After learning about Wassily Kandinsky, we drew musical instruments both from photographs and some from imagination. Students were encouraged to draw the instruments large, keeping the arrangement of their composition in mind. We then added color with oil pastels. We discussed limiting our color palettes and repeating colors to unify our pieces. In the last […]
For our last class of the session, my K-2nd grade students painted Mr. Tiger portraits. We started out by reading Mr Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown. Then we cut out Mr. Tiger’s suit and glued it down. Using Peter Brown’s illustrations for inspiration, we drew the tiger’s head and facial features. We talked about […]
My 6th grade and up group have been working on these mixed media trees for the last couple of weeks. The focus of this project was recognizing complimentary colors, identifying the subtleties of warm/cool colors, and using gel medium with acrylic paint to build up layers. Students started by choosing a warm or cool color […]
This week two of my classes finished their chameleon collage project. To begin this project, we read The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle. We then created painted papers, one in cool greens and one in warm colors. The next step was creating our rainbow backgrounds. We used my favorite new art supply, Stabilo Woodies to […]
This week both my 3rd-5th and my 6th and up groups learned about pop artist, Roy Lichtenstein. We looked at his work and discussed the graphic line and how he showed emotion in his cartoon-like faces. I showed students the basics of facial proportion to get them started. We looked at ways to show emotion […]
My Kindergarten -2nd grade group have been working on Pop Art Self Portrait Collages. We began by drawing a self portrait on white drawing paper. Then, we cut out our face, hair, and shirt to make templates for collage. Since we were studying Pop Art, students were free to use whatever colors they wanted. We […]
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 added this project at the last minute and am so glad I did. It really was fun. We first created a weaving frame by folding a piece of colored paper in half and cutting slits along the folded edge. Students then chose painted paper strips to weave into the frame. Weaving was new for […]
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