Choices

Some of my classes I only see a few times before the end of the year so I decided to try something different with some of them. I gave him my classes choices between drawing, painting, collage, and sculpture studio's.  We talked about things that we learn throughout the year and what inspires us to make art as artist. After that I gave my students one piece of paper and said here you go. Here's a couple examples of my first grades

What? How? Where? When? Why?

So I was doing self portraits with my 1st grader.   And I have never done Roy Lichtenstein before.  So I wasn't to try it. So we draw the face then we painted it in only using the primary colors.  We use pencil erasers to make the dots.  The. I want to add think bubbles.  So we used stuffing to make the think bubbles and then glue on top of the fluff the what when where how and why. Because we all know we get those type of questions everyday. 

I love them

Mono-shoes

My first grader studied Andy Warhol.  I show them how he did his blobbed ink drawings and also how he made shoe drawing.  I hady students draw their own shoe and also had them draw a shoe they wanted to wear when they were an adult.  We drew the shoes with black crayons. Then we used plastic sheets over the crayon drawing and colored them with markers.  Put wet paper on top of that and rubbed.  To get the print.  

Was really sure what to do with the background. 

The project needs a little work. 

Beef over the moon

I saw this project my moons ago from Mrs. Hahn over at Mini Matisse.  Thanksso much for posting it.  So over the year I change the background.  So this year with my 1st grader I when with paper quilling for the moon. Students enjoyed doing the quilling.  Their are is a few things I would do different on the quilling. So I guess you will have to wait until I do this again.  

Mr. Tiger.

So we got a new book in the library not to long ago.  Mr. Tiger goes wild. I am trying this two different ways. The first way we made Mr. Tiger by working on out cutting skills. 

Honor

My friends over at Coreessentials.org have character words, animals, and colors for each month.  One of their words was honor.  So with Veterans Day just around the corner I thought we would honor them and what they have done for our country.  

So my 4th graders work on a op art/one point perspective drawing. First we made the letters USA and work on making them 3d using one point perspective.  My students thought it was so cool that we could make letter 3d just using a point and some lines.  Then we had the stripes of the flag which we try to look like it blowing in the wind.  We do this by value of the white and red. Which I think they turned out great. 

Also to honor the Vets my 1st graders made soldiers.  We worked in painting big non geomectic shapes with different greens and browns to make camo.  After that we used that big paper and cut it up to make all the parts to the soldiers.  

So that is how we are doing honor this year to the Veterans. 

New flare to my room

So I found this on Pinterest which lead me to k6art.com. And I thought what a great project for my 1st grades.  We talked about different color groups. They enjoyed it plus it adds a little flare to my room. They love seeing what they made as a group hanging in my room.  

Clay owls ver. 2.0

Ok I do t really post stuff unless we are all the way done with a project. But I wanted you all to have a tasted of what we are doing. Well last year the other art teacher I work with changed are clay owl project to a slab rectangle one. But I still did the old one which you can find on the my blog. So this year I tried the slab one out but with a circle. I know what you are thinking what a rebel I am. Anywho this is what they look like so for. I will post when we are all way done with them.
Over and out.

Elf on the shelve ver. #1

Well ok here is my first version of the Elf on the shelve. I will have another elf coming soon. The only thing is different is the shelve will be 3d.
We started working on the background we made a picture frame. I had the students put what ever they want in the frame. Then we made lines for the wallpaper. Then we made the shelve where are wonderful elf sits. We just used construction paper for the elf. The students really liked making it because it seem they they all have an elf at home.

3d scarecrows

Ok first of all this was a pinterest find. We took a 12"x18" blue paper and painted the corn. Then used different colored bags for the heads. My 1st grader did some cutting and gluing which is good. I have gotten a lot of comments from the staff on how cut they are. So here they are over and out

Ferris color wheel

Well I posted a week ago about all of that cardboard like stuff that I have. Anyway I came up with one a good way to use it. I was teaching colors/color wheel to my 1st graders. I tossed around many ways to do this project. I seem to change it up every year. So after many tosses I came up with the ferris color wheel. The kids like it because you can spin it around.

1 grade clay owls

We make these clay owl with 1st grade every year.   But this year instead just painting them I tried something new.  First we colored them with construction paper crayon all over there clay owls.  Then we painted them with black tempra paint then we wash it off.  

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1st grade owls

I sometime do a owl project with my 1st graders. And I seem to do it different every year. One thing I have been thinking about is that sometime I or we as art teachers don't let the students just be creative. You know we tell them what to draw and how to color it so it looks certain way. While for this I did show them how to draw and color the background. But then it came owl I showed them how to draw them but they could color them anyway they like. They turned out really good. I was very happy with there work.

1st Grade Monet Water Lilies

1st Grade Andy Warhol Soup Cans

I have been doing this project for years.  It is a great 1-3 week project and there are many different ways I have done it.  This year I went with paint.  It was one white 12"x18" paper that we folded in half and painted the part red, and we also paint a littler piece of paper yellow.  If we didnt have snowday I would have also like to painted gray. I like to personalized the cans by using thier last names.  I go on Word and print all thier name in Font that is close to the Campbells logo.  Then I draw a line around the name so the students know where to cut it out.  When I do this project I dont tell them what we are making, but I give them clues.  They have alot of fun with it.



1st Grade Mondrian Animals

1st Grade Fall Landscapes

I saw this project somewhere else on the web many years ago, but I am not sure where anymore sorry.  I really seem to enjoy doing with my 1st graders.  I teach it with oil pastels, we also talk about highlights and shadows on an object. It is a great way to show (foreground, midground and background) with the pumkins.

1st Grade Underwater Self Portraits