scratch board glyphs...

In Spanish class, the students studied Mayan glyphs. After which, they created their names using  glyphs.

They brought their name glyphs to art class and we brought them to life!!

First, the students colored a piece of matte board with crayon. Next, they painted over the crayon with black tempera paint (with a tiny bit of soap mixed in). Thus... we created scratch boards. I like to let the kids make them rather then buying the already made scratch board paper. I think the kids creating the scratch board gives them more ownership of their artwork AND they get to see how the board is actually made.

(sorry no pictures of the process... it was a hectic class)

After the boards are all dry the kids have to use the basic pencil/color pencil name glyph and create interesting patterns and designs. I have the kids lightly sketch their glyph first. They have to be very careful not to scratch the board.

A bunch of the kids drew their glyph tiny in the middle of this big board. CRAZY. Of course I made them redraw:)

Anyway... here they are!