Kids Art Russia lesson!
Today we learned about Russian architecture and ‘onion domes,’ as depicted in St. Basil’s Cathedral.
We used sharpie markers on watercolor paper to make our drawings permanent. Then we added watercolor paint and salt. The salt separates the water in a beautiful pattern. They turned out SO original! This technique is always a parent favorite, and the kids always love to paint.
Here are some examples of our final art:
Onion Domes by Katie, age 7
Onion Domes by Vivian, age 5
Onion Domes by Emilia, age 6
Onion Domes by Jeffrey, age 7
Onion Domes by Samantha, age 7
Onion Domes by Anne, age 6
We also sampled some delicious Russian Tea Cakes and I’ve included the recipe below. These are easy to make with kids!
Russian Tea Cakes (no nuts)
Butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, flour, salt
Ingredient List:
1 cup softened butter/margarine
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
optional – chopped nuts
How to Make Russian Tea Cakes:
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Mix butter powdered sugar & vanilla in a large bowl.
- Stir in flour, salt & nuts (optional). Mix & knead until dough forms.
- Shape dough into small balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 12-14 minutes or until set.
- Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar.
(I did this part since they were hot!)
- Let cool completely.
- Roll in more powdered sugar & enjoy!
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Amazing ohio kids art – folk art chickens!
Oh how I’ve looked forward to this class.. I am very easily amused and I think chickens are one of the weirdest, coolest animals. Did you know chickens are related to dinosaurs?! True story. For proof, click here.
I think they look alike, don’t you?
In class today we learned about folk art and viewed some farm related examples of North American folk art, including sculpture and quilts. We sketched chickens in 3 different ways:
Anime chicken by Thatcher. WOW.
Then we chose our favorite chicken sketch and drew the design on large construction paper. We used oil pastels and baby oil to blend bright colors together.
Finally, we collage-d paper squares around our chickens to create a final folk art ‘quilt.’ Here are our final images!
Chicken Quilt by Maura, age 6
Chicken Quilt by Rowin, age 6
Chicken Quilt by Ingrid, age 6
Chicken Quilt by Dexter, age 10
Chicken Quilt by Thatcher, age 7
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We had an amazing time this past Saturday being ‘inventors!’ In this kids art class we learned about shape versus form while creating their own robot designs.
First the kids invented their robots, by creating 3 designs. I provided reference robo-parts for inspiration, and the kids came up with some very cool ideas!
“Girl Robot” by Maura
Dexter’s Robot in a Robot Arena
We chose our favorite design and then painted a flat gray value over the robot’s shape. Since this was a 1 day workshop and not an ongoing class, we were unable to store our wet art. Luckily Mrs. Scribble had her trusty hair dryer! I dried the paintings while the students created a second artwork: designing a futuristic world for their robots to live in. They LOVED this part.
Next we added white shine, or reflected light ‘stripes’ onto our robots. I showed them how to draw the stripes always on the same side of their robot, on every robot body part. Then we added black stripes for the shadow side of the robot, on every robot part. Finally we added an outer shadow around the robots.
Robo-Puppy Shadows and Highlights by Maura
Robo-Cat by Thatcher
Value is always a challenge for young children, and even more so using paint. Generally I prefer using pastels or oil pastels when teaching value, as it is slightly more forgiving than paint. If I do this lesson again, I’ll paint a demonstration robot along with them. I also let the kids go a little wild adding color to their robots at the end, but I encourage creativity. Process is what counts, as kids learn by doing and I never want to stifle that.
View the final art below!
Robo-Puppy, by Maura age 6
“Girl” “Thatcher is a BOY”
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