Use Wixie for artistic expression and art exploration
High quality art education provides students with opportunities to create, perform, produce, present, respond, and connect as they learn to use art for the purposes of communication, creative self-expression, community engagement, and more.
Wixie is the perfect paint program for students "conceiving and developing artistic ideas and work." Students can use Wixie's tools for self-expression, to share their learning of art and artist exploration, as well as develop portfolios to demonstrate mastery and reflection on their own artistic journeys.
Surreal Symmetry
After learning about surrealism, students use symmetry to develop their own surrealist work exploring good and bad.
Lesson Plan
Pop Art Montage
After learning about pop art and the images created by Andy Warhol, students choose an iconic image and create their own pop art montage.
Arcimboldo-style Self-portraits
Guiseppe Arcimboldo was an Italian painter during the Renaissance. He is known best for his portraits of people that use objects like fruit and books. After learning about his, work students can use Wixie's Stickers to create self-portraits.
Paint with Pointillism
Pointillism is a style of painting developed by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac, which uses individual dots of color to create the illusion of shapes and even additional colors. After learning about pointillism, students use Wixie's brush tool and click (no dragging!) to make many small dots that form an image.
Make a Mondrian
Dutch painter, Piet Mondrian, is best known for his work that used primary colors, white and black in simplified lines and shapes on canvas.
Create a Klimt-style Tree of Life
Gustav Klimt's Tree of Life is one of his most recognizable paintings. Search "Klimt" in Wixie and use the Eraser tool to create your own Klimt-style tree using a scratch art-style template.
Visual Arts Ideas Guide
Ways to use Wixie's tools and templates to help students explore the elements of art, great artists, and a range of artistic styles.
Georgia O'Keeffe — Take time to look
After exploring samples of Georgia O'Keeffe's magnified flowers, student take close up images with a digital camera and use them as inspiration for close-up flower images created using paint brush and smudge tools.
Create Spooky Scenes
After learning about silhouettes, students combine silhouettes they have created with Halloween backgrounds to create spooky scenes.
Tessellations
Engage students in learning about different geometric transformations by having them use Wixie to create their own rotation and reflection tessellations.
Visual Art Portfolios
Have students create art portfolios that include both images of their work and reflections on their process and progress.
More ways teachers are using Wixie
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One Point Perspectives
Yesterday was our final day using @Wixie_T4L to create one point perspectives inspired by @GrantHaffner. I'm so grateful that I was able to spend a few days in Ms. Wallace's classroom. I love how she instills a love for art in each child. pic.twitter.com/wV3xNIY2sH
— Jonathon Miller (@Miller_Teach) October 24, 2024 -
Illustrations turned Animations
A creepy crayon skateboarding?!? Created using animate in @Wixie_T4L pic.twitter.com/8ekQ6ZUrV4
— Valerie Chmelka (@vchmelka) October 23, 2024 -
Creativity Practice
Kinder Ss think outside the 📦 for “Outside day” to transform a swiggle using @Tech4Learning #Wixie. ❤️ their creativity! @SummitHill161 @djreagles #161momentum pic.twitter.com/miPOP2HZiw
— Noelle Horbaczewski (@nhorbaczewski1) May 14, 2024 -
Self-portraits
Mrs. Walker’s class drew self portraits in #Wixie and then saved as their device wallpaper. pic.twitter.com/zIrz8IesZ1
— Montclair ES PWCS (@montclair_elem) September 13, 2023 -
Iron Man
When your mom works in OIT, and you�re a big Iron Man fan, this is what you create with #wixie in your free time.@Tech4Learning @MarvelStudios @RobertDowneyJr pic.twitter.com/fS1K45zxTc
— AACPS Instruct Tech (@aacpsoit) August 30, 2022 -
Real life poses
Our introductory art lesson was to draw something that is important to you using Wixie as the tool. Rosalie in fourth grade did this drawing of her dog. She did a wonderful job observing the pose of her dog in her drawing. @BCPS_VLP @RTwentey @cgibson5bcps @sfisherBCPS pic.twitter.com/RW4E1cDFlY
— Elementary Art VLP (@art_vlp) August 31, 2022 -
Self Expression
Ariel in kindergarten created the most beautiful sandcastle drawing on Wixie today! @MrsStacyBarry @RTwentey @cgibson5bcps @sfisherBCPS @Tech4Learning #wixie pic.twitter.com/b7XXqbor3T
— Elementary Art VLP (@art_vlp) June 14, 2022 -
Design Projects
Wow! 3rd grade students used WIXIE to design a ballon for the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade @HES_LMS. pic.twitter.com/nU2nPoxPwC
— Capathia Campbell (@HES_LMS) November 18, 2021 -
Arcimboldo-Inspired Portraits
Our second graders created stunning abstract art using lines, color, and patterns in Wixie:) @HebbvilleES @visualartsbcps pic.twitter.com/NjMRRED1iR
— Hebbville Art (@ArtMchewning) November 22, 2020 -
Elements of Art: Movement
Students are learning how to create movement in art using repeatable lines, shapes, and colors in Wixie. @HebbvilleES @visualartsbcps @MrFilderman pic.twitter.com/MRraAsNswU
— Hebbville Art (@ArtMchewning) May 13, 2021 -
Elements of Art: Color
Students are learning about color-primary, secondary, complementary, warm/cool, and how to apply tints and shades in Wixie. @HebbvilleES @MrFilderman @visualartsbcps pic.twitter.com/i8OiPgK0nI
— Hebbville Art (@ArtMchewning) March 24, 2021 -
Pop Art
Wixie pop art shared on our padlet! We watched the Tate Kids video about pop art and created our own! pic.twitter.com/TwsPEI0vNH
— Bren Mar Park Art (@BMP_Artists) May 27, 2020 -
George Rodrigue-Inspired Dogs
Great job @HumbleISD_BBE students & @MrVybiral They are learning about #wixie and #Bluedog and the Art of @George_Rodrigue @VisualArtHumble @HumbleISD @LuciSchulz1 #projectbasedlearning #artandtechnology pic.twitter.com/IXcmPT14ap
— Anne Lynch (@MsLynchART) October 16, 2020 -
Recreating the Masters
#Starrynight 1889 #wixie remake @Newtown_E ?? @HRichardson_VB @KevinRickard4 @Mrs_Beazer @BeachSupe @ChryslerMuseum @VirginiaMOCA @VBCPSVisualArts @VBCPSVisualArt #artacrossva19 pic.twitter.com/QIqr8imiGK
— Jesse R. Ellison (@jesserellison) March 11, 2019 -
Pop Art
2nd grade Fall Pop Art using Wixie @HumbleISD_TE @HumbleISD_DL #teinspires @HumbleISD pic.twitter.com/lIdBP7nKSq
— Laura Frey (@TimbersTech) November 13, 2017 -
Exploring the Color Wheel
Wixie color wheels shared on our padlet! Way to go! #wixie #padlet pic.twitter.com/CQl6lfI5vE
— Bren Mar Park Art (@BMP_Artists) May 17, 2020 -
Collage Art in the Style of Eric Carle
Kinders make a collage on Wixie like Eric Carle's illustrations #collage #wixie #art @BCPSODL #bcpslms pic.twitter.com/kIX42aFIXA
— WestTowsonESLibrary (@WTESLibrary) April 28, 2016 -
Collage Art in the Style of Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Students experimenting with Wixie layering shapes and visual forms to build imaginary cities ?? and creating Giuseppe Arcimboldo-inspired portraits from foods ???? @JoppaViewES pic.twitter.com/1iD8PHkDF3
— Mrs. Renner (@JVESart) March 25, 2018 -
Scratch Art
�Old school� scratch art vs. Wixie scratch art. Both are winners here @CalvertESCCPS! #wixie @Tech4Learning pic.twitter.com/H91fKQKXnk
— Calvert Elementary (@CalvertESCCPS) May 4, 2018 -
Art Portfolios
Grange ES Studio 10 gr 1 use wixie to create their art portfolios EMPOWERED @visualartsbcps @GrangeES pic.twitter.com/GMWv390WhP
— Linda Popp (@lpoppart) December 1, 2017 -
Pop Art
Wixie pop art shared on our padlet! We watched the Tate Kids video about pop art and created our own! pic.twitter.com/TwsPEI0vNH
— Bren Mar Park Art (@BMP_Artists) May 27, 2020 -
Balance and Symmetry
5th graders used Wixie & Active Inspire in art class to create radial & symmetrical designs #BCPSLH @visualartsbcps pic.twitter.com/U9q5JrJdzH
— Chase Elementary (@chasebcps) October 22, 2015
