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 […]
These still life paintings by my 3rd-5th grade class are just stunning! What a great way to end the year. They all worked so hard on their observational skills, color mixing, and composition. I allowed them to use artistic license with color. I love their color choices and individual expression. These were drawn with vine […]
Wednesday’s 3rd-5th grade class did a still life drawing in class this week. We used vine charcoal to draw the contour of the shapes. We then began to add color with tempera paint. I encouraged them to draw what they saw, not what they knew was there. I was really impressed with the results. I […]
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