Extra Art

WHAT IS “EXTRA ART”? **Extra Art is a series of art classes in which every first-grade class participates for half of the year. This series is devoted to creating large-scale paper mache sculptures. This project  requires extra storage space and a longer process time with more steps than we would normally include in our regular art curriculum. *Volunteers are very helpful for this larger scale project. GETTING STARTED: The students looked through different animal books to find an animal they are interested in. They then do a large line drawing of the animal.

  Next step Newspaper armatures: 
  The drawings are then used as a guide to create 3-Dimensional newspaper forms. 
   PAPIER MACHE STEPS: 
   Step 1 & 2): Newspaper armatures (basic shapes) are created 
   Step 3 & 4): The first few layers of “goop” (newspaper/white paper strips) are  
                           applied. 
   Step 5 & 6): The last layer of gooped strips, colored paper, is applied. 
   Step 7 & 8 ): Paint is used to add Pattern/Texture and Facial Details.

  

 ***The children LOVE this lesson! And they learn very clearly that artists work in steps in a process to create their final product, and that it takes TIME.  It is their chance to create a truly difficult and rewarding piece of artwork, and they have a lot of fun as they see it develop week to week.