Painting - Kick it Up a Notch

Take your painting to the next level.  Stretch your art with the following materials.

*These materials are permission only.  Your plan should include the use of these materials and artist must demonstrate the responsible use and care for these paints.

Glitter Paint
Glitter paint is a great accent paint.  It adds sparkle and shimmer to your work.  Perfect for highlights and emphasis.

Check out this painting by 5th grade artist Amelia.  She used traditional tempera paint first and then added glitter paint as the final layer.  *Mixing glitter paint into tempera will cover the sparkle :(  

Kwik Stiks
If you like to draw and paint, give Kwik Stix a try.  Kwik Stix are soft paint sticks that dry quickly, 90 seconds!

This is a great paint tool with the quality of drawing but covers like paint.  Think of it like using detail markers or a detail brush.  You are making marks and lines.  

Try starting out with a sharpie drawing and filling in with color.

Kwik Stix give you control of the paint.

 Try using the Kwik Stix to add texture and interest in your art. What did this artist use to create the water in this seascape?

 If you are looking to paint a large area like a sky, ocean or field of grass, use liquid tempera in the egg cartons or watercolor paint and wide brush, not Kwik Stix. 

Another artwork outlined with sharpie and 'painted' with Kwik Stix.  Use paint and a brush or construction paper for a solid background.

*Use soft to medium Pressure.  Students who do not care for the Kwik Stix and push down hard with the Kwik Stix will end their option to use this material.   

Gloss Paint
Thick, Shiny, opaque and perfect for covering sculptures.  Gloss paint may be used on 3D projects as well as detail work on a painting.  Not recommended for large areas such as a field or sky.

Liquid Water Colors

Bright, Bold Colors. 

 *try drawing with oil pastel and then painting on top for watercolor resist.

Use Liquid Watercolor to make a bright background.  When dry take this paper to the Drawing or Collage Studio--lots of possibilities.  or experiment with tempera paint on this fun paper.

Take care of these paints by rinsing your brush every time you change a color.  This keeps the colors bright.

Try a sprinkle of salt (*a little pinch of salt is all you need and too much doesn't create this speckled look)

Image source:
*https://elementaryartfun.blogspot.com/2015/04/april-showers-and-jellyfish-watercolor.html
*http://elementaryartfun.blogspot.com/2009/11/watercolor-insects.html
https://www.adventure-in-a-box.com/painting-space-watercolours-kids/
https://artfulparent.com/kids-handmade-gift-idea/
*https://www.kindergartenkiosk.com/kindergartenkiosk/3/7/amazing-paint-sticks-great-for-young-children
*http://www.astablebeginning.com/2017/05/mess-free-creativity-with-new-thin-stix.html
*https://www.byebyebrickandmortar.com/box-art-thin-stix/
*https://www.deepspacesparkle.com/all-about-liquid-watercolor-paints/
*https://kinderart.com/art-lessons/painting/rowhousesdrawingandpainting/

Environmental Art- SHOM

Artists consider the world around them, which can include thinking and caring about the environment.

An ongoing environmental disaster that has captured the recent attention of citizens and artists is the plastic pollution floating in the ocean.  
After seeing sights like this....

And reading facts like this...

 Artists have taken this as an opportunity to use their creative power to educate and express important issues to in their work.

Many artists are creating art made entirely of marine debris collected from beaches. The sculptures illustrate the tragedy of plastic pollution in our waterways. 

Angela Haseltine Pozzi is the artistic and executive director behind Washed Ashore, “a non-profit, community-based organization with a mission of educating and creating awareness about marine debris and plastic pollution through art.”

Angela was inspired by the marine debris she saw accumulating on the beaches of her native Oregon.

 Through Washed Ashore, she organizes volunteers to clean up beaches and use the debris to construct larger-than-life sculptures of the animals most affected plastic pollution. “Until we run out of plastic on the beach,” she says, “we will keep doing our work.”

Many of these artworks have been on display around the country.  What is the importance of this work being on display in various locations?  Why would the artist want their work to travel?

These plastic art works can withstand the outdoor elements and while this is a great quality for art materials that will be outdoors, this is exactly why plastic is so bad for our oceans and marine life.

Other artists share the same concern about the pollution in our oceans.  

Mandy Barker is an international award-winning photographer whose work involving marine plastic debris has received global recognition. 

Working with scientists she aims to raise awareness about plastic pollution in the world's oceans while highlighting the harmful affect on marine life and ultimately humans.

British Artist Stuart Haygarth walked a 500 mile journey along the southern coast of England with the goal to pick up every single man-made object that he could find along the way. His art is made by and arranging debris into collections that show us how weird the odd objects in our lives can be.

Tide Chandelier

 Detail:

Will reusing found materials be the best way to express your idea?
What is something you are concerned about or care about that you can express in your art?
Can art help to solve a problem?




http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160324-stuart-haygarths-strand-the-strange-beauty-of-lost-rubbish
http://time.com/4358434/world-oceans-day-art-marine-plastic/

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