Amedeo Modigliani was an Italian artist known for his unique style of portraits. This past summer, I participated in Carla Sonheim’s “Kid’s Art Week.” This was one of the projects. I loved the clean simplicity of this project but struggled to find a place for it in my curriculum. Our fall still life project was […]
On our last day of “Modern Masters” we painted our own version of Leonardo DaVinci’s Mona Lisa. We first read “William and the Missing Masterpiece” by Helen Hancocks. It is a funny mystery where the lead character, William, is an international investigator who is called in to solve the crime of the missing Mona Cheesa. […]
For day two of “Art, American Style,” we headed south and back in time. We drew and painted outlaws, aged our paper with liquid watercolor, and created “Wanted” posters. I had the “Wanted” sign pre-printed and aged to save time. I love how these turned out. What fabulous characters. Some students told me they went […]
For the first day of “Art, American Style,” we drew and painted the Statue of Liberty. We drew with Sharpie markers and painted with watercolor. This was a challenge to draw, but everyone did such a great job. I gave them the freedom to do the background how ever they wanted. We also read “The […]
Thursday’s K-2nd grade class finished their glue/pastel portraits. The final step of rolling ink on the glued lines was a new technique with interesting results. Each piece really has a unique personality. Some students loved the results, and some didn’t like the lack of control with the ink. It was a little scary. I appreciate […]
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