Jan 27, 2010

Jim Dine Shiny Valentine

Jim Dine, an American Pop artist, used a lot of common images in his art, but he is perhaps best known for his heart paintings. His creative style is one that students can really appreciate as he mostly experiments with colors. 1. A sturdy backing is needed for the aluminum foil drawing. I got a lot of matte board donated from a local picture framer, but any smooth chip board would do. Cut the board into 5" x 7" sections; one per student.
2. Distribute a board, glue stick and as many colored Sharpie markers as you can to all the students. Tear or cut a rectangle of aluminum foil about 7" x 9" for each student. Ask the students to cover one side of the board in glue, and then center and wrap the foil around it with the shiniest side out.
3. Ask the students to draw one large heart in the middle of the card, and then 3 or 4 straight lines from edge to edge that dissect the card into sections.
4. All the sections that are made from the dissection are to be colored in with different Sharpie markers.

5 comments:

j. said...

Wow! This blog is great. I'm definitely going to do this with my kids. Thanks!

Amber said...

This looks like a great idea! I bet kids could take it to another level, by perhaps making layers of cardboard or textures on the cardboard/matte board before putting the foil on!

JENRY said...

Thank you for your blog. I recently found your blog and have looked forward to every new project you post. I have used your ideas. This weekend our whole family made this foil art project. It was quite lovely and addictive. Jen

Deann said...

My son did this project last week, and we were all impressed with how well it turned out!

Thanks for sharing all your wonderful ideas!

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