Mixed Media Lions

These 1st grade mixed media lions turned out great! We used different shapes to make up the lion head and then different lines to create the lion's mane. A lot of hard work went into these guys, love it, 1st grade!

5th Grade and Louise Nevelson

Louise Nevelson inspired our final 5th grade project. Nevelson is a sculptor who creates monochromatic 3-D sculptures, which is exactly what these 5th graders did! The supplies for this project included 'dead' supplies (dried up markers, empty glue bottles) and toys that were left behind throughout the year. We glued all the objects into a tissue box using Elmer's and hot glue. When everyone was ready, we took the projects outside and spray painted them all one color.

4th Grade Candy Shop

We studied the artist Wayne Theibaud in this mixed media project. We started with an activity that introduced the class to Pop art and the idea behind the popularity of everyday objects and why artists turned them into art. Each of the 4th graders drew images of candy bars using colored pencil. We talked about layering the colored pencil to give the image more depth and to make it more interesting. We designed our gumball machine next, then cut everything out and pasted it on a black background. The final step was to add another element to our image. We used the bottoms of pop bottles to make the gumball machines 3-D. The even have mini gumballs inside!

Bento Boxes

Enchilada robots anyone? I was so impressed with the creative ideas the 3rd graders had during this project. We looked at examples of Bento Boxes and talked about why people would spend so much time preparing lunch and the importance of art in all cultures. We used scrap paper and other materials I found in the art supply closet. Love, love how these turned out!

Original lesson plan found at:
http://www.dentonisd.org/51235103105048/lib/51235103105048/Bento_boxesPDF.pdf

Kindergarten

End of the year Kinder! I can't believe how much hard work these kindergartners put into their art this last semester! We made dinosaurs that were buried with their favorite things. We painted the background to look like dirt and added a sky. the dinosaur bones were made from white paper. Each kindergartner drew his/her dinosaurs favorite things on a separate piece of paper. We cut them out and glued them on the background. This dinosaur like ice cream, pizza, crayons and balloons.

The mixed media fish we made were colorful and so much fun! We stamped the background with paper towel rolls. The fish we stamped with rectangle stamps, the wrapped string around their fish bodies. The fins were made from paper scraps. the last part of the project was cutting out the seaweed and gluing it to the bottom of the sea.

 

Hundertwasser Flowers

3rd grade has been talking about realistic and abstract art throughout the year. For this project, we looked at Hundertwasser's abstract flowers and some pictures of realistic flowers and discussed the differences and similarities. the 3rd graders first painted a background using their opposite hand (we got some great shapes and lines!) then we cut out our flowers and used various colors of construction paper to add some depth to the flowers. Overall they turned out great! Lovely flowers, 3rd Grade.

Patterns with Kinder!

We reviewed patterns today in kindergarten. I gave each kid two stamps on their hand... a triangle, square, or circle in blue, red or yellow. I split them into groups and each group had to come up with a pattern using their hands. They could make patterns using colors (blue, yellow, blue, yellow) or shapes (square, circle, square, circle) or both! So much fun!