Taking the art room outside is always a win with students! I have a giant king size sheet that we drag out when we do art outside. Every time it gets a little more "painty" or "smudgy." However, it absolutely gets a lot more magical!
It's kind of like a quilt handed down through generations. There is an art project memory with each colorful splotch.
We have a garden at our school that is organized and run by 2 awesome parents. You can check out their blog
here. Many posts are written by students. Follow them on twitter here
@HESGardenGrow. They do amazing things with our students!
They purchased river rocks for me to work with and this is one of the projects I chose to do. I wanted to bring my adapted art students outside to with nature.
We used tempera paint in refillable dot markers to paint the river rocks. I purchased the dot markers here. We sat outside on our painty blanket to paint the rocks.
This took 2, 30 minute classes. We spent part of the 2nd class placing our rocks and exploring the garden.
These painted rocks are "Legacy Rocks" They will remain in the garden to represent these students as artists and members of our community.
I dipped each rock in Mod Podge to seal it since we used tempera which is washable. Since they are outside, they needed to be protected and they are doing great! We love them!
