Part of my sensory art class is not only trying to find different ways to use common art materials, but how to use everyday items in an artful way. Here's an example:
I had prepared some cardboard shapes (an egg and a bunny) which we traced them onto cardstock with marker. The students identified six different colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. I prepared three palettes with pairs of primary colors and passed them out. Instead of paintbrushes, we used plastic Easter eggs! Using the rounded top and bottom as our vessel to transfer the paint from palette to paper, the paint started to blend into secondary colors. Once the students were done painting I traded the used eggs and palettes for clean eggs and palettes with glue. I had the students open the eggs and differentiate the big half and little half. Another layer of texture was added to their artwork by dipping the open circular edge of the plastic egg into the glue and stamping it onto their paper. We then sprinkled, shook, and tapped glitter onto the page and the excess into the trash.
After we create, we always share our art with our friends and compliment each other by using our new vocabulary. This class we got to highlight tracing, paintstrokes, primary and secondary colors, stamping and definition.
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