Footprints

Here are my footprints. This was an activity to describe myself and the important things in my life. My footprints are in purple because I truly like the color purple. I have a sun with a flower, which is made out of tissue paper, ribbon, and pipe cleaners, because it symbolizes that I love being outside especially in the spring time. I also put a picture of my family and boyfriend since they are the most important aspects in my life. A dog bone is one the foot since we have a new puppy. I also love fishing, so I added a Popsicle stick with a string to symbolize that. In the picture you can see all the other aspects about me!

This was an excellent activity for introductions and for teachers/peers to learn about one another. I plan to use this activity in my upcoming classroom. I could also extend this activity by using writing and having the children write a short page about their footprint art and how it relates to their personal lives. Another great activity would be to learn about a classmate and create another one for that classmate describing them. It would be a way for students to get acquainted.

Welcome to my Art Gallery

As I am getting starting learning about art concepts and elementary art ideas, I am opening up to art and the idea that I too can create art. Art is fun and can state meanings and feelings that words may not express.

We recently learned the elements of design. Mrs. Preszler showed and taught us what a line, shape, form, value, texture, and space in art is. We explored the different lines and how we can use different emotions to change the pressure we are applying to our pencils. An angry line was very dark and heavy, while a quiet line was very light and simple. The value scale is used for pressure and the different types of lines in art. Black means dark, which says one must apply great pressure to the pencil and white means applying no pressure to the pencil. Shapes can be geometric or organic. I also found that by shading a shape a 3D volume can be created. Texture appeals to the sense of touch. We have been asked to find 10 different textures throughout our house and environment. I also found it interesting how last week we created footprints using all sorts of materials. After learning about textures, I realized I had just used several textures, which all had different feelings of touch to them.