UB High School Art Exhibit

I absolutely love attending art shows. High schoolers always BLOW me away with their talent! Here are a few photos of the talent being showcased in WNY. Take note of all the political commentary pieces this year!

Mixed Media Triptychs

Plaster Masks

Materials:
- Plaster
- Water
- Buckets/Tubs for Water
- Vaseline
- Towels/ Paper Towels
- Paint
- Large plastic bags

A Late Earth Day Post

Materials:
- Circle Tracer
- Blue Construction Paper (I used light and regular)
- Peach/Tan/Brown Construction Paper
- White Tempera Paint
- Sponges
- Paper Towels
- Green Tissue Paper
- Glue
- Assorted Colors of Construction Paper

Mixed Media Projects in Progress & A Trip To The Art Museum!

The Very Busy Spider

Materials:

- Construction Paper

- Drawing Paper

- Black Crayon

- Scissors

- Glue

- Tempera Paint

- Daubers

- Spider Head and Body Tracers (optional)

- Googly eyes (optional)

- The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

Towel Paper Roll Trees

Materials:
- Toilet Paper/ Towel Paper Rolls
- Tempera Paint
- Glue

Smart Fab Owls and Smart Fab GIVEAWAY

Materials:
- Construction Paper
- Circle Tracers (optional)
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pencils
- Smart Fab

Lighthouses

 Materials:
- 12" x 18" Drawing Paper
- Tissue Paper (Warm Colors)
- Mod Podge
- Paintbrushes
- 12" x 9" Blue Construction Paper
- 1" Construction Paper Strips (Cool Colors)
- Rulers
- Scissorss
- Glue Sticks
- 12" x 6" Green Construction Paper
- Oil Pastels
- 12" x 6" White Drawing Paper
- Markers/ Colored Pencils/ Crayons

Sea Turtles

 Materials:
- Watercolor Paper
- Watercolor Paint
- Tempera Paint
- Paintbrushes
- Brown & Green Construction Paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Sea Turtle Tracers
- Bubble Wrap

Castles

 Materials:
- Tempera Paint
- Paintbrushes
- Construction Paper
- Sponges
- Glue
- Scissors

Robert Indiana Paintings

 Materials:
- 12" x 12" Drawing Paper
- Oil Pastels
- Tempera Paint
- Tagboard
- "L, O, V, E" tracers
- Pencils
- Scissors
- Glue
- Packing Peanuts

Personal Portraits

Materials:
- Student Photographs
- Pencil
- Sharpie
- Watercolor Paint
- Tempera Paint
- Colored Pencils
- Watercolor Pencils
- Light Boxes / Windows

Shaving Cream Snowfriend

Have you seen or heard of this?! I love it! It's one part shaving cream and one part glue. We made these snowfriends in my Life Skills class and 4:1:1 class, but this can easily be done with Kinders and 1st graders too!

Portholes

Materials:
- Construction Paper
- 2 Circle Tracers (One larger than the other)
- Watercolor Paper
- Blue Watercolor Paint
- Paintbrushes
- Green Tissue Paper
- Glue / Glue Sticks
- Hole Puncher
- Scissors

Sarcophagi & Mummies

Materials:
- Tagboard
- Sarcophagus Tracer
- Mummy Tracer
- Cardboard
- Scissors
- Yarn
- Masking Tape
- Pencils
- Crayons/ Markers/ Colored Pencils
- Egyptian references

Antique Glue Drawings

Materials:
- Tagboard
- Pencils
- Glue
- Gold Paint
- Shoe Polish
- Rag

African Mask

Materials:
- Tagboard
- Raffia
- Markers
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Hole Punch
- African Mask Tracer
- Scissors
- African Mask Examples

Mixed Media Penguins

Materials:
- Watercolor Paper
- Watercolor Paints
- Paintbrushes
- Water
- Orange Construction Paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Oil Pastels
- Tissue Paper
- Mod Podge

Layered Paintings

Materials:
- Canvas
- Acrylic Paint
- Gesso
- Paper Mache
- Newspaper
- Cardboard
- Glue
- Scissors
- Paintbrushes
- Picture Reference (Optional)
- Pencil
- Plain White Printer Paper