5th grade close up pumpkins

This is a take on an artwork I found here. Students used red, orange, yellow, and brown oil pastel to create analogous colors to blend for highlighting their pumpkin! Students loved blending and each student had their own interpretation of the piece!

Third grade pencil drawings!

Andy Warhol Hands

So much fun! The first session we discussed Andy Warhol and viewed his work. Next we took a  12" square paper and folded it into quarters. We opened it up and traced our hands with pencil, then with neon crayons. I encouraged the students to vary the neon colors in each box.  The next session we discussed the black shading that was in Warhol's pictures. Students used a black crayon for the shading and outlined each hand in white oil pastel to keep the watercolor inside the lines. Then students painted each hand a different color. Next week we will paint the background and we will be finished!

Third grade works in progress:

fourth graders mix tints

I cant remember the website I saw this on, but the students loved it! After painting the snow, moon, and trees, we discussed the difference between shading and cast shadows. Then the students practiced mixing shades of grey to create the highlights on the trees and the cast shadows. I wished I could have found more room for individuality in this project, they mostly looked the same. Anyway, the students enjoyed it.

Fourth grade paintings

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