Amate bark painting

Students studied the artwork of Mexican folk artists, specifically Amate Bark Painting. They crumpled brown craft paper to create the look of bark paper. The students sketched an idea in their sketchbook first, drew it on the paper with pencil, then traced it in sharpie, and lastly painted it with either tempera or acrylic paint. The requirements were that the students must use Mexican imagery, the rule of three, and the optional foreground, middle ground, and background. We discussed how to create the sense of space in their artwork. You can view these artworks here, at our Artsonia page.

Donation and Huichol Yarn Painting

My wonderful mother sent me a care package with the vinyl sticker backed tiles I needed for my students to create Huichol inspired yarn paintings. She also purchased yarn from Laura of Tinkerhouse on Etsy and had it shipped to me. Here are two photos of the variety of yarn that was sent. We began preliminary research on the Huichol yarn paintings and sketches today. I will post an update when they are close to complete.