Week 1:
First, we listened to our song from the Hope Harris Album Picasso, That's Who! The song was titled Action Jackson and it was pretty catchy. J decided to dance on the step stool. We played this song several times and, of course, Kaleb had to get into the action.
He is getting into the music, dancing on the step stool. They thought this was fun.
J is working through her artist puzzle which I found from Confessions of a Homeschooler. This was somewhat difficult considering the subjects of Pollock's paintings.
This is the finished puzzle, as I said somewhat difficult but we managed.
Our first Pollock art project was to paint with spaghetti noodles. I had cooked them earlier int he day so they weren't hot. Then I added paint to some plates with some water and noodles. They weren't so sure about painting with noodles. J kept asking for a paint brush and Kaleb kept eating the plain noodles.
Kaleb decided to paint his hand, now he was getting into the project!
Kaleb's first Pollock styled painting complete with handprints.
J's Pollock styled painting. Not too bad, huh? We were also able to watch the chapter entitled Busy Bees from our Classical Baby DVD The Art Show which showcases Jackson Pollock painting.
Week 2:
We started the lesson with listening to the Action Jackson song and J did the puzzle once more. We discussed the art work of Pollock and I got ready for today's project. It involved spray bottles and food coloring. I found some white scrap fabric and hung it on our balcony fence. Then I gave the spray bottles to the kids and let them do what they wanted. It did not help that it was a windy, cold day but we persevered.
I used food coloring for several reasons - my paint is thick and I was sure that it would clog the sprayers and I was concerned about getting paint on our balcony. J's final project, sorry for the cheesy smile. It was getting super cold and windy out and we were chilled to the bone. J wants to make a pillow from her fabric. I will try to set the colors by soaking it in vinegar, so we might be able to do it. I left the paint/colors in the water bottles and hid them (hopefully so Kaleb can't find them) so we can do this project one more time.
Week 3:
J made her own Pollock painting online at JacksonPollock.org. This is a screen shot of her painting. All she had to do was run her fingers along the mouse pad and tap if she wanted to change the color. Not too bad.
Since we were working with our Christmas theme weeks, I figured we would created some Pollock art for the holidays. Our week was full of snowmen so we made Pollock snowmen.
Of course, the day we were planning on our Pollock snowmen, it was down pouring outside. So, I rolled up their pant legs and sleeves and stuck them in the shower to spray paint the snowmen. Kaleb was a little unsure of this but he soon got into the swing.
Sorry the pictures are bad, they were in a confined area and I couldn't get around to get a better one. I gave them the paint that I made from their old markers in spray bottles. The clean up was great for this project, all I had to do was spray the bathroom wall down. Then, they had to wait for their paper to dry before they could finish.
The outline was pretty light, I really need to find a better paint for this type of project.
Kaleb's snowman outline you can see somewhat better since he only used one color. I glued on his accessories since he wasn't really in the mood to finish his. The concludes our Pollock study. The only project that I didn't get to was marble painting. I put it on my to-do list for later. Hope you enjoyed Pollock and we on to another artist.
Links
Jackson Pollock enter this site and make your own Pollock painting using your computer.
Instructables idea for spaghetti painting came from here.
Sunny Day to Day Mama has a link to a Pollock youtube video and an outdoor project of paint splattering. I would have done this if I had a yard.
Art Smarts for Kids link 1 marble painting idea, didn't get to it but hoping we will soon.
link 2 make your own edible art cookies
Wholesome Mommy idea for the spray painting project. I would have liked to do hers - it was nice and big but just didn't have the room.
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