The process:
Day 1:
Students were all given a large sheet of poster paper. Select songs of classical music (with strong emotions) was turned on and students had to draw with the music. They had to select colors that reflected the emotion of the music and draw along to the music. The students LOVED this. Most said that they felt relaxed while doing this. Almost all students couldn't believe how quickly class time flew by.
At the end of the practice, we talked about the sides of the brain (left and right) and the important connection our brains make with music and art.
Day 2:
The next art class students were given back their musical drawings and stations were set up around the art room. At each station there was a different technique for painting.
-Paint pens
-Spray bottles of watercolor with netting squares
-Toothbrushes
-Bubble wrap
-Plastic scored pieces for leaving texture
-Watercolors and salt
Students spent time at each station adding layers of paint and texture to their artworks. By the time students were done, we had quite the variety of artworks.
The dried artworks were then torn into long strips and these will be used as the background for our Chinese New Year Dragons.
Today we will work on creating the faces of our Chinese New Year dragons and next week they will put all of the pieces together to complete their dragons.
More pics to come....
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