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 […]
After practicing drawing insects, we drew large imaginary insects on big paper. They were encouraged to draw large, incorporate what they learned from their sketches and put their own twist on their bug. They drew with sharpie and painted with puck tempera paint. Some cut their bugs out and glued them on colored paper. Others […]
Our last project for “To Infinity and Beyond” was painting a rocket in tempera paint. We drew rockets with Sharpie markers and painted them in tempera. Then we painted our explosive backgrounds on orange/yellow paper. To finish, we cut and glued the rockets on the background. This was tough to draw, especially for some of […]
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 […]
Excited to share more painted owls from the Thursday class. Most of them chose the same type of owl to draw, but they each turned out so unique. Beautiful work! The students were very enthusiastic about painting their owls. Maybe a little too enthusiastic. : )
Wednesday’s K-2 group did just a great job finishing their painted owls! We used tempera paint. I encouraged them to explore different ways to make texture. One new technique they learned was to add texture by painting over a color with a contrasting color and using the end of their brush to carve though the […]
Yesterday, we finished our tropical birds. These were drawn with Sharpie and painted in puck tempera. The foliage was painted on a separate sheet and added as a collage element. The final touch was spraying yellow and blue liquid watercolor. This project was inspired by Denise Logan’s book, Dynamic Art Projects for Children. These were […]
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