With my after school art club, I decided to attempt a collaborative mural. Since I have anywhere from 15-22 students in grades 1st-4th, and it is only one hour....I decided to create some line drawings on bulletin board paper for the students to paint. Had I spent more than one session on this, I would've had students design the murals, but it was one final hoo-rah for the year with each group, so I figured they wouldn't mind a little glorified 'coloring'. These murals turned out really awesome. I had some fabric designs and other inspiring images scrolling across my SmartBoard so that the students could look up for inspiration at any time. The murals look amazing hanging in the hallways.
I had pre-mixed 25+ colors.....students carried one jar of paint around the room and added their color to each mural a little at a time. Some of the older students went around helping me touch up the black outlines as the paint dried. I did have to spend a little time after the session to touch up the black, but it was worth it. Each one-hour session completed 5 murals....that is 10 large art displays in the hallways! The cityscape below was inspired by James Rizzi!
I had pre-mixed 25+ colors.....students carried one jar of paint around the room and added their color to each mural a little at a time. Some of the older students went around helping me touch up the black outlines as the paint dried. I did have to spend a little time after the session to touch up the black, but it was worth it. Each one-hour session completed 5 murals....that is 10 large art displays in the hallways! The cityscape below was inspired by James Rizzi!
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