So, it's been a busy Spring for me since I finished student teacherin' in December--I subbed a bit in preschool, kindergarten, elementary and high school and then landed a wonderful 6 1/2 weeks long-term sub gig at an elementary school nearby teaching art to grades K-5. What a blast I had--the students and staff at Fairgrounds rock and I was sad to go (it's hard to stop doing something you love when your next big thing isn't settled upon yet). Since then, I haven't blogged much because I've been daily subbing and working on my dang art teacher portfolio (more on that in a future post or ten). ANYHOW....I thought I'd break out some of the projects that appear in the collage here so that you had a bit more info on them...ENJOY!!
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| For more info on this awesome project--READ ON! |
Kindergarten Art Projects From Fairgrounds Elementary School:
Week 1: Lots of
Hearts (1 day)
A getting-to-know-you
project.
Inspired by Valentine’s Day, students used chalk pastels to
trace the outline of a heart shape (line) and then smudge the edges with cotton
balls. Once the heart tracer is removed a glowing heart (shape) remains.
Students were asked to repeat the procedure 5-6 times using whatever colors
they wished.
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| Sorry, all I have of this project is my teacher example. The finished pieces were WAY better! |
Week 2: Picasso
Bouquets (1 day) See post here
Inspired by Pablo
Picasso’s drawing: Hands With Bouquet
Students looked at and talked about the drawing “Hands With Bouquet” by Pablo Picasso. Students then used oil pastels
to create a similar bouquet of flowers using circles and ovals and vertical
lines. When they were done, I painted the palm of their hand with black paint
and they stamped their handprint onto the work to look as though they were
holding the bouquet.
Week 3 and 4:
Mondrian Mixed Media Collages (2 days) From Art Room 104
Inspired by the work
of Piet Mondrian
Students looked at the work of Mondrian and discussed how
his work was similar to (and different from) the work of Picasso. Students then
used scissors to cut squares and rectangles from paper to create a collage. On
day two of the project, students added horizontal and vertical lines to the
work using scraps of mat board and black tempera paint.
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| This is the info I put with my displays. Many people comment about how helpful the info is. |
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| A student example. |
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| The finished display--there's one class in here, I think. |
Week 5 and 6: Class
Quilt From Pinterest (Image from Solana Highlands School)
Inspired by the 19th
and 20th Century Quilts from the Picturing America Series
(Particularly the “Crazy Quilt” Image)
We reviewed the shapes we had been using the past few weeks
and the art method they had used recently (collage). Students then used
scissors, glue and a variety of papers to create individual quilt squares that
had whatever colors and shapes they wanted. On day 2, the teacher used a hole
punch to add holes to each quilt square (about 8 per square) and students used
yarn to sew their quilt square. Individual student work was mounted together to
create a whole-class composition displayed in the individual Kindergarten
classrooms.
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| Each Kindergarten class made their own quilt for their classroom. |
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| An example of a quilt square (they are 6" square). |
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| I needed one more square and decided to create this piece-- the teachers LOVED the quote. |
Week 7: Kandinsky group mural See post here
Inspired by
Kandinsky’s color studies
Students used paint to create a composition of
concentric rings based on the color studies by Kandinsky. Individual student
work was displayed with other grade levels to create a multi-age group
mural for the hallway.
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| A close-up of the individual 6" squares all glued together onto the larger roll of paper using Elmer's glue (a dot in each corner). |
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| The finished mural. Beautiful!! |
