Sunflowers!

Pre-k and early childhood students painted and glued seeds to these wonderful sunflower paintings. 

Didn't they do a great job?

Falling Fall Leaves

Second graders started their lesson looking at leaves and drawing a swirl of them with black crayon.

Next they colored with water soluble colored pencils.

Then they added water soluble markers.

with lots of detail

Here's what they look like before adding the water. 

Painting plain water on the pencil and maker create a controlled watercolor. 

Check out artsonia.com to see the beautiful finished results. 

Recycling

We're recycling in the art room! 

Recently classrooms got a box from the art room for recycling art items. 

Practice Cutting

We work on many skills in art and one thing that first graders practice is cutting.

They started with a skill sheet.

The instructions were to make designs on the shapes along the bottom, color them, cut them out, and glue them in the middle. What they made was up to them although Mr. Dot appeared in many of them. 

They had fun being creative while practicing cutting, working on composition and flexing their imagination muscle.

Van Gogh Sunflowers

First graders learned about Vincent Van Gogh and looked at his sunflower paintings for inspiration.

They used a sponge to print the center of their flowers and a pencil eraser for the seeds.

They double loaded their brushes with 2 colors for the petals.

and filled their paper with a full composition of flowers.

A sponge was used to dab the background with color.

Hard at work...

Beautiful!

Glitter Night

Second graders worked hard on finishing their Starry Night painting. They designed, colored, cut out and glued a unique town. Many of them added interesting and creative details to their town. They colored and cut out a cypress tree just like Van Gogh's. But the best part is the glitter. There's much excitement in the art room when the glitter comes out.

I figured out that if students add their glue at their tables then sprinkle the glitter on big trays in one location, the mess is somewhat contained. 

Any spills create a good lesson in how a dust pan works. They did a wonderful job on this lesson. Check out the results on artsonia.com. 

Starry Night

Second graders were inspired to paint their own version of "Starry Night" after looking at "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh.

They used colorful paint...

to fill their paper with swirls, stars and hills.

Check back to see how they finished their paintings. 

  

Trucks on a Hill

Pre-k and early childhood students created a truck on a hill. They learned how to draw and color a truck then they used their pincher fingers with a crayon to rub the background with color.

Then they painted a hill. Great job!