Zentangle dragonflies

Today another one of our fabulous art masterpiece moms , Laura Bynum, is sharing a project she did with her 2nd grade class. Laura is also an artist too! Check out her blog www.lbynumart.com

Laura had her class do Zentangle Dragonflies and they turned out great. What is Zentangle? A Zentangle is an abstract drawing created using repetitive patterns. So pretty great project ideas for kids of all ages.

She used water colors , water color paper, pencils, zentangle example sheets, thin sharpies and brushes.
Laura showed them a couple examples after she told them what a Zentangle was.


The kids jumped right in drawing their dragonflies and creating the Zentangle designs.




After they got their designs down they painted them with a little watercolor.
Here's some masterpieces!



Here's some helpful links that she used
www.whatwedoallday.com

Here's a great one on how to draw a simple dragonfly. www.howtodrawanimals.net

Enjoy! Let me know how it turns out!

Jim Dine embossed hearts project.

Jim Dine (born June 16, 1935) is an American pop artist. He is sometimes considered to be a part of the Neo-Dada movement.

I am going to have the kiddos learn about Jim Dine today with a fabulous slideshow and make embossed 6 x 6 hearts. 

For the materials I purchased this roll of 36 gauge embossing aluminum.  I couldn't beat the price on Amazon, and it comes in a 12 x 25 foot roll.  It is easy to cut with scissors. Plenty for 2 classrooms.

 I also  bought cuticle sticks to use as cheap embossing tools.



Here is the link to the slideshow on Jim Dine....
I'll let you know how it goes