MY ART CORNER

MY ART CORNER

Do you still remember what your art corner looked like when you were still in elementary and high school years? What is its design and contents? I'm sure you have seen an art corner before. 

Art corner is one of the things a classroom should have. A wall where students will appreciate and learn about arts. Most of the designs are from teacher's creativity and the contents are based on what is essential for children. 

Come on and let's have a look on how I created my ART CORNER!! 

THE PROCESSES I MADE:

1. I THINK OF IDEAS OF HOW I WOULD CREATE MY ART CORNER AND THOSE IDEAS ARE BASED ON WHAT ARE THE CONTENTS IT SHOULD HAVE AND WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES I HAVE. I REALLY MAKE SURE THAT MY ART CORNER WOULD BE NICE YET, ECONOMICAL. 

2. I DREW A LAYOUT OF MY ART CORNER TO A FOLDER SIZE OF BOND PAPER. THIS LAYOUT SERVED AS MY GUIDE TO HOW MY ART CORNER SHOULD LOOK. MY LAYOUT IS COMPOSE OF THE CONTENTS, THE SIZE, AND THE THEME OF THE ART CORNER. THE THEME OF THIS PROJECT IS BLUE SKY, THAT IS WHY I PUT SOME CLOUDS AND A PLANE. 

3. I LOOKED FOR A WALL WHERE I WOULD PUT MY ART CORNER. ON A WALL WHERE THERE ARE NO OBSTRUCTIONS AND I CAN FREELY PLACE MY ART CORNER. AMONG ALL THE WALLS OF OUR HOUSE, I CHOSE ONE OF THE WALLS OF MY ROOM.

4. THROUGH THE USE OF A MEASUREING TAPE, I MEASURED THE WALL TO KNOW IF MY ART CORNER WAS FITTED THERE. THE WALL IS ENOUGH FOR A 3X5 FT ART CORNER, THIS IS PERFECT. 

5. I STARTED TO LAY-OUT THE THINGS I WOULD PUT ON MY ART CORNER. I USED MICROSOFT WORD FOR THIS. I MADE SURE THAT I CHECKED MY LAY-OUT THRICE BEFORE PRINTING IT TO AVOID WASTING INK AND PAPERS. 

6. I PRINTED THE LAYOUT I MADE, AND THANKS TO MY PRINTER, I HAVEN’T SPEND MUCH MONEY ON THIS.  ADDITIONALLY I HAVE ENOUGH STOCK OF BOND PAPER AND INK. 

7. I PREPARED THE THINGS AND MATERIALS I WOULD USE. THESE ARE THE OLD CIRCLE BASKETS, RIBBON, PRINTED MATERIALS, CARTOLINA, DOUBLE-SIDED TAPE, WHITE GLUE AND A SCISSOR. 

AN ADDITIONAL INFO, THOSE OLD CIRCLE BASKETS ARE CONTAINERS OF MY FOODS ON MY LAST BIRTHDAY AND THAT RIBBON IS USED TO BE A TIE OF BOQUET OF FLOWER. THESE SHOWS HOW CREATIVE AND INDUSTRIOUS I AM. 

8. I USED BLUE CARTOLINA FOR THE BACKGROUND OF MY ART CORNER, SINCE THE THEME IS BLUE SKY. ONLY 4 CARTOLINAS ARE USED FOR MY BACKGROUND AND THAT ONLY COST 28 PESOS. THIS IS ALREADY ENOUGH FOR A 3X5 FT ART CORNER. 

9. I CUT ALL THE PRINTED LAYOUTS. 

10. I USED GLUE TO GLUE SOME OF THE PARTS OF MY ART CORNER. 

11. I GLUED THE PARTS OF MY ART CORNER ON THE BACKGROUND FIRST, INSTEAD OF PUTTING THE PARTS AFTER I STICKED THE BACKGROUND ON THE WALL. THIS TECHNIQUE HELPS ME TO PLACE THE PARTS APPROPRIATELY AND EVENLY. 

12. USING DOUBLE-SIDED TAPE, I STICKED MY ART CORNER ON THE WALL AND I ASKED MY COUSIN FOR HELP, TO SEE IF MY ART CORNER IS POSTED EVENLY. I MADE SURE THE ADHESION OF IT WOULD BE STRONG AND WOULD LAST LONGER THROUGH PUTTING A LOT OF DOUBLE-SIDED ON IT. 

PARTS OF MY ART CORNER:

1. CORNER’S NAME – I USED THREE OLD CIRCULAR BASKET AND A RIBBON TO ADD CREATIVITY PLUS AESTHETIC IN MY ART CORNER.

2. ANNOUNCEMENTS – A VERY IMPORTANT PART, IT'S WHERE STUDENTS WILL KNOW INCOMING ACTIVITIES AND HELP THEM TO KEEP UPDATED. 

3. POST-ACTIVITIES – THIS IS WHERE I WILL PUT THE OUTPUTS OF MY STUDENTS AND THIS WILL BOOST STUDENTS’S MOTIVATION AND CONFIDENCE SINCE THEY WERE ABLE TO APPRECIATE EACH OF EVERYONE'S WORKS. 

4. TOPIC FOR TODAY: RAIBOW COLORS – MY ART CORNER WILL ALSO SERVE AS MY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL FOR THE TOPIC I WILL DISCUSS. THIS WILL SAVE SPACE AND AT THE SAME TIME IT WON'T RUIN THE QUALITY OF MY ART CORNER. 

MY TOPIC IS ABOUT TEACHING STUDENTS ABOUT COLORS THROUGH THE USE OF DRAWING. A RAINBOW IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A DRAWING THAT HAS BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY COLORS. MOREOVER, COLORING A RAINBOW WILL ENHANCE THE SKILLS OF STUDENTS ABOUT PATTERNS. 

PUTTING A RAINBOW ON MY ART CORNER IS A PERFECT IDEA, SINCE THE THEME OF IT IS ABOUT BLUE SKY. 

I CREATED LABEL CARDS SO THAT STUDENT’S MAY USE IT TO IDENTIFY THE COLOR OF THE RAINBOW.

Overall, My art corner is a good and effective art corner as it serve its purposes. It keeps students updated on anything related to art activities, it boost the motivation and confidence of students since their works are posted and lastly it encourages learning, they will gain and enhance knowledge just by looking in my art corner. 

Design wise, My art corner is a esthetically good; I made it colorful so that student's will have interest on it. I consider my self as resourceful too, because I used materials that can be found in my home and taken advantage of things I already have.