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MIXED MEDIA BIRD NESTS- 5TH GRADE!

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LOVE, LOVE LOVE THESE!! This is a new lesson I introduced this year for 5th grade and it’s definitely a keeper!! Thank you Painted Paper Art for this wonderful lesson idea!

These are created by 5Y, 1 (of my 5)  5th grade classes! (Other classes are going on day 2 of the lesson later on in the week). It’s a 3 day art lesson (40 minutes each) and incorporates ALL the Elements of Art (value, shape, line, color, form, space, and texture!)

HERE ARE A FEW CLOSE-UPS OF INDIVIDUAL NESTS!

 

DAY 1: 

Students created the nest using oil pastels on a 6×6″ sheet of manila tagboard. They drew a large circle with pencil, then chose whatever color blue they wanted, to fill in the background.

They then drew a small black circle in the center, a loop of dark brown around the black circle, then looped various shades of brown oil pastel within the remaining part of the nest, layering as they went around. After that they drew short, curved lines extending outside the nest with brown, to create little pieces of hay or sticks sticking out from the nest.

Students then used various shades of yellow and golds to overlap the brown, until the manila paper was completely covered with oil pastels. As a final step with oil pastels, students used black to lightly draw circles close together extending outward from the center, to create the illusion of space and the nest going inward in the center.

 

For the last step on day 1, students glued on strips of pre-cut, painted papers all around the nest, to add texture!

 

 

DAY 2: 

On the second day of the lesson, students shaped and created 3 eggs out of model magic air dry clay and glued them on in the center of their nests with tacky glue. Then they glued down 8-10 small twigs using tacky glue to add even more texture to their nests! (BTW- Twigs were collected while walking my dog in the park on a previous day. With only 7 more art classes remaining before summer break, (although it might have been fun), I didn’t want students to spend an art class searching around the school for them!!)

I love the various shades of blue in this one!

I have to say, I REALLY LOVE tacky glue!! I’ve used it for so many art lessons recently and it’s WAAAAAY better than regular old white school glue! It adheres quickly (which is super important for this lesson) and best of all—dries clear!

These were all set aside to completely dry in Mason paper box tops until the following week!

 

DAY 3: 

Students painted their eggs using liquid tempera (students could choose from a variety of blue/ blue-green paints).

They had the option to then add spots of white and brown speckles using the end of a paintbrush handle.

 

Students did a wonderful job creating their beautiful bird nests and eggs, I couldn’t WAIT to hang them all up!!!!

I hot glued twigs to create their sign and added some colorful cupcake liners for flowers! More nests to come SOON  to fill in the empty spaces on this bulletin board!!! 

 

Thanks for checking out my blog!! Be sure to check back tomorrow (Tuesday) night for another new post on some NEW artwork!!! To view other 5th grade artwork -click on 5th Grade Art Lessons under the drop down menu! 

 

 

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CURRENT ARTWORK IN THE WORKS! (1ST-5TH GRADE)

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It’s been awhile since I last posted, so thought I’d share what we’re working on in the art room! I’M SUPER excited because there are 3 NEW art lessons that we’ll be starting!!

Let’s start with 5th grade!

5TH GRADE – MIXED MEDIA BIRD NESTS

Let me tell you, I couldn’t wait to start this lesson! It’s a perfect one for springtime and the kids in 5th haven’t done any real 3D artwork yet this year, so I thought it was a perfect fit! This lesson was inspired by Laura Lohmann of Painted Paper Art~ Thanks Laura for the inspiration!

These are my teacher examples I created!

It includes an oil pastel background on 6×6″ tagboard, cut painted papers, twigs, model magic for the eggs, and tempera paint. I’ll discuss more on how we create them in a future blog post!

Students in Mrs. Yeomans class started them today, and other classes will follow next week.

We cover ALL the Elements of Art for this one! (Color, Form, Line, Shape, Space, Texture, and Value)

I can’t wait until they finish (it’s a 3 day lesson) and display them all in the hallway! I plan on using twigs to write out “mixed media bird nests” with a hot glue gun above their work!

The rest of my 5th grade classes are finishing up their “Falling for Foreshortening” lesson  (seen below) this week, and like I mentioned, will start the bird nest one NEXT week.

 

I LOVE this rendition of Alice falling down the rabbit hole!! 

AFTER they complete their MIXED MEDIA BIRD NESTS, 5th grade will do a final art lesson for the year on GRID DRAWING! CHECK BACK FOR THAT ONE LATER ON! (If you’d like to view artwork from previous years on grid drawing, go to the drop down menu and select 5th Grade Art Lessons and scroll down to that one, to view some pretty AMAZING art!!

 

4TH GRADE- POP OUT SELF-PORTRAITS!

This is another NEW art lesson, that I’m also VERY excited about! I love the addition of text (listing positive attributes of themselves)  the NEON paper, and the 3D POP OUT effect! I think kids will LOVE it! (See my teacher examples below)

This will be a 3 day art lesson.  This lesson focuses on the Elements of Art (Line, Shape and Color)  but also Principles of Art (Balance, Emphasis, Variety, Movement, Contrast, and Pattern) as well as enhancing their knowledge of facial proportion when drawing themselves!

Students at Roosevelt will start this lesson on Wednesday! Kids at Amvet will begin once they finish their “Enlarged Flower Drawings” seen below.

Once other 4th grade classes at Amvet finish up their enlarged flower drawings,  they will begin the pop out self-portrait one!

The FINAL art lesson of the year for 4th Grade will be “Animal Drawings” (see students drawings from previous years under their 4th grade page, under the drop down menu).

 

3RD GRADE- COMPLEMENTARY CREATURE PRINTS

This one is an oldie but goodie (I’ve taught this lesson since I’ve started teaching) and is a 3-4 day art lesson. I love the bold colors used in this lesson and the creative creatures students come up with!

These images below are of my teacher examples

Here are some student examples from previous years!

This lesson focuses on the Elements of Art (Line, Shape, Color, and Texture).

3rd Graders will draw their own made up creature (this can be anything!) and learn about Complementary Colors and printmaking techniques (using markers and styrofoam printing plates). ALL 3rd graders are currently working on this lesson at both schools.

Then— once they finish printing their complementary creature prints (to learn more about and view additional prints from previous years, select 3rd Grade Art Lessons under the drop down menu and scroll down), they will work on the lessons “Kinetic Piranha” and “Sunset Silhouette” for the remainder of the year (you can view artwork from previous years there as well)!

 

2ND GRADE- SPRINGTIME BUNNIES AND BEAR CUBS

This lesson is also a NEW one!! I can’t wait to start this one with my students tomorrow at Roosevelt!

Here is a picture of my 2 teacher examples below!

2nd graders will have an option of creating either a bunny or a bear cub with their spring flower background! This lesson incorporates the Elements of Art (Line, Shape, Color, Value, and Texture) and includes overlapping, contrast and pattern!

Some classes are finishing up their “Birch Tree Landscapes” (see student example below) but will start this “Springtime Bunnies and Bears” lesson next week!

 

Once 2nd graders finish their “Birch Tree Landscapes” as well as “Springtime Bunnies/Bears”, they will move onto another possible NEW art lesson (this one is still in the works….) and THEN,  for the final art lesson of the year it will be “Thinking of Summer Self-portraits”. Which also can be viewed under 2nd Grade Art Lessons from previous years!

 

1ST GRADE- BUBBLEGUM BLOWING SELF-PORTRAITS

One of my favorites for 1st graders! I did this one last year and LOVED them! Here’s a pic from one of my firsties from last year! I LOVE how she drew her eyes closed and her expression! It really does LOOK like she’s blowing up her balloon (aka bubble)!

Students not only learn how to draw the face and facial details, but we also talk about color matching and trying to best match our own unique skin colors, eye colors and hair colors using crayons.

We focus on the Elements of Art (Line, Shape, Color, and Form), as well as use (Principle of Art) Pattern in the background!

Students at Amvet have started this today and students at Roosevelt will begin their “Mixed Media Alphabet Soup” tomorrow! (See the previous blog entry to view students artwork on that lesson there)

 

YIKES!  There are a lot of classes that seem to be a bit off from one another in regards to what art lesson they are on, but that’s par for the course I suppose when snow days, sick days, 1/2 days, and holidays etc. sometimes throws some classes off track and pushes things back a bit! 

Once classes finish up both of those art lessons, the final art lesson of the year (cross my fingers hope we have time for it!!!) is the “Tanglebird Collage” lesson. (You can view that one from previous years under 1st Grade Art Lessons and scroll down as well!)

 

SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES – “APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS”

I LOVE these so much! We used a wet-on-wet watercolor technique for the umbrella (using only warm colors), and crayon, oil pastels, and marker for the grass, puddle and flowers background.

They brushed just water over the areas with marker to create a painted sky, puddles and grass.

I took a photo of each student “holding their umbrella” and printed out on regular copy paper.

Thank you to Mrs. Price over at wh_artroom (Instagram) for this lesson inspiration!! I love it!!

 

Phew! I think I covered everything???? Now I need to go take a nap!!

Hope you all enjoyed this blog post! I try to update it as much as possible, and definitely will be posting new artwork from all the above mentioned art lessons soon!!!!   If interested, follow me on Instagram for the latest info on what’s happening in the art room!

 

 

 

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1st Grade– “MIXED MEDIA ALPHABET SOUP!”

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SOUPS ON!!! 

I was so excited to try this lesson out with my first graders this year–I absolutely LOVE them!! Especially the mixed media/ 3D aspect of them!!! A big shout out and thanks to Lauralee Chambers for the wonderful lesson idea!!

Read below to view process pics and read how we created them!!

(the photos of artwork above and below are by first graders in Mrs. Uthoff’s class)

 

 

The focus of this lesson combines letter formation/identification with an understanding of mixed media (we used oil pastels, liquid watercolor paint, markers and charcoal), and three-dimensional elements within artwork. 

This lesson took 3 (40 minute) art classes to complete.

DAY 1: 

After showing students my teacher examples, and reviewing what mixed media is (using multiple art mediums in a piece of artwork), and what 3-D means (artwork that isn’t flat and sticks out–soup spoon and plastic letters), students each received a piece of 9×12″ 80# drawing paper with a circle traced on it (for the soup). The alphabet was projected onto the white board for students to review if needed.

Students drew the alphabet using oil pastels inside the circle to create their alphabet soup. They were encouraged to draw their letters large, pressing hard (so the oil pastel later on would resist the paint!) as well as draw some upside down, and backwards and going in different directions with multiple colors.

Once drawn and the letters almost filled up their bowl, they drew small orange squares (for carrots) and green circles (for peas).

Then students painted over their letters with a yellow-orange liquid watercolor (creating the broth), creating an oil pastel resist!

These soups were then set aside to dry until the next art class!

 

DAY 2: 

Students each received a 12×18″ piece of 80# drawing paper with another (larger) circle pre-traced with black sharpie. This circle was drawn off to the side of their paper, so there would be room for the napkin later on.

After reviewing vertical and horizontal lines, students drew a plaid tablecloth (or placemat) using 2 chosen colored markers. Then kids painted over their lines with water to create a “painterly” look. Students thought it was so fun that the marker could turn into “paint”!

I had students place a paper plate over their “bowl” while painting with water, to avoid water getting inside their traced bowls.

These were then set aside to dry until the following art class.

 

DAY 3: 

Students cut out their soups carefully and then glued down in the center of the larger traced circle bowl, using a glue stick.

Then they glued down a pre-cut “napkin” (heavyweight tagboard cut to about 4 1/2″ x 9 1/2″) next to their bowls of soup using a glue stick. They then used a piece of charcoal to outline one side of their napkin (I told them to create the letter “L” with their charcoal, as well as half the side of their soup bowl (I told them to create a “C” with their charcoal). I explained this would create a shadow effect, and make it all look more realistic and 3-D. Then students smudged the lines of charcoal with their finger!

This is a first time for first graders using charcoal, and they loved this step!

For the final steps, I glued down a plastic spoon (metal imitation soup spoons found on Amazon) and 2 colored plastic letters (plastic letter beads from Roylco) using a hot glue gun!

They look SO real don’t they??!!

Like I said, I absolutely LOVE this lesson, and I hope you do too!!

Thanks for visiting my blog! Please check back again SOON for more student artwork!!

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4th Grade -COLLABORATIVE FLOWER DRAWING!

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I was so excited to try this out with my 4th graders as a continuation on learning about Georgia O’Keeffe and it didn’t disappoint! I can’t wait to hang it up on the wall above their lockers with their other flower drawings (see previous post on that below)!

The artwork below was created by Ms. Eagleston’s 4th grade class during one 40 minute art class.  It was a collaborative enlarged flower drawing using oil pastels of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Red Poppy painting. Scroll down below it to view the printed photo of O’Keeffe’s work students observed.

(Photo below of everyone’s drawing glued together. Total image size 30″ x 36″)

 

(Photo below of the printed photo of her painting “Red Poppy No. VI” that has been cropped a little, with a grid drawn on it. Each student received one 1 1/4″ square to draw)

 

 

(Photo below is of Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Red Poppy, No. VI” in it’s entirety)

 

Each student got a tiny 1  1/4” square section of the photo to copy on a 6” square of 80# drawing paper. Each tiny photo had a number written on the back as well as the word “Top” along the top edge, so students knew how to view their image before drawing. Students wrote their corresponding number on the back of their 6″ paper as well as the word “top” along the top edge. This would make assembling the flower a whole lot easier for me later on!

They then drew the lines and shapes first with pencil then colored in trying to best match the colors of the print out.

Once complete, I brought them all home and assembled together on large white paper with hot glue.

PLEASE NOTE: The photos of students working below are from Mrs. Roberts class, and observed a different flower image by O’Keeffe to copy. (Unfortunately I didn’t have a chance to snap pics of kids working on the red poppy flower).

4/10/18 UPDATE!! View Mrs. Roberts classes finished collaborative flower drawing below these “in process” pics! 

Any takers on trying to guess which flower their working on???!!!!!!!

 

(Below is Mrs. Roberts Classes collaborative flower drawing of Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Pink Tulip, 1926”)

 

(This was a bit tricky to create trying to have everyone’s lines connect! In retrospect, I think selecting an image with less line changes/ shapes and colors would have been more successful, but I LOVE this painting so much I wanted to give it a go and see what would happen. Although it’s a bit fragmented, it’s still VERY beautiful and I love the attention to detail students put into each individual section!! Awesome work everyone! )

 

(Below is a selection of the image by O’Keeffe I used to create the grid. )

 

(Below is Georgia O’Keeffe’s painting “Pink Tulip, 1926” in its entirety.)

Thanks for visiting my blog! More to come SOOOOOOOOoooooooon! ….

 

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4th Grade Enlarged Flowers and 5th Grade Falling For Foreshortening

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4th Grade- Enlarged Flower Drawings inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe!

Students learned about the artist Georgia O’Keeffe, and viewed examples of her flower paintings. We talked about the scale (size) of her work and that her flower paintings were so large because she thought flowers were incredibly beautiful and wanted people to notice them! She loved to create close-up paintings of flowers. Looking at her flower paintings is like looking at a flower with a magnifying glass!

We also reviewed what abstract artwork is (artwork that focuses on mainly lines, shapes and colors), which is how Georgia O’Keeffe depicted a lot of her flowers in her work. She focused on just small sections of a flower –instead of the entire flower in a lot of her work, therefore abstracting the image. Not all of her flower paintings are abstract, but many are.

DAY 1: 

I showed students multiple examples of her flower paintings through a power point presentation and discussed her work and background.

After demonstrating how to focus in on one area of a flower and block out the rest (students could choose their own printed flower image to observe) by using a viewfinder, (using a black square piece of construction paper with a small (about 2×2″ square) cut out in the middle). Students had to select an area of their flower so it’s petals touched or ran off at least 3 sides of their viewfinder (see pics below).

Students then practiced drawing and enlarging small sections of their chosen flowers, in their sketchbooks. They did this 3 times, each flower drawing on a different page in their sketchbook. They had a choice of choosing 3 different flower images OR drawing from 1 flower image but focusing in on different areas of the flower each time.

 

DAYS 2-3:

Students selected 1 photo of a flower for their final drawing. They enlarged a section of their flower on 12×12” paper, making sure that their drawing of their chosen flower ran off or touched at least 3 of the 4 sides of their paper, while considering the composition (how and where things are placed on the page).

Once drawn, students colored in using oil pastels. Students had a choice of coloring in their flower any colors they wanted!!  In previous years I had students color in their flowers trying to best match their flowers colors in the photo. The only rule with color I had was, was to switch to a different color when their was a transition of color in their flower photo.  Also, If their was a bit of background showing in their composition, (some students selected areas of their flower that only showed the flower– without any background) they needed to color it in with any one chosen color for contrast.

DAY 4: 

For a final step, students created a bit of depth within their flower by adding shadows around the edges of their flowers petals with black oil pastel, then blending with their finger. Adding black for shading with oil pastels is a pretty tricky step, and can be a bit challenging, but I think students did a wonderful job adding that element to their artwork!!

 

5th Grade- “Falling for Foreshortening” Drawings! 

 

 

For this art lesson, students learned about a type of perspective called foreshortening.

(Scroll down further to view more photos of students working on this lesson!) Foreshortening is a drawing technique used to create the illusion where parts of something or someone appear to come out at the viewer strongly, making those areas seem closest to the viewer, and some parts appearing to recede strongly, making those areas seem the furthest away from the viewer.

Students used this technique by drawing a person that appears to be falling backwards into something, with their arms and legs outstretched. They did this by tracing their hands along the top of the paper, and their feet along the bottom of the paper, leaving space in the middle. They then drew the head, neck, arms, and legs of a person smaller, to create the illusion that the body was further away than the feet and hands.

Students were instructed to pay special attention to the soles of their shoes, being sure to add details and texture to make it look like the bottom of their shoes. Students also had to draw the person’s facial expression to match whatever it was they were falling into (something scary, or something soft and fun!), show movement in the hair, and add details to the palms of the hands.

Once the person was drawn, 5th graders outlined in black sharpie, then drew a background depicting what their person was falling into, and colored in everything using colored pencils.

 

Thanks for visiting my blog! Check back soon for NEW artwork by 1st Grade!! (Mixed Media Alphabet Soup!!)

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2nd Grade- BIRCH TREE LANDSCAPES!

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Students at Roosevelt finished these beauties up on Tuesday!  Amvet students just started today, and will finish on 4/12! 

This is a 3-4 day art lesson (40 minute art classes).

The objective of this lesson is to create a LANDSCAPE painting, while students are introduced to, and gain an understanding of, FOREGROUND, MIDDLE GROUND, and BACKGROUND within artwork, as well as learn about the size/space relationship within those areas. Second graders looked at the artwork of Bev Doolittle for inspiration.

Students learned that objects in the FOREGROUND in artwork, are the things closest to us as viewers. Objects in the foreground should be drawn larger and lower on the page to show this.

Objects in the MIDDLE GROUND within artwork, are a little bit further away. Things in the middle ground should be drawn in the middle of the page and drawn smaller.

Objects in the background within artwork, are the furthest things away. These need to be drawn even smaller and higher up on the page.

DAY 1: After demonstrating, on a sheet of 12×18″ tagboard students drew one large tree in the foreground, then a line for a hill in the middle ground with two medium sized trees, then another hill line higher up on the page with three small trees for the background.

***Making any more trees than this amount on 12×18″ paper can make the landscape look too crowded, and would also be a lot more challenging to paint in the sky later on. 

Students then used the side of a piece of corrugated cardboard dipped into a little bit of black liquid tempera paint, to create the black lines within their birch trees (shown below). 

***Here, it’s important to take any excess paint off the cardboard after dipping, by tapping the length of the cardboard on the paper plate. Students simply scraped the cardboard from one edge of their tree to the other, and then repeated that step working their way up the tree. 1-2 branches were then added per tree by scraping thin, diagonal lines.

Paintings were then left to dry until the next week. Students could draw in their sketchbooks or read an art book for the remainder of DAY #1.

 

DAY 2:  Students drew grass blades and flowers using crayon in just the foreground (pressing hard!). We reviewed how things in the foreground are closest, and that our eyes can’t make out details of objects that are very far away.

Students then painted the land and sky with liquid watercolors, creating a crayon wax-resist! 

 

DAY 3:  Students drew 1-3 animals to add to their painting.

They each got a step-by-step, “how to draw” animals packet that I made to refer to (with multiple woodland animals to choose from–Fox, bunny, deer, squirrel, owl, skunk, racoon, horse etc.) and drew them on separate small pieces of 80# drawing paper.  Students could also choose not to draw from the packet and draw an animal of their choosing!

***I used to give students only packets of photocopied PHOTOS of animals to use as reference, but after teaching this lesson for a few years, Ive found that it’s more successful for kids to understand how to draw animals in this step-by-step way for this age group, and they enjoy doing it as well! 

Once drawn they colored their animals in with colored pencils, carefully cut them out and glued them onto their finished paintings with a glue stick to inhabit their wonderful birch tree landscapes!

 

Look at that cute itty bitty skunk!!! 

 

Students could also create their own animal!

The results are beautiful and I think students did such an incredible job!

What do YOU think? I’d LOVE to hear from you! Comments, questions, suggestions are all welcome! 

BE SURE TO CHECK BACK TOMORROW FOR MY NEXT POST!! 4TH GRADE AND 5TH GRADE ARTWORK! 

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1st Grade – HOT AIR BALLOONS!

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First graders used their knowledge of collage and learned what mixed-media is when they created these wonderfully fun and colorful hot air balloons! Read further below on how we made them and to see in process pics! 

 

 

Sorry, too cute not to post a ton of pics!! 

 

 

DAY 1: ON 9X12” drawing paper, students designed their own hot air balloons by filling them with all the things that lines can do. They traced a large circle template made from cardboard, then added a small box on the bottom of the circle. We reviewed all the different types of lines and once they filled their balloon up, they traced over all their lines with sharpie and colored in with either markers or crayons.

 

DAY 2: Students painted a sky background with blue, purple, and magenta liquid watercolor paint.

First graders learned how to apply the wet-on-wet technique to help spread and blend the watercolor paints on the paper. To create wet-on-wet, students wet their paper with just water first, then applied the paint to that area.

Then students finished coloring in their balloons if needed!

(Roosevelt students painted their sky background with tempera cakes (seen below). Using that medium is much easier when traveling on a cart from classroom to classroom. Still beautiful color and beautiful results though!)

 

DAY 3: Students carefully cut out their balloons and glued them into their sky paintings. They glued on yarn for the handles with “quick-dry/fast grab” clear drying glue, a construction paper basket to ride in, and a few clouds for texture (from poly-fil batting). I took each student’s photo, printed and cut them out ahead of time, then added their picture to their basket for a final step.

I LOVE how they all turned out! It’s definitely one of my favorites that I teach year after year, and I hope you enjoyed viewing them as well! 

STAY TUNED for tomorrow’s post!  (2nd grade BIRCH TREE LANDSCAPES)  and Friday’s post on both (4th grade ENLARGED FLOWER DRAWINGS inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe), as well as 5th grade’s (FALLING FOR FORESHORTENING DRAWINGS)!!! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

 

 

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CURRENT ART LESSONS UNDERWAY!! 1ST–5TH!

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Here’s what students are currently working on in Art class!

1st Grade: HOT AIR BALLOON COLLAGES

Students are using the Elements Of Art LINE and SHAPE to create these fun collages! These photos of student art are from last year. To learn how we are creating them and what the learning goals are click HERE. 

 

2nd Grade: BIRCH TREE LANDSCAPES

2nd Graders are learning about foreground, middle ground and background and how to create a sense of space in art for this lesson. The photos above are of student artwork from last year. Some students are finishing up their Love Monsters this Thursday and will begin this lesson after. To learn more about this lesson and how students will create this, click HERE and scroll down! 

 

*****I will be creating a YouTube video tutorial on the Birch Tree Landscape lesson soon, as well as a few “How to draw animals” videos for the lesson! Stay tuned!!!***** 

 

 

 

3rd Grade: COMPLEMENTARY CREATURE PRINTS

3rd graders will start this lesson soon once the 3D Winter Mugs are finished. To learn more on how these prints were created and what the learning goals are for the lesson, click HERE and scroll down! 

I have a YouTube tutorial on this lesson as well! Click under the main menu on “YouTube Tutorials” and view my video there! 

 

4th Grade: ENLARGED FLOWER DRAWINGS 

4th graders are currently working on this lesson inspired by the artist Georgia O’Keeffe! Photos above are by 4th graders from last year. Students enlarge a section of a flower while observing photos, using oil pastels. I LOVE this lesson and how we abstract the flower by zooming in and cropping just a section of a flower! 

To learn more about this lesson and learn how students will create these beauties, click HERE and scroll down! 

 

5th Grade: FALLING FOR FORESHORTENING 

5th Graders are currently working on these fun perspective drawings! These photos above are by 5th graders from last year and previous years. They learn about the type of perspective “foreshortening”, and draw the person’s expression to match what they are falling into, add details to the hands and feet and create a background using colored pencils. To learn more on this lesson, and view additional drawings click HERE and scroll down! 

 

SPECIAL EDUCATION: MIXED MEDIA FLOWER AND BUGS 

Students created these adorable flowers and bugs using cut paper and cupcake liners! Kids glued green construction paper for the grass and flowers stem and leaves, then painted ovals and/or circles on separate paper with tempera paint to create the bugs. Then they painted a cut paper plate for the large flower head with liquid tempera paint.

On day 2, they glued on their paper plate flower head, then a cupcake liner for the center. They then drew legs for their bugs with marker, cut out the bugs and added them to their flower picture with google eyes!

Once finished, I showed them how to draw flowers in grass and they colored in crayon!

Be sure to check out the previous post on “PULLED STRING ART” my special education classes created below!! They came out so beautiful!! 

To view additional artwork by my special education classes, click HERE! 

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PULLED STRING ART!! SO FUN and MESMERIZING!!

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Can you see the eyes in the one above?

The one above reminds me of a seahorse!

This was a super fun and EASY one day lesson on mirror symmetry! Kids dipped cut yarn into a plate of liquid tempera paint, then using a plastic fork, pushed the paint all over the yarn, keeping a small section of the yarn out so it wouldn’t get covered in paint. Then after taking the excess paint off with your fingers running down the yarn-(This part is important!)  place yarn on a sheet of paper (we used medium weight tagboard) anyway you like. Just make sure you leave the part that doesn’t have paint on the end dangling out. 

Then wipe hands on a paper towel or handy wipes, and place another piece of paper (same size) on the top, keeping that end bit of yarn dangling out from the side between the two sheets.

Then while holding down the 2 papers together with your hands or a book, pull the string (yarn) out slowly. 

To reveal your print! 

We used multiple yarn dipped into other colors to create these fantastic paintings! 

My students in Special Education classes created 3 each, 6 prints in total.

I see purple birds in the one above!

Kids had a blast creating them, and loved the sensory experience! I love the results and how it’s a surprise with each one!!

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MORE Mixed Media Bridges inspired by Monet!!

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*****Students!*****

If you are looking for my YouTube channel, click HERE to go directly to it!  

-OR- You can go to my Art Instruction Videos page on this website by clicking on “Art Instruction Videos” under the menu!! 

ALSO– I am planning on creating some “how-to-draw /step by step” drawing YouTube videos, and want to hear back from YOU with ideas on what you would like me to show you!! What kinds of things would you like me to show you how to draw? I’d LOOOVE  to get some ideas from my students!!! 

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Thanks!! I can’t wait to hear some of your ideas!!

Students learned about the artist Claude Monet and watched a video on his life and artwork. 

On day 1, Students layered tissue paper pieces with watered down white glue on 9×12” tagboard, to create the water and tree background.

On day 2, they glued on their photo, then a pre-cut bridge to go over their lily pond, drew lily pads with green oil pastel, and added white and pink dots with their fingers dipped in tempera paint to create lily flowers!

I LOVE how they turned out!!

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