Warm/CoolWoven Hearts

Looks like NO snow for tomorrow. This has been a crazy weather month.  We are starting our session with a Valentine inspired project. We will talk about color theory and specifically warm and cool colors which will be used for our project.  I will also give students the option of using complimentary and analogous colors.  Working in oil pastels, students will draw a large heart, pick warm colors (pictured) and fill in the heart with a pleasing design.

A second heart will be drawn and colored in cool colors.  We will give a quick wash of color with paint on the background.

Part two is weaving.  One heart will become the warp. Long slits will be cut to about an inch of the paper edge.

The second heart will be the weave.  Long strips will be cut and detached from the paper.

The two will be woven together for a very cool result.  Note: this is not the above example.  I will cut my example up in class as a demo.