So you might know these as "explosion books" but I have given mine a new name, "Boom Boxes" Why, you might ask? Well ours were created while listening to different types of music.
Day One: We began the project by practicing some abstract drawings while listening to different types of music. I created a little half sheet book for each student that consisted of 10 pages. I created a youtube playlist of 10 different instrumentals, some popular songs, and songs from each genre.
The next day we began two abstract paintings (this class is a 6th grade semester class, I have them every day for 40 minutes for 18 weeks) I had to have them create two 12x18 paintings instead of one 18x24, because there are 28 of them and there is simply not enough room for that size paper, we improvised. We talked about abstract paintings and looked at a few examples before we began.
We decided to make ours mixed media, and added some details after the paint dried using markers.
I showed the kids parts of this video as we began to put our book together.
FINALLY, after two weeks of snow delay openings and wasted time (my fault not theirs) we have finished our "Boom Boxes"
Materials:
2 6.5" pieces of colored paper
2 4x4" pieces of cardboard
3 Black 8x8" pieces of paper
one piece of ribbon 24" long
Glue
Scissors
Piece of 18x24 white paper
Tempera cakes
Markers
