Fourth grade pirates

Students used oil pastel, pencil, or crayons to draw pirates from their imaginations. I didn't give them too much instruction because I wanted them to be creative, but I did put up on a Smart Board pictures of an eye patch, a parrot, a hook, a peg leg, a pirate hat, a pirate jacket.

Fourth grade art in progress:

1st grade snake puppets

First graders looked at the patterns on photos of different species of snakes.  We then drew our spiral and used broken lines, zig zags, wavy lines, curly lines, thick and thin lines to add line pattern. Students painted their snakes with watercolor.

The following week, students cut out their spirals and glued on popsicle sticks to hold their puppets. They colored the stick near the mouth red to look like a long tongue.

First grade work:

kindergarten castles

This lesson came from www.deepspacesparkle.com

We started with a directed line drawing of a castle. Students the painted with liquid watercolor. It was the first time the kindergarteners have used all of the watercolor paints at once, so I emphasized rinsing brushes after finishing each color.

Kindergarten work.

Second grade apple prints

This lesson came from Use Your Coloured Pencils

Students drew their apples on styrofoam and printed with red, yellow, and blue!

Circle paintings

Visit www.circlepainting.com for videos and instructions.
Students worked on large sheets of paper (18" x 24") in groups of four to create these cooperative learning projects.  We agreed to cut the pictures later so that everyone can have some of their art. They each get a color of tempera paint. One student paints a circle in the center, and they each use their colors to make designs from the center out.  The students really enjoyed working together on this!

Fourth grade work:

fourth grade 3D drawings

Students learned how to shade with oil pastels. Next they glued on details to turn their sticks into crayons, color pencils, paint brushes, markers, or chalk.

Fourth grade work