Dot to dot leaves

Kindergarten students have been exploring painting with warm colors.

Students used dots to fill their leaves.

Everyone enjoyed painting like the impressionists as they used dots of warm colors to paint with.

Beginnings

Our first project of the 2016-2017 school year began with building.

Kindergarten students explored building with 3D geometric shapes.

Everyone was fully engaged as they explored building towers, castles and houses of the future.

We also explored building bridges and skyscrapers.

Learning through play builds skills that young artists use throughout their educational experience.  It’s great to start art off with fun!

Cards

Most of the elementary art students participated in creating some type card for Mother’s Day this year.

Kindergarten students used colored pencils to create line pattern with their Mother’s Day card.

First graders used scissors and crayons to create a pop-out card for their moms.

Second grade students created a cut out Mom card.

Third grade students created an M-shaped card for Mother’s Day.

Everyone concentrated on creating the perfect card for Mom!

All of the students incorporated learned skills and some new ones to create a card filled with design elements.

I’m sure every mom was thrilled with their uniquely created card for Mother’s Day!

Watercolor flowers

Kindergarten and first grade students completed their study of color by creating watercolor flowers.

The first step was to add color and line to their flower shapes with crayon.

Some students used line to outline their shape.

Others filled in their flowers with lines and shapes.

Everyone enjoyed the process of adding color and design to their flowers.

Next everyone added watercolor paint.

Students learned to add water and allow the water and paint to mix.

Some students outlined their flower with a pattern.

Everyone had a unique idea on how to incorporate the watercolor into their flower.

Everyone enjoyed exploring this new medium.

 

Here are some examples of their work in progress.

 

 

 

 

Colors of the Rainbow

Kindergarten and first grade students explored the rainbow through the use of primary and secondary colors.

Students used watercolor paints to explore the rainbow.

Everyone learned about the colors of the rainbow.

Students learned about the primary and secondary colors and how they are part of the rainbow.

Everyone enjoyed the painting process.

After completing the painting process, students used crayons to add details to their paintings.

Students added clouds and the sun to their rainbow image.

All of the students were very focused during their studio time.

Everyone also had a great time in art!

Here are some examples of their work:

 

Egg-citing art

Kindergarten students explored watercolor painting as they painted an egg for Easter.

Everyone loved learning to use water paints.

Students learned to control the brush.

The focus was very intense for everyone.

It’s fun to see all of the students enjoy learning a new art skill and medium.

 

Shamrock shapes

Kindergarten and first grade students have been exploring the shamrock shape.

Students first cut out a shamrock stencil shape.

After cutting out the stencil, students transferred the shape to green construction paper to make their own shamrock.

After creating their own shamrocks, students created a shamrock person.

Again students used their stencils to create their shamrock cartoon characters.

Everyone was excited to use their imaginations as they made their shamrock people.

Students also enjoyed using crayons and markers to complete their drawings.

Here are some examples of the kindergarten and first grade drawings:

 

 

 

 

 

Multicolored hearts

Kindergarten and first grade students explored creating stencil designs with hearts.

After creating a heart stencil with a positive and negative shape, students explored adding color.

First graders focused on creating texture with their designs.

Kindergarten students explored combining colors together for their hearts.

Everyone loved the opportunity to explore new ways of creating heart designs.

There are a multitude of creative ways to use stencils, and  everyone learned to make and create with them in art class.

Hearts for learning

Kindergarten students explored the heart shape as they learned how to create a heart shaped stencil.

Students developed their cutting skills in this project as they folded and cut out a heart shape.

Cutting is a difficult skill to master, and everyone builds their skills with this project.

The next step is to use the stencil to create heart shapes.

This step requires focus and the use of two hands in the drawing and tracing process.

Finally students have the opportunity to create many colors and textures on their hearts.

All of the students love the opportunity to express themselves with many new types of art materials.

Here are some examples of their heart designs:

 

 

Christmas trees

Kindergarten students created a mixed media Christmas tree this year before going on break.

Everyone enjoyed learning to use a paint brush to create an evergreen tree.

All of the students enjoyed this process and moving the paint around!

The next step was to cut out their tree.

This required the students to follow with their eyes as their hands worked the scissors across the paper.

After cutting out their trees, students glued them to a blue background where they added color and glitter.

Here are a few examples of their work.