Miss Wadsworth's Art Gallery

  This image is my individual dot exploration. While I was creating the dots I was focusing on warm colors. I used watercolor paint, permanent Sharpie marker, oil pastels, crayons, and Crayola markers to complete my dot day project. I experienced that crayons are resistant and do not let colors bleed. I also noticed and learned that Crayola markers bleed quite a bit when they get wet and are mixed. The Sharpie marker did not bleed as it is permanent. It was fun working with different mediums and mixing them all together to see what the result would be. As I reflected on the Dot Day video, I thought about how important we as teachers are do the development of our students. The girl in the video was mad, had low confidence, and wanted to quit. After her teacher told her to draw a dot, sign it, and then framed it, something big happened in the girl's life. She was motivated to work hard and find creativity. She went from being upset and thinking she was a horrible artist, to being pro...

This image is a decorative sign that hangs in my room and it represents the art principle emphasis. The white color compared to the dark wood and the big square shape compared to the small diamond shapes all work together to create a dominance, focal point and emphasis on the "L".  

This photo of pipes in my laundry room does a good job of showing space, an element of art. The pipes are overlapping showing that the one on top is the one closest and the one behind is farthest. Size also has an effect as the pipes that are closest appear bigger than the ones farther away. 

This photo of fuzzy Christmas socks on my rug is the perfect representation of contrast, a principle of art. The colors red and green can be found opposite of each other on the color wheel, making them perfect candidates for visual excitement and catching the eye of the viewer.

  This image of a ceiling fan in a basement is representing movement, a principle of design. The blades of the fan are the focal point that viewers are directed to when they look at this photo. 

This image of a brick wall in an old house represents surface quality or texture, an element of art. The rough looking image is an example of simulated (visual or implied) texture.    Extension: Go on a nature walk with bags and have the students gather supplies that they can use to make a picture. Once we gather all of the supplies we could go into the classroom and use glue, crayons, colored pencils, etc. as well as the objects we gathered from outside to make a picture with texture. An example could be a student gluing a twig from outside on paper to be the trunk of a tree in a picture, which would demonstrate texture. Another example is using pebbles from outside as sand for a beach in a picture. The opportunities to be creative with texture are endless for this extension.