Table Rotations

Depending on the art lesson/project, kindergarten and 1st grade students may rotate between four different table activities, with one table always working with me on their artwork.  The other tables may include activities such as building with soft blocks or connections pieces, looking and reading project themed books, and/or independent drawing and tracing stations.

 

 

 

 

 

Harvest Pumpkins

4th grade students drew a harvest pumpkin sitting in grass.  Then we discussed contour lines, and they outlined all their pencil marks with glue, to create a raised edge.  The next art class they painted their entire papers using a wet-on-wet technique with water color paint.

 

 

 

  

Color Wheel EYES

5th grade students began their color wheel project by first completing a 12-part color wheel worksheet to identify and label the primary, secondary, and intermediate colors.  Then using a ruler, students measured and divided their square paper into 12 triangular sections.  They labeled each section and started painting primary colors, then secondary colors, and mixed paint to create the intermediate colors.

 

 

 

 

To start assembling their eye, students cut and glued a large white circle on background paper.  Their painted color wheel became the iris, a black smaller circle was used for the pupil, they covered it with a “skin” paper, and finished everything by adding eyelashes.

 

 

 

 

 

Color Equations

1st grade students listened to the story Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh which explains how when mixed, primary colors create secondary colors.  However, to prove this we conducted an experiment by mixing colored water to show:  

Red + Yellow = Orange, Blue + Yellow = Green, Red + Blue = Purple   

Then students completed a Color Equation worksheet to show understanding.

 

 

 

Houses with Details

2nd graders listened to the story Architecture for Beginners by Tim Newlin, which provided many examples of the different types of rooms you might find in a house.  Afterwards students started to draw their houses by using a rectangular floor sample to trace and design either a tall house or a wide house.  They added elements outside their home, like a mailbox, a tree, or flowers.  Then students drew furniture for each of the rooms inside their house and were encouraged to add lots of details by including objects such as dishes, towels, books, or even toys.