Art Curriculum- Week 28- "Stained Glass" Tinfoil (Modern Art)

Week 28- "Stained Glass" Tinfoil (Modern Art)

Movement: Modern Art

What you will need:

-hot glue

-cardboard (or card stock)

-tinfoil (heavy duty holds up better)

-sharpies

Time: 45 minutes (not including prep which was 1 hour)

Prep:

I have a stack of cardboard saved from calendars and art pads that I was able to use. However cardstock will work too. You need a stiff or harder material.

I looked up modern art in stained glass windows. I drew the designs in hot glue. Creating solid geometric shapes (circles/rectangles/squares/etc.)

Frank Lloyd Wright has some excellent modern stained glass that I used as a reference.

When pressing the tinfoil down start from the middle and work your way to the edges. I used my pinkie fingers knuckle to press into the edges. Using Yor fingernails will read the foil.

I folded the excess over the back.

 

Project:

I told them they could pick three colors. And then could leave some spaces blank (to create a "fourth").

No same colors could touch except by corners.

Be careful that they don't color to hard or press on the edges, I couldn't get the tinfoil tight in the corners so the edges could tear.

After they finished I went back and touched up the spaces.

Voila!

The foil makes the colors extra vibrant and jewel toned.

Overall: Easy and fun! The end result is beautiful. The only thing to watch for is that the foil doesn't tear, but we had no incidents.

Related blog posts:

-Tardis Step By Step (Cardboard)
-Abstract Watercolor Trees

(logging 2 hours for prep and execution)

Art Curriculum- Week 20- Stained Glass Trees in Watercolor

Week 20- Stained Glass Trees in Watercolor

Movement: Abstract Expressionism

A project that goes hand in hand with this one is our painting that uses a wet on wet technique to make splatter painted trees in watercolors. To view it click here.

This project was ultimately taught to 3 different groups. Kindergarten-3rd + 4th-6th + our ordinary group of 6 kids (all of whom take the other 2 classes only split up to fit their age groups).

What you will need:

-multipurpose paper
-watercolors
-sharpie
-brushes
-paint palettes

Time: 1 hour

Prep:

The tree is based on a picture I saw on pinterest that I expanded on a bit... So design for the tree is not mine. Each of the trees had to be drawn/traced on by hand and then gone over with sharpie because the paper was too big to fit in the printer.

The hearts are designed by my sister, Sarah, for the younger class.

Execution:

• Each child gets a brush, a paint palette (or shares depending on how many you have), a cup of water, and a blank sheet of paper with 8 sections on it.
• First we practiced with the blank sheet. I had them always try to lay down the lightest color first before adding the darker color (for example, yellow and then blue). Once we were comfortable with laying down color in a neat fashion had practice making the colors run and blend with each other we moved on to the Tree.
  
• For my older class of 4-6th graders I could let them go at it themselves. Filling in each panel with separate color schemes. Some of them were really creative and ended up with cool patterns.
  
• For the the younger ones, I don't think some of them quite got the part about "keeping the panels separate so that they don't run into each other and make mud) but the colors are still fun and vibrant!

older class 4th-6th grade

Remember to lay down your paint quickly and don't overwork your colors!

Enjoy!

Related blog posts:

-Expressions in Color

(logging 3 hours for prep and execution - includes teach 2 separate groups)

Extra- Stained Glass With Melted Crayons

Stained Glass With Melted Crayons

Our last lesson was for Valentine's Day, you can view it here.

Another bonus lesson for the week!

Simple, will require one on one supervision due to the use of a hot iron, but fairly quick.

What you will need:

-paint palettes/cups/containers to hold the different crayon shavings
-crayons
-peelers/pencil sharpener

-wax paper
-iron

-paper towels

-ironing board

-sharpie/marker

-scissors

Time: 45+ minutes

Prep:

• Shave the crayons (I used an old potato peeler, but I know you can also use a pencil sharpener). This is pretty much all of your prep time. It took me close to an hour to get these shaved. My advice, peel slowly, it's less messy. The shredded crayon will want to cling to your skin and go all over.
• Plug in the iron and set up the ironing board
• Cut the wax papers beforehand. I cut enough for each child to make 2. I cut 6x6 inch pieces of wax paper. You'll need 2 papers for each picture (The 2 papers are the bread of the sandwich and the crayons are everything in between)

• I brought up one child at a time. I spread out the first paper and put paper towel underneath it. They could pick all the colors they wanted. Try to keep the crayon away from the edges because the melted crayon could leak.
• Sprinkle all the colors!
• Cover with the second piece of wax paper and top it with another paper towel.
• Iron. Try not to over bake, the colors could melt too much and become muddied.
• Lift the paper towel to check periodically (don't go over 5 minutes unless you have very stubborn wax or a weak iron)
• Below are some examples of the process (before and after melting)

• Use the sharpie to draw your designs in the paper after they've cooled. I gave the kids the options of having a: Star, Circle, Heart
• Cut out your shape
• Hang on string or tape to your windows!

Related blog post:

-Stained Glass Leaves

(logging 2 hours for prep and execution)