I had such a great time sharing clay with the kids. They all did their best! It was wonderful to see their different approaches to the same directions. I shared a method of hand building to create vessels. We smacked
Art: Introduction to Photography
This week we started the photography portion of the Muons Art Class! We started with some quick background, by asking everyone to think of an example of a photo they have seen in the past week. We talked about photography
Art: Wax Resist Painting
Today’s art class for Neutrons, Electrons, and Quarks focused on wax resist painting with watercolors. We used Spirals by Louise Bourgeois as our inspiration and attempted to execute a similar technique. We used tape to create a grid (or other negative space)
Art: Isometric 3D Drawings
Today in art, Neutrons and Electrons worked on drawing 3D structures using isometric paper (if you wish to print a few pieces of the paper, a template is here). We talked about using the grid lines to help give the appropriate
Art: Mud Mud Mud
A flooded path? Mounds of mud? Loads of squish and slosh and squelch? Today’s art was revelling in the (literal) chiling beauty of SO MUCH RAIN on the forest trail. Within seconds of arriving at this giant puddle we had a pair
Art: Embroidery
🥳 🥳 🥳 🥳 🥳Super happy to see all the kids tried this project! We used needlepoint fabric, embroidery thread, and big needles to create designs. I showed them 4 examples of the possible directions they could take their project.
Art: Terracotta Pots
In keeping with the seeds theme, we decorated little terracotta pots, filled them with soil and planted tomato and/or kale seeds though only a few were keen on kale! We talked about where each of those plants made seeds, they
Art: Dripping Paint
We dripped paint in honor of the dripping rain. The kids drew an umbrella and covered it, and all the space underneath, with removable tape. We then mixed and dripped various colors from the top. When removing the tape and
Art: Making Play Dough
Thanks to everyone who brought in mixing bowls, The Quarks enjoyed making play dough last week. They really got into this experience! Once they had their dough made, we read You Nest Here With Me by Jane Yolen (although honestly
Art: Tissue Paper Flowers
This week I stood in for Stephanie who was unable to attend but had planned a low key activity of making tissue paper flowers. Teenagers are generally fun to interact with, and this group is no exception. They went along