Sami Auster
Art Educator/Artist/ Student
Class 5: Collaboration Creations
The student pictured above discovered that dragging the sponge creates a solid streak of color. This is a great example of applying paint in a new and inventive way.
Pictured above is one of the finished collaborative artworks. This showcases all the students ability to collaborate and share ideas and techniques with their peers.
The student pictured above is discovered that the piece of bark he found outside creates an interesting texture when used to scrape away paint. This is a perfect example of reimagining unfamiliar objects as paint brushes.
The student who made the artwork pictured above, used a fistful of sticks to create this unique mark. This is a great example of a student experimenting with non-traditional paint brushes and application techniques.
Project Description:
In this art lesson, students embarked on a collaborative artwork adventure to share ideas and build community. They repurposed non-traditional materials into art-making tools through experimentation with found-object paint brushes. Students worked together to create one large 2-dimensional work of art. In today's art exploration, students communicated and collectively contributed to a collaborative painting, which allowed them to combine different ideas and perspectives.
Essential Understanding:
Artists and designers collaborate to create works of art to combine different ideas and perspectives.
Objectives/Outcomes:
Students will be able to...
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Gather non-traditional materials to use as paintbrushes
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Experiment with non-traditional paint brushes and application techniques
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Collaborate with their peers to create a large work of art together
Skills:
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Reimagine unfamiliar objects as paint brushes
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Apply paint in new and inventive ways
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Collaboration with peers to share ideas and techniques
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What worked well for this art experience? Why?
I think that a lot went well for this project! EVERY SINGLE CHILD PARTICIPATED!!!!! (I think this deserves a caps lock) Despite knowing usually not every single child will always be engaged, I still couldn't help but feel a bunch of pride when I saw every single student take part in making this artwork. One student took his aggression out through whipping a stick on his paper and on the mural. This was very exciting to witness because it truly was art therapy at work, as he whipped the page his facial expression softened and the force behind the stick became softer. Another thing that worked well was having students paint with found paintbrushes and unusual brushes. The student’s seemed more engaged right off the bat because of the choice to pick what to paint with and because the brushes were not things they typically painted with. I remember one student specifically being fascinated with the marks their pinecone was making. This student even used their leaf to paint their pinecone! Which was super inventive because we didn’t give the student’s paint brushes so he is demonstrating strong problem solving skills. Another thing that worked well was all of my groups quick thinking of putting out a third piece of paper to get students re-engaged with the idea of a fresh slate.
What didn’t work well for this art experience? Why?
I don’t think that having our student’s outside worked exactly as planned because some student’s kept wandering off and had a harder time paying attention with all the distractions. Another thing that didn’t work well was that we switched over from testing found paintbrushes to moving onto the collaborative art to quickly because we ended up nearing the end of our project a bit sooner than planned.
What would you do differently? Why?
One thing I would do differently is find a different example so the students did not have to go outside so that students would be able to pay attention more and not be as easily distracted. Another thing I would of done differently is give the students more time to experiment with the different found brushes. This way the ideation portion of our lesson would be longer and give the students more time to experiment.