Sargent Art
Glass Jar Sand Art: Inspired by Navajo Sand Painting
Sand has been used as an artistic medium for centuries and can be found in cultures across the globe. The class examines sand art created by the Navajo people. They mix tempera paint and sand to create their colors, and then fill jars,...
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Lesson: Taking Risks & Making Comparisons
Kids are asked how an Indian mandala was made. They devise a hypothesis and then use colored sand to test if their guesses were correct. They document the experience, examine a mandala, and write a comparative piece about the differences...
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Sand Crabs
Students identify shapes to create sand crabs, and make colored sand for texture.
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Sand Art Creation
Students create a model of a geological land-form. In this art lesson, students will create a model of a land-form using sand.
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Colored Sand Art
Students trace images on paper with glue and then sprinkle on colored sand they have made to create sand art pictures.
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Glass Jar Sand Painting
Young scholars make their own colored sand out of salt or sand and tempera paint. They create sand art in recycled babyfood jars, by arranging layers of the different colored sand. They also decorate the jars.
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This Is Sand
Remember sand art? Now you can experience all the fun without the mess. Drag and drop streams of virtual sand grains to create surreal landscapes of color. The perfect marriage of Flash programming and artistic inventiveness.