Winter Tree in Full Moon

Part II: Students traced their hand on black paper with open fingers, Using a white crayon or color pencil they extended the fingers into branches. Cut out tree shape and attached to Moon/Sky. Added additional branches as needed to develop the composition.

Expressive lines

Introduction to rulers and tracing shapes. A process driven lesson, following direct drawing instructions to create a non objective composition, color added later.

Paper Tile Mosaic

Inspired by Greek and Roman tile work, students created collage paper works using glue sticks, patterns, ruler, construction paper and pre cut paper tiles.

Dynamic and Dramatic sky Part II

Students created a dramatic sky watercolor/crayon resist inspired by Van Gogh and Turner. Sea Salt was used to add special drama. City silhouette images were added with cut black paper collage, embellishments drawn on with Gel Pens. Inspired by support material of famous Architectural sites around the world. Part of our "It's a small World" theme.

Doodle Grid

Measure and layout a grid pattern-good rule skill practice. in each square draw/create a unique doodle design or pattern. This is a warm up go to project for students throughout the year.

Value Scale Buildings

Color blending and color theory, blending to create a value scale. Understand art vocabulary, following a series of directions.

Using the painted value scale paper, artists created a building form that they embellished with cut paper and color pencils. Handouts where available with images of architecture from around the world.

Little Red

Inspired by the classic fairy-tale of Little Red Riding Hood and the Russian Matryoshka nesting dolls. A pattern was used for the 3 main characters.

 Students added the details, cut out the shapes and build their own background, using printed resources working with design and storytelling.

Magic Carpet

Cut paper project inspired by woven carpets and textiles of the Middle East. Build patterns and use a variety of scissor blade designs. Fun way to evaluate skill cutting abilities and build art vocabulary.

Fall Leaves

Seasonal changes, warm colors using leaf rubbing plates to create free fall leaf patterns. Crayon resist and watercolors.

Full moon

Artists create a full moon painting using one hue plus white and black. Step by step creating value rings around the moon.

Tree/branch to be added later.

Spider Spider

2 part lesson drawing a web crayon resist, add a collage spider.
Web is drawn first using crayon, after several pencil practices. Line direction and direct drawing.
Watercolor wash added over crayon and salt added for texture.

part II tracing circular shapes to create the 2 parts of the spiders body legs added and spider attached to the web.

Dynamic and Dramatic sky

Looking at images of how artists create and share their vision of the sky. Drawing details with crayon and painting over with watercolor last element to the wet paper is sea salt.

Looking at works by Turner and VanGogh.

My Mona

Fun independent coloring page My Mona Lisa

Frankin Picasso

Inspired by the work of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso on day project

My Dream Hand

Inspired by Aboriginal dream painting students created an imaginary hand portrait on black paper. Details with construction paper crayon, color pencils and metallic sharpies.

Kinder color blending

Using sponges and tempera paint colors-red and yellow, students created orange

Drawing on Black paper

Day of the Dead Sugar Skull project drawing on black paper with gel pens, metallic pens/color pencil and neon. Boarders and backgrounds work to make the main image pop.

10 art pieces all Kinders should know

Mona Lisa
Starry Night
American Gothic
Sunflowers

Kinder Selfie

Self portrait, this is me...meet the Mona Lisa

Dramatic Realistic Tree

Direct Drawing practice creating a dramatic tree in a landscape.
Drawing with pastels on pastel paper create your landscape add a sky of importance. Look at the work of Turner and Van Gogh for inspiration.

Day of the Dead 1/2 face

Using a 1/2 face photograph measure and create the other half (symmetrical drawing) of the face in a Sugar Skull inspired design.

Part II use color pencils and gel markers to complete the transformation

Folk Art Landscape with a bit of Klimt

Students spent 3 sessions creating a highly patterned country landscape with 3 trees and 3-5 hills. What is the weather, season, time of day?

Drawing in pencil then black sharpie they built layers and developed more complex patterns. Last they used metallic marker and gel pens to embellish and connect to the work the work of Gustav Klimt.

Gel pens added that extra sparkle!