Circle Stancil, Wheels

 

Teaching "Shapes" is my objective this year working in a special education school.

I love to work with stancils, all students are able to creat the shape.  
See artproject done with different stencials, leaves, hearts, fish shapes.
 this WHEELS was done with a group of 2nd grader.

After the circles they glued precut stripes of reused wrapping paper.





I made the circle stancils from used cardboard box  a few years ago of a  special event art project "Bicycle".

Eucalyptus Tree Bark

We had a great morning walk in Park Hayarkon, the central park of Tel Aviv.
The path along the river with the eucalyptus trees is wonderful.


Seeing that all the fresh bark around the trees as we were walking I decided to gather some bark for a future art project.

I not sure what we will do with it, but I love the texture, so....

 ...do you have a suggestions ?


...promise to post. 

Abstract Sukkah

I  started the Jewish New Year with a new teaching job, I teach students age 7 to 21 with  disabilites in a public school for special education only. The school has 8 classes,  with 10 children in a class.
Most art classes are taught in smaller groups, there were 5 teen students in this class.

This abstact art, forming a  bower- a Sukka  for the Jewish holiday Sukkot.
Formed with strips of masking tape, same technic as art project "tree"

-first  striped of masking tape to form the structure of the Sukka

- with pastels drew different textures inside the

 forms

- water down guach to color

- take off masking tape

Henri Matisse

"...courage is essential to the artist." Henri Matisse

Casey Klahn beautiful art blog "The Colorist" showing his pastel art and a lot more

The Snail
Henri Matisse
1953; Goauche on cut-paper, 9' 4 3/4" x 9' 5" Tate Gallery, London

UPCYCLE and Terracycle school programs

http://www.upcycling.co.uk/about/ "Upcycling is something we can do to help the planet become more sustainable by reusing unwanted items by turning them into new products.  This in turn means we can reduce the use of raw materials and the energy used in the manufacturing of raw materials."

 This is another of my recycle/upcycle wall pod made from nylon bag

One night watching TV  I learned about the New Jersey firm " TerraCycle"  making quality consumer products from waste. 

"... repurposes waste packaging from Mars Inc,Kraft, Frito Lay, Wrigley's and many others operations into products ranging from cell phone holders and laptop sleeves to messenger bags, significantly reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills"

https://www.facebook.com/TerraCycle#!/TerraCycle?sk=info

Check their recycle school  program http://www.terracycle.net/back-to-school-bonus-points

Playing for Change

This is wonderful, inspiring.
 Visit    http://playingforchange.com/
Their mission : ...we are dedicated to creating positive change through music & arts education."

Enjoy the rest of the summer !!

Redhair on Recycle Printed Vinyl

My artwork; mix media ,acrilic on paper on recycle printed vinyl and embrodiary detail.

I can  identify with the redhaired lady in the background., we are both from the same generation and with my camera I was looking at this young couple.

 I got the  vinyl printed sheet  from the The Center for Environmental Education in Hiriya   , a wonderful recycle center in Tel Aviv. I sewed the painting  on the vinyl sheet with the sewing machine and hand embrodied the detail before giving it to be pulled on a frame.

 Below are cool vinyl bus wraps