Session 4- Day 3

Clair Brill teaches our special mosaic project. This year is flying mosaic medallions. She has also made beautiful mosaic portraits around the Community Arts Center. She soon will be working with the teen class to finish the mosaic dragon by adding a background.

The groups are finishing their first mosaic medallions to take home and began the medallion to be hung in the Children's Garden. 

The Orange Group had tons of fun getting messy today! The children splattered globs of tempera paint on a black mat board. They finished off the project by picking up the board and tilting it side to side so the paint spreads, which creates an abstract pattern. 

The Orange Group has been working on bird costumes with a beak and wings. They made the beak by decorating a cone, which will be strapped around their head. They will be making wings from cardboard to be attached to their arms.

Today the Purple Group finished the paper mache mask project. They began the project by covering one half of a balloon with paper mache. Once the paper dried over night, the balloon was popped which left a bowl-like shape to be used as a mask. They finished the project by painting and adding features to their masks. 

Afterwards, the group started another project using watercolors. They drew kites flying in the air and covered the shape of the kite with white tape. This process will resist the watercolors when painted over. They painted the background then glued string at the bottom of the kite to make it look like it is really flying! The group will finish the project by coloring the white kites with markers to make them pop in the sky.