Kindergarten Pattern Alligators

Kindergarteners talked about patterns to make these alligators. On day one, we drew the pattern, cut the tail, the eyes, and decorated the back. On day two, we added the legs, decorated the legs and belly, and made his mouth open and close. I read There's An Alligator Under My Bed to the students as well.

1st Grade Still Life Cornucopia

1st graders created still lifes from Cornucopias. We discussed how a still life is a picture of art that does not move and food is the perfect example. I had templates for students to trace to make the actual cornucopia, but they added the lines to make it 3-d and decided what food should go in heir still life.

1st Grade Batik Leaf

We discussed how you can make your own paper from pulp and that when you do this there is usually a lot of texture. Now sadly we didn't make our own paper for this project. We took computer paper and drew a leaf in the middle using pencil. We then went over our lines with sharpie. Next we colored in our leafs with crayon. Now for the fun part. We took our paper and crumbled it up, opened it up, and crumbled it up again. Students thought I was crazy when I gave them theses directions. Last we smoothes out the paper as much as possible and painted it with a blue sparkly wash. 

2nd Grade Texture Leaves and Pendants

2nd graders focused on texture when creating these leaf plates and pendants. We pressed a leaf onto a slab of clay and carefully cut around it to make the plate. We then used he bottom of our shoes to make the pendants. After the clay was fired, students painted using watercolors.

4th Grade- Tint and Shade Trees

4th graders learned about tints and shades and created these moon light whimsical trees. We started with white paint and gradually added the hue. Once we met the pure hue, we gradually added black to get a color value scale. On the second day, we talked about silhouettes and created a tree using black paint. 

5th Grade Contour Lines

This was a one day filler project. Fifth grade created non-objective artwork by using contour lines.

3rd Grade Realistic Drawings

3rd grade studied artwork by Albrecht Durer and focused on how detailed and realistic his drawings are.  We then studied plants, leaves, and twigs and created our own realistic drawings. Lastly, we printed leafs on our artwork using gold paint.