Many Faces

First grade students completed a unit on drawing the human figure this spring.

Everyone created many drawings with pencil.

Next ink was added to their portraits.

The final step was to add a wash of color to their drawings.

Students used either warm colors for their watercolor wash or cool colors.

Everyone enjoyed being part of the creative process.

Although this was a challenging project for students, they really pushed themselves and grew through the process.

Here are some examples of the students’ work:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shape monsters

Fourth graders created basic shapes and turned them into monsters by adding many other basic shapes.

Students used pencil and marker to create their designs.

Students added texture, line and various sizes of geometric shapes to complete their monsters.

The next step was to add watercolor to their images.

There were many approaches to adding color as some students added a wash of various colors to their images.

Other students added specific colors to areas for a more detailed approach to their image.

Students added crayon to their images before a final wash was applied to create a resist on their project.

The fourth graders really enjoyed the process of creating their shape monster drawings.

Students engaged many different decision-making activities as a part of the creative process.

Students had to remain focused as they completed their images which are now on display at Richmond School.

Here are some examples of Shape monsters.

Repainting an old clock

Fourth and fifth grade students at Richmond School are continuing on their artistic journey of recreating the former Willard clock tower that was located on the old city hall building in downtown Willard.

Students added a wash of watercolor paint over their drawings.

Students determined the type of color they wanted in their sky and how dark they wanted their watercolor wash.

The watercolor wash went over their crayon work to create a crayon resist effect on their image.

Crayon resist is a type of artwork where you draw on a piece of white paper with crayon. Once you have finished the drawing, you use water color paints to paint the paper.

This is the fourth step in this project.  Students have drawn, traced, outlined and added crayon to the image before this step.

Next week students will begin the final step which is to add a pointillism effect with dots of paint.

Here are a few examples of the crayon resist/watercolor washes the students created this week.

The first two images are of the old clock tower.

The last two images are of the proposed clock tower to be built in Willard once funding is raised.