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Jim Dine is considered an important contemporary artist who helped to create the Pop Art movement. He used different popular imagery in his art, but hearts seemed to be his favorite.1. This watercolor resist painting uses rubber cement to help make an “artsy” looking background. I started with paper that had 6 hearts already printed on it (you can download a copy HERE) to make the project move faster. The students are to color each one in with crayons, pressing hard to make them brightly colored.
2. A background watercolor paint is chosen and covered over all the hearts. Let the paint dry. Rubber cement is painted over the entire picture using large quick strokes. The goal is to just make some lines, and leave some empty spaces. Let the cement dry.
3. A contrasting watercolor paint is chosen and painted over the entire picture. The cement will keep the background color intact. Let the paint dry.
4. To add definition more oil pastels may be used again on top. Tell the students that the goal is to have colorful, bold hearts that stand out from the background. When they think that is achieved, their art is done!
2. A background watercolor paint is chosen and covered over all the hearts. Let the paint dry. Rubber cement is painted over the entire picture using large quick strokes. The goal is to just make some lines, and leave some empty spaces. Let the cement dry.
3. A contrasting watercolor paint is chosen and painted over the entire picture. The cement will keep the background color intact. Let the paint dry.
4. To add definition more oil pastels may be used again on top. Tell the students that the goal is to have colorful, bold hearts that stand out from the background. When they think that is achieved, their art is done!
6 comments:
I love your site! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful ideas!
Thanks so much for the project idea. I just finished it with a 1st grade class where I volunteer and they ♥♥♥'ed doing them!!
@Mom Bread... How long did it take to do the project start to finish?
I want to do it with a 1st grade class and was curious if all steps could be done in an hour. thanks!
It's probably an hour total, but the catch is that you need a little break between the rubber cement brushing and the watercolor painting. Dabbing away any extra cement will help, but I would try to get at least a 10 minute break before painting watercolor over all the art.
Will this work if I gave each child a cut out of a blank heart to color then glue onto the watercolor paper before proceeding with the rest of the steps?
The only catch is it's hard to color small cutout shapes really well without them bending, etc. You'd also need to wait for the glue to dry before painting so they don't move. It might look more 3D though with that approach, which would be nice.
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