The kids had the most fun picking out what kind of ice-cream went in their bowls. The most popular flavors were pinkilious bubblegum, blueberry, and mint chocolate chip! Here is just one of the sundae's.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Local Artist : Yoshiro Ikeda



There was an article written in the K-State Collegian on local artist, Yoshiro Ikeda today. He has lived in Manhattan for about 40 years. Yoshi is an amazing artist and teacher, not to mention he is hilarious. It's a great article, here is the link below:

http://www.kstatecollegian.com/news/yoshiro-ikeda-behind-the-pottery-wheel-1.2181653

Sunday, March 7, 2010

What Your Kids Are Learning: Gustav Klimt




Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter. He mainly used the female form for his paintings and murals. The above painting is titled "Adele Bloch-Bauer I." Fun fact: It was sold in 2006 for a record 135 million!

Gustav Klimt Inspired Collages







This is a fun lesson on Gustav Klimt that I found online. Kiersten had the idea to use her own head. Great idea! I turned Karli's "mess up" into a mermaid while she worked on some waves. Little brother had a side painting going on behind us so he wasn't left out! We used all kinds of media and lots of glitter and most importantly had a blast.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

What Your Kids Are Learning: Georges-Pierre Seurat



Sunday Afternoon on the Island La Grande Jatte, Georges-Pierre Seurat

Pointillism is a painting technique using only dots of color to form an object. It stems from Impressionism and was invented by Seurat in 1886. Art critics coined the term Pointillism to make fun of artists who used this silly dot technique. Today no one makes fun of it because it's awesome!