Art Curriculum- Update

I spent a good portion of this evening trying to plot out January-March 2015.

January is now has a project for Cubism, Surrealism, and Fauvism.

February is still empty.

March is mostly filled up with projects leading up to Easter and reflecting spring.

For the advanced art curriculum, January is covered but not much else.

(Logging in 2 hours)

ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY

One year ago I created this blog and a page for my art on Facebook.

As of now this blog has had 2,179 page views.

On my Facebook page I have 104 likes.

Thank you everyone for your support. :)

Tardis Step By Step

Above: Reference photos I used. I do not own them or the concept of the Tardis in any way.

Last week I made a my own Tardis out of cardboard and I'm very happy with it. :) This is a step by step process of how I made it.

Supplies:
-blue, white, black acrylic paint
-black pen
-mini glass jar
-lots and lots of cardboard
-tardis shaped box
-stiff brushes
-newspaper
-hot glue
-mod podge

I collect cardboard from various places like the backs of calendars and packaging.

The box was just packaging from Amazon for something we ordered. The first thing I did was to mod podge newspaper onto it to work as a base since cardboard suck up paint.

I painted over the newspaper with a brighter blue to work as a base, then I went over it with ultramarine blue. Any kind of acrylic works, there's some that's .99 a small bottle and some that's 4.00 a bottle. Either kind works, the Tardis has changed colors multiple times over the years so I figured it was safe to go with whatever came of the process.

I took and measured out strips to work as the corners that jut out down the entire length. How thick you make them is up to you, whatever looks appropriate for your box. I painted them white for a base coat, then went over them with ultramarine blue.

The black rectangles I measured out for the "Police Public Call Box" sign.

All of the color is dry brushed on. I layered the different blues and some white to give it a weathered look.

The strips and pieces were hot glued on.

For the rows between the "columns" I had to measure each part individually for the best fit.

Then I took a dry brush with black acrylic paint and went into the corners and shaded the blue to give it more depth.

The windows are white and black acrylic. The "Pull to Open" sign was written on with a black pen.

The top square on top is a cut out cardboard square with rectangles propping it up. In the pictures below you can see the seams of hot glue. :)

I got the jar from Cracker Barrel. It held blueberry jam, I kept it and I'd been saving it. The lines are painted on the inside with black. I also painted the lid dark blue.

Because the doors refused to close I created a latch using a paperclip, a clasp, and a chunk of chain (all of the jewelry items I bought from Michael's). The Sherlock charm is something I made using a marble and mod podge.

The final product:

Towards the end I just touched it up and played with the coloring and weathering effects until I was satisfied. It's a lot of eyeballing it and adding on as you go. I didn't set out with anything outlined.

I also trimmed the doors so that they wouldn't scrape as they were pulled open. But that's just my preference.

Overall at least 12 hours.

Once you have your box it's just a matter of measuring lots of long strips and painting it to your satisfaction.

Enjoy, and if you have any questions feel free to comment below. :)

Creating An Art Curriculum

A glimpse of my plans... and my Lord of the Rings Marathon. <3

What I'm Working On

The past week I've been working on creating an Art Curriculum for middle grade children and younger.

It will take the kids through 6-7 major art movements in history. 3-4 projects devoted to each movement.

I'm trying to find a variety of projects that involve painting, cutting, and color usage.

Because the kids I'll be teaching (with the assistance of my mother and eldest sister) are an age group of 4-10 there are some basic motor skills that have not developed, as a result what I can do is limited. However there are still many delightful projects that can be accomplished.

This will be my Senior High Project, and so this will work beautifully as a place I can log my progress and hours in a pleasant manner that others might find useful or interesting.

What I've Accomplished So Far:

-Outlined 6 main movements of art + extra "Seasonal Fun" projects
-Figured out how to make a table in Microsoft Word
-Created a physical calendar + outlines in a Word Doc + Lists on my phone (all for project ideas)
-Come up with projects that will take the kids September-December this year
-Created 2 extra Pinterest boards which have proved amazing for pinning projects and ideas
-Gotten a good start on creating a parallel curriculum for my niece who's on the brink of highschool
-Enjoyed the pros of having 2 experienced teachers in the family who have fantastic resources and advice

The Parallel Curriculum

I'm creating a curriculum for my eldest niece who's on a more advanced level. It's following the same structure of artistic movements, but the projects vary from "advanced takes on the kids projects" to different aspects of the art movement itself.

She will be getting more challenges involving pencil, different tools like knives in painting, and photography, etc. She will also have a great deal more freedom with what she can pick and create whereas the Littles will have to be guided step by step for most of the projects.

Because she differs from the main projects and ideas I've created an entire table and list for her that follows the same dates and formula.

Eventually I hope to post the execution of each project and how the Littles (and my niece) handle the projects I pick out.

Basic Outline-

Major Art Movements:
Rennaisance
Post-Impressionism (Fauvism/Expressionism/Pointillism)
Cubism
Surrealism
Abstract Expressionism

Extra:
FALL
WINTER
SPRING

So far this experience has taught me that while I'm a hyper organized person I am not a tidy person. ;)
(Today I'm logging 7-8 hours for outlining, research, and planning)