Grace Irey's Art Portfolio

 Description: For this activity, we discussed Van Gogh and who he was as a person. We also looked at his painting Starry Night and the discussed the various different principles of design that we noticed in it. Afterwards, we began our project which was intended to have a similar landscape to Starry Night. We were allowed to choose our own version of it though, so for my project I chose to make it beach themed. First, we began by gluing down tissue paper pieces that we tore up onto a large piece of construction paper. We covered as much of the background as we could. Next, we cut out the landscape that we wanted from construction paper and glued that down over the background. After that, we drew on any designs to our landscape that we wanted, so I chose to draw a beach towel and umbrella. Finally, once the background had fully dried we drew on white swirls to mimic the ones from Starry Night using a white oil pastel.  Extension Activity: For an extension, this project could be...

   Description: For this activity, we created a hidden safari. First, we created "sunglasses" using construction paper and red film. We traced out the frame of the sunglasses on red construction paper using a provided stencil and then cut the paper accordingly. Next, we placed a strip of red film on the underside on the glasses and glued it to the frames, creating red "sunglasses" that we would use later on. After we finished our sunglasses, we used a light blue colored pencil and drew an animal of our choosing that you would typically see on a safari on a blank piece of paper. For my project, I chose to draw a lion. After we finished drawing our animal, we drew several different patterns over the top of it with warm colors such as pink, yellow, orange, and red. Finally, after we finished hiding our animal we drew under warm colors, we used the sunglasses we made to view the animal underneath the patterns, as the red film from the sunglasses canceled out the warm co...

  Description: For this project, we used coffee filters, oil pastels, white crayon, markers, and water color paint. Using the oil pastels and white crayon, we drew a design and wrote words that we wanted to show through the paint. Next, we used either marker or water color paint and blended them all over the coffee filter using water.  Extension Activity: As an extension for this activity, teachers can read students the book The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. The book is a great way to explain to students that everyone is an artist in their own way, and it can inspire both creativity and confidence in the students. Combined with the dot project, students can explore their creativity and practice blending using watercolors and markers. 

   Rhythm: The repetition of movement. It works together with movement to create a beat.  Lines: A mark that can be straight, curved, zigzag, thick, or thin.  Balance: An even distribution of weight. Can be symmetrical or asymmetrical.  Color: What we see when light shines on something. It can be bright, dark, warm, cool, and mixed together.  Emphasis: Creates a focus or center of interest. Description: For this project we created a Kahoot for students to better learn the elements of principles of design. Here is the link:  https://play.kahoot.it/v2/?quizId=5eb5bcb3-8226-42f4-a29e-92f4e984e28d&hostId=658cdc4a-2334-4031-946a-2e9387ff927d   Extension Activity: Students can each be assigned one element and one principle, and then create an artwork that effectively demonstrates both. They can then write 3-5 sentences about how they incorporated each.