Oh this is just TOO FUNNY!
I have to tell everyone Anne-Clare.
I just sent email to Anne Clair asking about her these Roman Mosaic
Temples....and a painting project!
Do take a look at her Temple frames and Roman paper mosaics:
OK...tell me about your Greek temple/Roman mosaic project.
http://www.ludosafe.com/galeria/v_romanos/DCP_3389.jpg
See more on her site... I am adding this to Incredible Art Department.
Anne- Claire - no need to answer my questions - obviously - you have right
her!
I do love how this list works!
Honestly. I just now downloaded your post.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anne-Claire" <mail@studio224.com>
To: "ArtsEdNet Talk" <artsednet@lists.pub.getty.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 2:43 PM
Subject: Some ideas for a roman week
> Roman Week:
>
> In my little Art Center (ages 6 to 10), we did a "roman" (as in
Rome..LOL!)
> week.
>
> Maybe some of you can use these ideas?
>
> Anyway, we started off by doing roman sort of temples, out of cardboard
and
> sand paint. I have used this technique (posted out to the Art4kids list at
> Yahoo):
>
> Material:
> - leftover of mat boards (you can ask in framing shops) or rectangular
> pieces of cardboard
> - sturdy flat brushes
> - liquid poster paint, tempera or gouache (has to be liquid)
> - fine sand
> - glass yogurt pots
>
> (Note: the kids use only the primary colors plus white. I almost never
> gives them black, unless the project requires it, because they will tend
to
> draw in black and then color inside the lines. And I don't like that!
LOL....)
>
> How to:
>
> - Mix sand into the paint, enough sand so it will be quite thick but still
> creamy... Now that's why they need sturdy brushes: the sand tends to "eat"
> the brushes...
> - Explain to the kids that they must mix the colors on their painting,
> while the paint is still wet, just like true painters might do...
> - Give each kid a mat or a cardboard rectangle (bigger then A4 if
possible)
> and let them paint away!
>
> Let them explore the medium. Explain that they need to mix the paint in
the
> pot each time they put the brush into it, because the sand tends to go to
> the bottom...
>
> They have to paint all the area of their painting, they cannot leave any
> area unpainted. Some kids didn't feel confortable painting without
drawing
> first, so I let the draw a little with a pencil and then paint. But
explain
> that they have to draw big, because the brushes are big...
>
> Believe me, the kids usually love doing that!
>
> I have put up images of the kids and of the finished paintings here:
> http://www.ludosafe.com/art4kids/sand/index.htm > Back to the romans..
> We cutted out the temple shape out of cardboard. They painted the shapes
> with grey tempera paint, and while it was wet, they decorated the temples
> with bits of black (it must be the only time I allowed them to use
black...).
> http://www.ludosafe.com/galeria/v_romanos/DCP_3366.jpg
