Pollack inspired splatter art

Today we studied our last great artist of the month, Pollock. To finish our studies we made paintings inspired by his work; splatter art!



To make these we took toothbrushes and dipped them in paint. Then while holding the brush slightly above the paper they ran their fingers along the bristles making the paint splatter everywhere. The kids LOVED this activity but be warned, it can get extremely messy!

Self portraits #1

We started our artist month out today by making self portraits.. This is our first self portrait of the month, at the end of the month we will make another one to compare the first one to.. I think it will be interesting to see how much their pictures change after studying various artists

R and E's self portraits
R made the green one and E made the orange one.. The entire time they worked they were in front of a mirror.. It was cute watching them staring at themselves trying to get the details right.. Even though they look simple these drawings took half an hour of concentration!