Texture in 1st Grade

So lucky to work with such SWEET kids!

 During this 1st grade project, we combined texture and balance to create these lovely cupcakes. We began by using crayon and paper to do texture rubbings on the bottom of the cupcake. The kids went around my room and 'recorded' as many different textures as they could find. Then, we glued the cupcakes onto our paper, making sure they were balanced. We added tissue paper for some extra texture (and made sure that was balanced too!). Then, the final step was frosting! I mixed up glue and shaving cream and let the kids add it to the top of the cupcakes to make our frosting puffy, soft, fluffy, spongy, nice, squishy and fun!

2nd Grade Mixed Media

Are you Eating a Balanced Breakfast?

2nd Grade has been working diligently on their balanced breakfast plates for the past few weeks. We started the lesson talking about what a balanced artwork looks like. Are all of the objects on one side or are they mostly even on both sides? Then, we did a rough draft of our favorite breakfast foods. Pancakes that look like animals, pizza, strawberries and bacon on the side?? Yum! We used crayon and watercolor for our delicious plate of food and paper weaving for the background. Napkin, fork and spoon, hope you're hungry!


Here are a few examples below:

Still life with Balance and Value

 Here's 3rd Grade's still life images. We talked about balance and value, and I showed some pictures from Cezanne. We talked about our favorite things for breakfast, pancakes, waffles, cereal, and pizza! they sketched a still life I set up and then filled in the middle plate with thier favorite breakfast food. We colored with crayon and used warm watercolors on top. They turned out fantastic!