Art Studio
At Forest Hill Nature Preschool, we believe that children learn best when they have opportunities to explore, discover, and create. When children visit the Art Studio, they are given the opportunity to work with a variety of materials and mediums in a relaxed, open-ended environment. Each child visits the Studio once a week, for about 20 minutes. Each month, children will get to meet a real life artist and learn to work with various materials centered around a common theme. Parents, be sure to check out the Art Studio page for brief descriptions of our projects, as well as photos of your child's visit.
Enjoy!
misstheresa@fhnaturepreschool.com
About Miss Theresa :
Miss Theresa has been teaching for 7+ years but this is her 2nd year as an Art Studio teacher. Her background is in art education and early childhood development. She joined us while we were still at Bynum run and fell in love with the students. She loves to paint and get messy in the art room and encourages the students to do the same. “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." - Pablo Picasso
Miss Theresa has been teaching for 7+ years but this is her 2nd year as an Art Studio teacher. Her background is in art education and early childhood development. She joined us while we were still at Bynum run and fell in love with the students. She loves to paint and get messy in the art room and encourages the students to do the same. “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." - Pablo Picasso
This September started off with a lesson on value and negative space. We talked about the difference in tint between black and white. Using those two colors we can make various shades of Grey in order to get from black to white. The Kids were given black and white paper and asked to create their own.
The next project is a process art piece. The Kids have all come to create a watercolor painting with me, then they will come back and use scissors to cut on the lines I have provided for them. They will take the cut pieces of their painting and then paste them on a separate piece of paper to make a collage!!
October was fun and full of lots of cool art pieces. The Kids played with scratch paper and talked about negative and positive space. They then created Mosaics using cement and gems. And then rounded out the month with some creative independent artist's.
November has come and we have started new projects. This month so far has been Thanksgiving placements. Using patterned brushes they have been making a mess painting the outside frame. We will be doing some more holiday themed art in the near future, come pop in and see whats going on!!
December is Christmas season!! We started off the month with some drip painting art projects. And they all look so beautiful!! Next we will be making silk Scarves and the kids will be dipping the scarves in an ash solution, then taking paint and dripping a design in the water. When the kids take their scarves out, they will have a beautiful paint stained design on their scarf. The Month will end with a holiday themed craft just for Mom and Dad (or pop and gram, whoever they would like to address it too). But shh.. its a surprise, you will have to wait to see :)
The next project is a process art piece. The Kids have all come to create a watercolor painting with me, then they will come back and use scissors to cut on the lines I have provided for them. They will take the cut pieces of their painting and then paste them on a separate piece of paper to make a collage!!
October was fun and full of lots of cool art pieces. The Kids played with scratch paper and talked about negative and positive space. They then created Mosaics using cement and gems. And then rounded out the month with some creative independent artist's.
November has come and we have started new projects. This month so far has been Thanksgiving placements. Using patterned brushes they have been making a mess painting the outside frame. We will be doing some more holiday themed art in the near future, come pop in and see whats going on!!
December is Christmas season!! We started off the month with some drip painting art projects. And they all look so beautiful!! Next we will be making silk Scarves and the kids will be dipping the scarves in an ash solution, then taking paint and dripping a design in the water. When the kids take their scarves out, they will have a beautiful paint stained design on their scarf. The Month will end with a holiday themed craft just for Mom and Dad (or pop and gram, whoever they would like to address it too). But shh.. its a surprise, you will have to wait to see :)