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The Art Book Page Two: Blotter Bugs
Grade: K-6 •
Age: 4-12 •
Submitted by: Maryanne Messier
[Maryanne is a teacher from Janesville Wisconsin.]
Objectives:
This Art Book was created to help art educators by giving them another form of assessment. So many times we as art educators find it difficult to assess a child's progress when projects are sent home. By using portfolio assessment it is easier to judge a child's progress because you can see it from beginning to end.
What You Need:
- Tempera Paint (Red, Yellow, Blue)
- Newspapers
- 5'x5' White construction paper
- 12'x 18' Colored construction paper
- Paint Shirt
- Blotter Bug Handout
- Scissors
- Glue
- Black Markers
- Crayons
What You Do - Day One
- Review the Primary Colors
- Talk about how by mixing colors you can get other colors
- Have students get their supplies
- Hand out white paper; have students choose two colors that they want
- Have students put two drops of each color they chose on the white
square paper
- Students then fold the white paper in half and rub the paint around
- Open the paper to discover what colors they made.
- Repeat with other colors and allow to dry overnight
What You Do - Day Two
- Have students cut out the shapes that were created by the paint
mixing.
- Then have them glue all three bugs on a large sheet of colored
construction paper
- Then have the students fill in the "Blotter Bug" handout with crayons
- Once the "blotter bug" handout has been done the students may
then begin to decorate their bugs with black markers to look like
bugs.
- Turn page over and date.
You have another completed page in your art book.
► Go to Page Three (Caterpillars)
Related Lessons and Resources:
► Blotter Bug Handout
► The Art Book - Index
► Color the Snow
► Tasty Color Mixing
► Rainbow Stew
Recommended Books:
Teaching Art to Young Children ages 4-9
by Robert Barnes
© Maryanne Messier & KinderArt®
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