EES students have loved a new tool, the bingo dauber bottle. Thanks to the wide array of art teachers nationally who have shared their ideas on how to use them, I recently bought a couple of dozen to let students try them out..
Our bottles are filled with india ink, so the lines are very permanent and can be painted over. The wide mark of the sponge tip of the bottles begs for large paper, so students worked on 18"x24" drawing paper. Our drying racks are not big enough to accommodate such large work, so these paintings could be seen lining the tops of the lockers down our hallway.
Mr. Gillard's students looked at the artist Keith Haring, whose famous figural work was the inspiration for our classroom project.
Their learning goals in ink were to create some interpretation of a figure, to segment the background into 3-5 or more spaces, and to fill at least three of those spaces with a repeating pattern or design.
Students used color to create and enhance the themes of their work. The colors in the work above reinforce the excitement and energy of the figure.
This artist literally split the figure vertically into warm and cool color families. enhancing how the patterns changes across the work.
Look for these at our winter Fine Arts Night in February!
