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Primary Self-Portraits and Machinery Drawings

I started out the year with the Primary students (1st grade) drawing small, quick self portraits. One kid drew himself as a pirate! lol.

The 4/5s (4th/5th graders mixed) looked at gears and drew them from observation.  I also had pictures of gears and machinery for them to look at.  I showed them basic steps to add shading and value.  After they had drawn 3+ gears, I told them that we would be turning them into inventions.  We had things like a cupcake maker or lego sorter!  We read the Scholastic Art magazine about Leonardo DaVinci’s sketches and viewed pictures of his inventions.

gears to draw

 

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About Marcia Beckett

Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.

5 Responses to Primary Self-Portraits and Machinery Drawings

  1. Mary says:

    I love these gear invention drawings! Great idea. I have the same problem formatting pictures. They are all over the place when I'm trying to keep them organized. So I've been using picnik.com when I want to display a group together.

  2. Marcia says:

    Mary, I do use picnik.com a lot to alter photographs. How do you collage them together on picnik?

  3. Janie B says:

    I don't know how to do that either. Maybe I'll learn something here. I've never heard of picnik.com, but I'm heading there now.

  4. Mary says:

    Marcia, after you log onto picnik, there is a whole folder to the right of “upload” for creating collages for up to 4 photos for a free account. You can do multiple photos for about $25 a year. Hope this helps!

  5. I love this gear project. What an excellent idea. Love how you incorporated the use of value.

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