Our enrichment program recently put on our first official art show at Wonderland Arts. The artwork was created by students ages 2 through 6 after lessons taught by 4 teachers of Wonderland Arts. This includes our primary teacher of the 2's class, two primary teachers from the 3 through 6's class, and myself (the Little Wonders art teacher). We all worked very hard to get this show up and running, and needless to say, it was a great success. The kids had some amazing and original art that parents and friends appreciated. Here are just some of the displays that we set up to give you a feel for the show.
The display above shows some of the finished products after I gave lessons on shading and highlighting. To learn more about this lesson, click here: Shading and Highlighting for Kids
The 3 through 6 primary teachers gave a lesson on melting wax crayons. This technique is all over Pinterest and there are lots of great tutorials, so just search on Pinterest for melted crayon art f you are interested in tutorials.
To the left, we have some pastel drawings. To the right, we hung watercolors, and on the stand are some objects on display painted with acrylic. This grouping was all made by ages 2 through 3 during lessons in my studio.
Created by ages 3 through 6 with our primary teachers, what you see here is some fun and colorful sand art.
Yarn bottles were also done by ages 3 through 6 with the primary teachers. To learn more about this lesson, I made a tutorial here: Yarn Wrapped Bottles
On the walls above are some more pastels done during my classes, along with painted objects on display, all created by ages 3 through 6. To learn more about how I teach pastels, click here: Lessons on Pastels and if you are curious about teaching acrylics to kids, I mention some techniques here: Acrylic Paintings Lesson
Abstract shape art painted with acrylic on cardboard by ages 3 through 6 during my Little Wonders classes. To learn more about this process, visit my post here: Abstract Shape Art
To the left, images with the black matting were created by 2 year olds with our primary 2's teacher, after she gave some experimental art lessons with paints and glues. To the right are some more abstract shape paintings by the 2's class.
These are some of the acrylic painted objects my students ages 2 and 3 worked on.
Wooden wall hangings painted in acrylic, by my students ages 3 through 6.
More acrylic objects by ages 3 through 6
People in action, mingling and enjoying our gallery set up on the opening day
Our primary teachers who work with ages 3 through 6 worked with the kids to prepare some delicious treats during the art show.
Thanks for visiting and checking out our art show! We hope you were inspired!
~Angelique Bowman & the Wonderland Arts Team
