This week in art, all grade levels are continuing their “Identity” themed projects from last week!
Kindergarten- Our youngest dolphins dove right into liquid tempera this week, painting their heads, necks, shoulders, and hair on their vibrant color backgrounds from last week! Next week, we will be using solid tempera sticks to add details to our self-portraits. Ask your kids what they learned about color as they worked!
First Graders also used liquid tempera on their colored backgrounds- but they are painting their whole bodies for their self-portraits. They used basic shapes to paint their figures- ovals, rectangles, and squares can make a whole person! Next week, they will use solid tempera sticks to add facial features and other details.
Second graders have been hard at work on their superhero self-portraits! This week, we talked about our own super-powers and the kids chose one to show in their projects. Next, students learned how to draw a person in motion using shapes like ovals and rectangles! Next week, they will finish up their portraits and begin to add color.
Third graders have been making excellent progress on their self-portraits, continuing to use mirrors to draw their faces and using sharpie markers for an outline. I love looking at their drawings- they are turning out so well! Next week, we will explore warm and cool color schemes as well as patterns and motifs (think Gustav Klimt and Kehinde Wiley) to add some visual interest.
Fourth and fifth graders are on the home stretch of their inside-out self-portraits, remembering to draw big, overlap, and go off the page to add interest and make the viewer’s eye travel all over their fantastic creations! The ideas they have come up with thus far are awesome- I can’t wait to see these projects finished and be able to show them off in the hallway!
Check back in the next few days for some photos from the art room. Thanks for reading, and for sharing your wonderful students with me each week!
Kindergarten- Our youngest dolphins dove right into liquid tempera this week, painting their heads, necks, shoulders, and hair on their vibrant color backgrounds from last week! Next week, we will be using solid tempera sticks to add details to our self-portraits. Ask your kids what they learned about color as they worked!
First Graders also used liquid tempera on their colored backgrounds- but they are painting their whole bodies for their self-portraits. They used basic shapes to paint their figures- ovals, rectangles, and squares can make a whole person! Next week, they will use solid tempera sticks to add facial features and other details.
Second graders have been hard at work on their superhero self-portraits! This week, we talked about our own super-powers and the kids chose one to show in their projects. Next, students learned how to draw a person in motion using shapes like ovals and rectangles! Next week, they will finish up their portraits and begin to add color.
Third graders have been making excellent progress on their self-portraits, continuing to use mirrors to draw their faces and using sharpie markers for an outline. I love looking at their drawings- they are turning out so well! Next week, we will explore warm and cool color schemes as well as patterns and motifs (think Gustav Klimt and Kehinde Wiley) to add some visual interest.
Fourth and fifth graders are on the home stretch of their inside-out self-portraits, remembering to draw big, overlap, and go off the page to add interest and make the viewer’s eye travel all over their fantastic creations! The ideas they have come up with thus far are awesome- I can’t wait to see these projects finished and be able to show them off in the hallway!
Check back in the next few days for some photos from the art room. Thanks for reading, and for sharing your wonderful students with me each week!