Amazing Art Teacher
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LINE MONSTERS
I first read my 1st graders “The Straight Line Wonder”. I have them act out the book with movement using their bodies as if they were lines, they LOVE it! After reviewing all the famous lines, they are given black tempera paint to draw the lines. On day two once their lines have dried, they… Read more
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Owls
My first graders painted owls: Drawing Process: The owls body, including wings, head and ears Add skinny legs Add dots for the pupils Painting Process: White- owls body, including wings, head and ears Black- outline,skinny legs, pupils Black- add small feather strokes…little “u’s” White-Snowy background Lastly they were given a strip of brown construction paper to… Read more
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Bugs in a Jar
My 2nd Graders learned how to draw different types of insects. They first traced a template of a jar. Then they drew their bugs inside the jar. I then had them trace their drawing with a black oil pastel/ black crayons will also work. Then they used watercolors to paint their bugs and their jar.… Read more
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Desert Sunsets 🌅
My 4th Grade girls learned how to paint silhouettes. They first used red and yellow paint to blend the background sunset. They then painted camels and palm trees with black paint. My 1st graders made deserts in a box. I found this idea on Pinterest and fell in love with it. Great for teaching foreground,… Read more
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Cave Art
2nd Grade Learned all about cave art. Students were given examples of animals and symbols to draw on butcher paper, they then colored with oil pastels. The best part was telling them they had to crumble their work up. Finally they signed their work with their hand print and white paint. I then created this… Read more
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Wayne Thiebaud
1st Grade Wayne Thiebaud primary color inspired Ice Cream cones. students traced their hands to create scoops of ice cream, then drew and cut out triangle for cone. 2nd Grade Wayne Thiebaud inspired Gum ball Machines. Read more
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City at Night
1st grade used white paint to make stars and moon on black construction paper. They then cut out shapes and glued them on paper to create houses and buildings resembling their community. I absolutely love how these came out. Read more
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