Vinyl Flowers and Play Dough Fish

For this mixed media project the students were divided into two groups. The first group decided to create flowers using vinyl 45's records. The second group used colorful play dough to create fish.

The students used a variety of materias and tools to complete their mixed media projects.

(G2,G3) Creating in the Style of Maggie Taylor

We looked at pictures of Maggie Taylor's work and discussed the way she

creates collages of digital images. We discussed how she makes her prints by scanning her objects

into the computer, where by layering and manipulation she  then creates her surrealistic montages.  

The students loved how Maggie Taylor used unusual images to create her montages.

We learned how artists integrate technology and the computer into their art process.

Some students decided to create their montages using pictures, while others decided to draw their

own images.

Maggy Taylor at her studio

Maggy Taylor

Small storm

Student comment: "This is the town where Stella Umbrella lives. 

In Stella's town there are  chocolate bar aliens that are nice." 

Maggy Taylor

The collector

Maggy Taylor

Woman with swan

Maggy Taylor

Woman who loves fish

Student comment: "This is Mr.Fish Face. He is not a nice guy, look at this teeth."

Student comment: "This was a boy that turned into a fish. Now he is a flying fish."

Maggy Taylor

Woman with a stone skirt

Students understood how to use images in an unusual way.

Maggy Taylor

Girl in a bee dress

Student comment: "This girl is turning into a flower."

(KG,G1) Colorful Pumpkins

Students used water colors as well as scraps of paper to create colorful pumpkins

Our Art Club students decorated a giant pumpkin for the Fall Festival  

(G2,G3) Creating in the style of Nancy Azara Part III (The Tree Project)

We are completing our Tree Project unit by creating collage compositions on plywood sheets in the style of Nancy Azara

This collage/sculptural project took three sessions to be completed

1. Leaf prints were made using clay

2. We painted and decorated the clay leaves

3. We painted the plywood sheets and created the final composition using scraps of paper, wood scraps, and the clay leaves

Student: "The Leaf of Life"

Nancy Azara

Nancy Azara Goddess' Wall

Applying golden paint just like the artist Nancy Azara

Student: "My Tree"

Student: "Remembering the Fallen Leaf "

Nancy Azara Heart Wall

Student: "My Golden leaf "

Student: "Leaves of Paradise"

Student: "An Autumn Leaf"