Rock it

Here's an idea that is super easy and fun and evokes wonderment. Collect some rocks and paint them with colorful, bright and fun faces then place them around public places for people to find. We could have an afterschool creative ART Attack session and paint away. Everyone could then take one of the painted rocks and place them somewhere that people could admire/see them. It's kind of like an Easter egg hunt, except you don't collect and pick up the found 'eggs' - you leave them for others to find. (Reminds me of geocaching - have you tried that? Fun!)

Read about the painted rock idea here.

By the way, Exit Through the Gift Shop, is a very interesting mockumentary! (It's on Netflix)

Printmaking with styrofoam

from: artteacheradventures.blogspot.com

Yesterday I made a post about Art-In-Tents Artapalooza. I left a comment on the Adventures of an Art Teacher blog and Katie, the art teacher blogger, was kind enough to reply.

My comment was a question asking how the prints (shown in the photo from her site) were done. Continue reading for her how-to. I think this would make a great make and take or ART Attack project!
She replied:
"I'm not sure if the high school Art teachers ordered Styrofoam or exactly where they got it. I remember doing the project when I was in 5th grade- my teacher got some styrofoam trays (the kind used for meat) from the grocery store. We drew designs into them with pencil. The pencil makes enough of an impression that the line will show when it's printed. They told the students to just make designs with lines and shapes since they had very limited time and those were the more successful prints. Of course, it could be done with any sort of image as long as the artist keeps in mind that it will print in reverse. After the design was done, they just inked the plate using a brayer and made three prints so they could pick the best one."