Mexican sun art lesson

@art_with_mia on Instagram: “If you're new to printmaking this Sarape Printmaking lesson (with step by step instructions) is now up on my TpT. It includes the history…”

We love creating a Mexican Marketplace in our school and including different items sold at the marketplace. Decorative mirrors are commonly found in Mexico at the marketplace and are usually made …

My 1st grade students are studying Weather and I thought this would be a fun lesson to link to their Weather Unit. The Huichol People of Mexico create wonderful art using wooden boards coated with a layer of beeswax. They push yarn into the coating of wax to create their designs. The Sun and the Moon are prevalent in their designs. I am going to use linoleum tile with an adhesive coating on the back instead of the traditional materials. I divided the one square foot of tile (purchased at a…

Inspired by Mexican sun, moon, and eclipse decorative art. The Sun and Moon represent the two extremes of human nature, necessary to achieve balance and stability. The sun rises every day, heats and lights the earth as the moon illuminates the night sky, and its gravity affects the tides.Students constructed their suns/moons and/or eclipses by combining paper bowls with trimmed cake circles. Sculptures were covered in paper mache. Paint, glitter and sequins were used for…

I just love this class!!!! They get overall concept so well then express their artistic side with freedom -nothing holds them back. They are excited about everything!

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE ART ROOM??: 1st Grade Mexican Mirrors

Ancient people, like the Aztecs, knew the importance of the sun in their lives but did not understand what it was. The ancient Aztec religion was highly focused on keeping nature in balance and the…

Fifth graders recently studied the Aztec Sun Stone in Art class. The Aztecs lived in Mexico from around 1300-1500 AD. They worshipped the sun because it provided life to all people. They carved a huge stone disk, three feet thick and almost twelve feet in diameter that is now known as the Sun Stone or the Aztec Calendar. When the Conquistadores arrives, it was buried after no one was able to destroy it. In 1760 it was found buried in Mexico City and is now in the Museum of Anthropology in…