Art Lessons
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Native American Art
After discussing the history of Native Americans and their art, totem poles, tee-pees, dream catchers and watching a quick introduction video, we began our projects. 1st Grade Tee-Pee Project: Involved lines, shapes, foreground, middle ground, and background. They first used crayons to draw different lines on manila paper. Then they painted white paper using brown for… Read more
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Totem Poles
Through this lesson, students will learn about Native Americans from the northwest. Students will study the culture and artwork of these native people. The idea of stylizing artwork will also be addressed as students work together to make a two dimensional version of a totem pole. Finally, students will learn about symbolism and what… Read more
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The Monster Bash! 👻🎃
Happy Halloween! My 1st Grade did the Crazy leg Frankensteins. 2nd Grade- Scary Jack-o-Laterns 3rd Grade- Picasso (Cubism) Frankensteins Read more
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Overlapping Scissors
My 5th Grade boys won a County wide Contest doing this Collaborative Project. They were given a theme (Scissors) and a canvas. They came up with this composition. I am so proud of them, using what they learned (overlapping) in Art to create this masterpiece. 🎨✂️👏🏽🙌🏽 Read more
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Bienvinidos a Mexico
Welcome to Mexico My students visit Mexico twice a year in October for “El Dia de los Muertos” and again in May for “Cinco de Mayo”. So Lucky 🍀 of course they need their passports. (Which I created for them for my “Art around the World” unit. In May students learn that Cinco de Mayo is a… Read more
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Sharks of the Ocean
One of my many door designs. I did this to motivate my students. I showed them a inspirational video by Demarjay Smith https://youtu.be/bniI8NUwoRU This kid is awesome. Moral of the story is you have to work hard and never give up. Don’t put yourself down, always keep yourself up. As long as you keep that… Read more
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Name that Alien
Symmetrical Name Monsters PROCESS: Students write their name in block or bubble style letters, making sure that all of the letters are attached to one another and to the fold. Cut out the name around the perimeter of the letters. (Do not cut out each letter individually and do not cut out on the… Read more
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Collaborative Line Project
My second grade did this line project using the crayon resist technique. I painted the boards with the thick black lines and each team of students was given a board to use crayons to draw “The Lines of Design” (some were using color pencils) on the white space. Once the boards were all filled with… Read more
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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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