Mikaila Van Hill's Art Projects

 Description: After learning about Van Gogh, we made a landscape inspired by his work. The background was made out of tissue paper and gel medium. We were given creative freedom when it came to the color of tissue paper. For the background of mine I wanted to do something that resembled a sunset/ sunrise so I did a mix of oranges, reds, pinks, and yellows. To go on top of the tissue paper background, we were also given creative freedom to do whatever kind of landscape we wanted. I chose to do mountains for mine. Extension Activity: An extension activity I could do could be that students have to give their projects a caption. This caption could be a short paragraph explaining what their picture is or it could be a short story given to the picture.

 My Top 5 Photos Line- This flag is in my living room and the stripes on it worked great for the element line. Texture- This is my laptop case and it has a kind of bumpy or rough texture to it. Pattern- This is a picture of a basket in my room that has a striped pattern on it. Balance (Asymmetrical)- These fake trees were a part of our Christmas decorations that my roommates and I never took down. Space- I took this picture while I was driving because the rainbow was pretty but outside is always a great way to show space. Extension Activity: As an extension activity, you could take two pictures that represent the same element or principle and put the element/principle along with its definition on the back of the pictures. Students could flip two pictures over that they think represent the same element or principle to see if they were right. It makes a fun matching game while also reinforcing the ideas of elements and principles.

 Description: Before doing this project we read the book The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. This book shares a great message about how anyone can be an artist if they just believe in themselves. Introducing the art lesson with a book helps integrate a little bit of ELA into art. We were given coffee filters to decorate however we liked. We had to use crayons or oil pastels to draw and write things on the coffee filter. After drawing and writing, we then took water color and painted over the whole coffee filter. The watercolor does not mix with the crayon and oil pastels so doing this made patterns and things written on the coffee filter stand out more.  Extension Activity: An extension for this project could be adding that the students have to have something personal about themselves within their dot. This could be their favorite color, food, activity, hobby, etc. but it could help make their dots a little bit more personal. After creating their dot they could do a gallery walk whe...