Third graders worked together to make an insect habitat on large butcher paper. They had been studying habitats in their Science class. We used Model Magic, beads, pipe cleaners and corrugated paper to make the insects and oil pastels to color them. The kids did a great job, but I’m not sure how I feel about Model Magic… we’ve been having a tough time getting the pieces to stay together. Some of the heads and body parts had to be … Read more…
This is a lesson I teach every year because the results are so beautiful! Each of the kid’s drawings just turns out wonderful. The 4/5s drew trees to complement their studies in Science class. How can line be used creatively to make a stylized picture? How can oil pastels be used effectively? The students aimed to use line creatively and made stylized art. A focus of the lesson was color mixing, blending and layering of the oil pastel. Steps: Day … Read more…
I just wanted to show you one more very cool picture.. it was another parody of American Gothic. This student was absent and had to catch up on this project. Here are the baby chicks our school hatched, which are now growing into chickens! They grow so fast! I realized that I did not show you the pictures of the chicks when they were first hatched:
These beautiful bird paintings were drawn and painted by first graders. The students learned about the artist John James Audubon and we read a book about his life. I love this book about Audubon, because it has beautiful pictures and ties science and art together nicely. The students looked at pictures of birds and drew them with crayons. Then we painted the background with tempera cakes. This is a lovely picture.. too bad we didn’t use thicker paper, it wrinkled … Read more…
The fifth/sixth grade class painted watercolor clouds. I have blogged about this project before here.
