Geometric Shape Paintings

Matisse Fish Bowl Collage

Hawaiian Tiki Masks

Kindergarten Secondary Color Butterflies

Students have learned about the primary colors; red, yellow and blue. This week we learned that those colors make all of our other rainbow colors. Students traced three butterflies on their paper and colored the grass and sky behind it. Students used primary colors only to create an orange, green and purple butterfly. It was a great second project to the primary caterpillars because we learned that the caterpillar turns into a butterfly, much like our primary colors turn into secondary colors when they are mixed!

Fourth Grade Monochromatic Abstract Paintings

Fourth grade students used a ruler to create a variety of vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines. They added various line designs in different areas. Students chose one color of paint and created tints and shades by adding white and black to their one color. Students outlined the finished piece in black paint.

First Grade Outer Space Collage

First graders painted abstract warm and cool paintings. The next week we traced different sizes of circles on the paintings to create our planets. Students cut out their circles and glued them to the black paper. Students drew stars, rocket ships and UFO's with aliens in them to add to their work.

Kindergarten Primary Color Caterpillar Collage

Kindergarten students are starting to learn about Primary Colors. We read the story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carl and discuss how he paints papers and then cuts and glues them back together to make the images in his books. We then take our primary colored paper and cut shapes to make our caterpillars and glue the shapes in an ABC pattern. Once this project is finished, we will make Secondary butterflies in which the students will be mixing their primary colors to see which colors they create. We use our cutting and folding skills from our sculpture hats to add details to the caterpillar and the sun. More images to come once complete!

Kindergarten Warm and Cool Sunsets

In Kindergarten, we discussed colors that made us feel warm and colors that made us feel cool. We created these beautiful sunsets by using watercolor crayons and making an AB pattern in the sky. We used cut paper and crayons to make the cute boats sailing in the foreground. Super cute!

First Grade Rainbow Robots

First Grade students viewed and discussed a collection of Nam June Paik's robot sculptures. They used geometric shapes to build the first part of their drawings and then added details with a variety of shapes and line designs. Students had to think of a job that their robots could help them with; some robots help them paint, some to jump rope, some to clean their rooms and others to do their homework. They colored with crayons and painted the background using the rainbow colors in correct ROYGBIV order.

Some of my favorite pieces yet!