Hammer and nails, drill and screws, and now caulk. We're exploring lots of media, tools, techniques, and procedures in Art this month.
Caulk is an especially effective thing to use to make drawings and paintings tactile for my visually impaired students.
I've noticed lots of problems in understanding how to make an effective composition, so I had to lay down some guidelines for this one. Each student had to fill the canvas by using large, medium and small shapes, coming in from the edges. Most students created eight to twelve shapes by overlapping some lines.
Then they filled most of the shapes with a variety of textures by using the caulk to make dots, circles, spirals, dots and spirals. the next day we played around paints.
Some students used liquid watercolor to create a stained look.
Others used latex or acrylic to cover up any marker under drawing lines. Either way, students were happy with their two day tactile project.
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