I haven’t posted much on my 6th grade and up group in awhile. They have been hard at work on their sunflower paintings. These were painted with acrylic on canvas boards. Painting with acrylic is a big change from the tempera that we normally use. I really wanted them to experiment with using glazes with […]
This week my K-2nd graders painted sailboats. This project was a lesson on perspective, how objects appear smaller and move closer to the horizon line as they recede in space. We also read about Winslow Homer and looked at some of his seascapes for inspiration. We drew our sailboats with black oil pastel and painted […]
I hope these Van Gogh inspired flowers bring some sunshine to this cloudy fall day. They finished last week, and they were definitely worth waiting for. We talked about shadows this week, and I was able to convince some of them to add some shadows. The shadows create a sense of light and warmth to […]
I can’t get over how gorgeous these chalk pastel birds turned out! As I said in my last post, one of my students had been asking me to do a bird project. I found a great calendar for inspiration and had the students use chalk pastel on black paper. My 3rd-5th grade groups really did […]
One of my sweet students has been asking me all year to do a bird project. He loves birds and loves to draw them. I found a calendar with gorgeous bird photos for inspiration. I cut these out and laminated them so that each student would have their own photo to work from. I love […]
This week all my classes learned about Vincent Van Gogh, specifically his painting of sunflowers. In the K-5th grade classes, we started by reading Camille and the Sunflowers by Laurence Anholt. I brought in a large bouquet of sunflowers for inspiration. Students closely observed the flowers and then drew them using oil pastel. We then […]
My oldest group did the same flower collage project as the 3rd-5th group, of course with higher expectations. I love how this older group is think of the whole page when arranging their compositions. They also did a great job creating some very interesting flowers while also varying shape size and color. Several students said […]
My 3rd – 5th grade classes did flower collages last week. I pre-painted white tissue with acrylic paint to made some really interesting papers to work with. I also brought in store bought colored tissue for variety. After a quick demo, I let them get to work, creating a floral composition of their own. Most […]
Last week, all classes focused on collage. The youngest group created color wheel collages. We started out by looking at a color wheel and discussing primary and secondary colors and why colors have a special place on the color wheel. I passed out pre-painted tissue papers, and they cut these into petal shapes. They then […]
I was recently given a huge box of beautiful pears. I brought a bag in to serve as a simple still life for those who finished their blue paintings early. This project taught both contour drawing from observation and adding shading and highlights. Students drew with black crayon, painted with tempera paint, and finally added […]
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