Lesson Ideas for B/VI

1. Torn paper collage (similar to paper mache): tear paper and glue on cardboard
2. Metallic potato chip bag collages
3. Face masks: plaster gauze strips placed over plactic face molds. When dried students can decorate.
4. Body tracings: outline tracing with yarn or glue so that students can decorate.

Art Materials for Blind/Visually Impaired

1. Styrofoam trays: work well for collages; raised edge works well for framing the artwork
2. Wood scraps
3. Pasta
4. Dried beans and peas
5. Cotton balls
6. Q-tips
7. String and yarn
8. Tissue paper
9. Shaving cream: for finger painting

Blind/Visual Impairment Lesson Ideas

A really great lesson plan from 'Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens' titled Landscape Painting to Music can be found at:

www.cummer.org/pdf/access_plan_2.pdf

Lesson Plans for Visual Impairment Students

1. Clay Fossils

2. Raised Line Drawings

3. Sand Art

4. Aluminum Repousse

5. Pinch Pot

6. Coloring between raised glue lines

7. Tactile Collage

Book Resource:
Time for Art: Art Projects and Lessons for Students with Visual Impairments
by: Gail Cawley Showalter