Mondrian - 1st Grade

First graders learned how to assemble shapes and lines onto a piece of paper to emulate the artwork of Mondrian.

Miro Drawings - 1st grade

We talked about Miro's artwork and observed some of the somewhat recognizable things we saw in the abstracted works. The students identified people, dogs, the sun, and snowflakes. We illustrated what we saw in our own way, using the primary colors for the bodies of the people, as Joan Miro had.

Faith Ringgold Story Quilts - 4th grade

Taught students about African American artist Faith Ringgold. We discussed how art can tell a story and painted visual stories on paper. The paintings were surrounded by geometric paper quilt squares with stitching drawn on. This is a teacher made example.

Farm Landscapes - 2nd grade

Students drew landscapes and learned about perspective while following along with me on the document camera. We then used texture plates and crayon to create a variety of textures within the landscape.

Fall Still Life- 2nd grade

I didn't get a chance to snap any pictures of these done by students, but here are teacher-made examples. Crayon drawings with tempera on paper. We discussed how the wax in crayons resists the water in the paint and separates on the paper. Overlapping, foreground, middle ground, and background were some vocabulary words we used.

Surrealism Heads - 3rd grade

Students made a list of things that they liked and drew them inside a profile outline of their heads. We worked on shading and showing value with colored pencils, as well as what it means to fill an entire area with overlapping drawings.

Picasso Harlequins - 3rd grade

These are all actually made by me as I was teaching the steps under the doc. cam. Didn't get a chance to take pics of student work. But, this project was inspired by the rose and blue periods in Picasso's career. The students learned about monochromatic painting, as well as warm and cool colors. I taught the proportions of the human face and how to add harlequin characteristics.