First grade water lilies

Students learned about Claude Monet and his famous water lilly series. We did a wash of colorful watercolor in the background and then cut out lily pads. Students drew some cool stuff on their lily pads, frogs, flies, flowers, etc. Someone drew some ghosts because the lily pads looked like Pac Man! The following week we double dipped brushes in white and red tempera paint to create the lilies, and blue and white to create waves in the water!

First grade art:

(I was informed that these smushed up papers are frogs. So cute!)

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

Third grade falling pictures completed!

I love their backgrounds! Two children decided to put their pictures side by side to draw one big background. Another student decided that his character was falling into steaks. "The food, not wooden spikes", he patiently explained to me and the other students.

Third grade art:

 (The steaks)

Radial designs painted

Students painted with watercolor. So pretty!

2nd grade treasure chests done another way.

Students at one of my schools had used chalk pastels to create their treasure chests, and students at my other school learned how to shade with pencil to create theirs. We started with a value scale and then colored our papers after drawing the treasure chest and details. Students used glitter to create the treasure. I love the contrast between the glitter and the pencil drawings!

Second grade work:

3rd grade falling portraits

We used an 18 x 24" sheet of paper to trace our hands and shoes. Next we added a head and body and colored. Next week we will add backgrounds. I'm so excited to see what the students come up with, already they are talking about drawing trampolines and people bungie jumping and floating in outer space! So fun.

Third grade work in progress:

5th grade Radial Designs

Students started in the center of a square paper and made the same design in the shape of a plus sign. They then built outward adding detail and being careful to rotate the paper as they went to keep the symmetry. Next week students will use plastic wrap and water color to color the background.

Fifth grade work in progress: