Students will be able to:
- work independently and self-regulate;
- create personal responses to the centre materials;
- share their ideas with peers;
- demonstrate a sense of accomplishment;
- communicate their ideas through artworks.
TAPE ART – Exploring Paint, Colour, Shape, Texture
Steps
Step One
- Stick pieces of painter's tape on the paper.
Step Two
- Fill the whole paper with different colours of watercolour paint.
Step Three
- Gently remove the tape.
Step Four
- Sprinkle some salt onto the paint while it is still wet.
Step Five
- Brush away the salt when the paint is dry.
Learning Goals
Extensions
- Art Centre - Set out a variety of plastic shapes and stencils, watercolour paints, small pieces of sponge, paintbrushes, salt, spray water bottles, water containers and paper.
- Demonstrate how to create a stencil print with watercolours using the plastic shapes and a small sponge or a paintbrush.
- Encourage children to experiment with ways to make shapes and textures on the paper using the materials – ask "I wonder what else you could do?"
- Have students share their work with the class.
Prepare
- Gather the required materials and place them at a table.
Introduction
- Allow children to assist in setting out the centre materials.
- Show and discuss the materials focussing on what you can do with them.
- Encourage children to start brainstorming what they might want to do with the materials.
- Introduce the challenge.
Activities
The Challenge
- Use your imagination and problem-solving skills to explore your own ideas.
The Process
- Demonstrate playing with the materials, e.g.,
- Put pieces of painter's tape in a random pattern on a sheet of paper.
- Tear tape into different shapes.
- Paint with watercolour over the paper, filling the paper with paint.
- Use different colours and notice what happens as the colours mix and overlap.
- Gently remove the tape.
- Optional - sprinkle salt on wet paint before you remove the tape and let dry. - Teacher Prompts/Making Connections:
- What happens when one wet colour bumps up against another wet colour? (e.g., they create lines, patterns and new colours.)
- What happens when wet paint goes over dry paint? (e.g., it makes a smooth new colour)
- What happens when you remove the tape? (e.g., it leaves a white shape. Sometimes it tears the paper.)
Sharing
- Have children share their artworks with the class.
- Ask the presenter questions, for example,
- How did you decide where to put the tape?
- What did the salt do to the paint?
- What surprised you when you were making this picture? - Invite students to ask the presenter questions.
Assessment
- Observe students as they work – thoughtful focus, discriminating, seeking more information, elaborating, experimenting.
- Observe students as they discuss their artworks – speaks with a clear voice, looks at audience while speaking, points to areas in the artwork, provides accurate information, answers questions from the audience effectively.
- Observe students as they listen – looks at presenter, asks effective questions, supports ideas with evidence found in the artwork.
- Use a checklist to track progress. (Downloads - TapeArt_tracking.pdf)
