Bubble wrap prints

First Grade students used bubble wrap to print. They painted bubble wrap with blue tempera paint and then printed it on blue paper to create the look of water. Then they created fish and glued them onto their printed paper. 

Pointillism Butterflies

Students discovered that the comics in newspapers are colored with tiny dots. They also learned about Georges Seurat, the artist who invented pointillism by using only dots in his paintings. They applied their discoveries in creating a butterfly colored only with dots.The students also made sure their butterflies showed symmetry.

Los estudiantes descubrieron que las historietas en los periódicos están pintadas con puntitos diminutos. También aprendieron sobre Georges Seurat, el artista que invento el puntillismo usando solamente puntitos en sus obras. Ellos aplicaron su descubrimiento para crear mariposas pintadas solamente con puntos. Los estudiantes también tenían que asegurar que las alas fueran simétricas.

Cave Art

First grade students learned about some of the first artwork ever made; cave paintings! When students came to art, the room had transformed into a cave. The tables were turned on their sides, with brown paper taped to them. Then students took a virtual tour of the cave at Lascaux, looked at photos of the cave paintings, and read the book, "The Cave Painter of Lascaux" by Roberta Angeletti.  Students drew their own versions of the cave paintings and then crumpled their brown papers to make their paper look like the cave wall.

 

Building Klimt

First Grade students looked at artwork by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt. They noticed that he often painted with gold paint and used swirly lines, black and white rectangles and different colored circles. Students read "The Magical Tree" by Myriam Ouyessad, which is a fictional story explaining a couple of Klimt's most famous artworks. Students listened carefully to specific directions such as, “draw flowers at the bottom of your page that have green stems and pink and purple flowers. Draw brown swirls above these flowers.” Students discovered that everyone’s artwork turned out differently even though each student was following the same directions.

 

Paul Klee inspired towns

First Grade students combined shapes to create these towns inspired by Paul Klee.

Shape Robots

As part of a new art assessment through MAEIA, 1st graders created these robots to show their knowledge of geometric shapes. Each robot also has a job. Be sure to ask your first grader what their robot does!

 

Mouse Paint Color Wheels

First Grade students learned about primary colors and how to mix paint to get secondary colors. They painted mice with primary and secondary colors and glued them in the order of the color wheel. 

Kandinsky!

 

First Grade students looked at artwork by Wassily Kandinsky and discussed how the artwork made them feel or what the artwork made them think about. They also looked at his famous artwork "concentric circles" which is a color study to see which colors look best next to each other. Students did their own color study on six circles. They experimented with the way colors look next to each other. The next week students revisited Kandinsky's artwork and discovered that Kandinsky often painted while listening to music. Then they listened to different kinds of music to paint the background.

Cut Paper Penguin

First grade students practiced their cutting and gluing skills when creating this cut-paper penguin. They also learned how faces can show emotion. They discovered eyes play an important part of showing emotion. They chose an emotion for their penguin, and created a cut paper collage to show this emotion on their penguin’s face.

 

Dinosaurs

First Grade students practiced observation drawings by drawing dinosaur figurines at their table groups. Then they added a horizon line and other details. Finally, they painted their dinosaurs with watercolors.  

Winslow Homer Seascapes

First Grade students looked at artwork by Winslow Homer. Like many artists, he painted what was around him. He lived near the ocean so he painted many seascapes. He also liked to show the power of the ocean, so many of his seascapes show waves crashing into each other and on the shore. Students painted two papers, one for the sea, one for the sky. Then they ripped the sea paper to create a jagged white edge, for the waves. They glued these to the sky. Finally, they created a sailboat with cut paper. They glued these boats to a popsicle stick to actually "sail" it through the waves. 

Only One You/Nadie Como Tu

All students in the school read “Only One You” by Linda Kranz, which celebrates how each person is unique. Then students created a unique fish to be part of our “school” of fish!

Pointillism Butterflies

Students discovered that the comics in newspapers are colored with tiny dots. They also learned about Georges Seurat, the artist who invented pointillism by using only dots in his paintings. They applied their discoveries in creating a butterfly colored only with dots.They also made sure the butterflies wings were symetrical. 

Los estudiantes descubrieron que las historietas en los periódicos están pintadas con puntitos diminutos. También aprendieron sobre Georges Seurat, el artista que invento el puntillismo usando solamente puntitos en sus obras. Ellos aplicaron su descubrimiento para crear mariposas pintadas solamente con puntos. Los estudiantes también tenían que asegurar que las alas fueran simétricas.

 

 

Starry Night

First grade students studied Vincent Van Gogh and compared his artwork to Georges Seurat's artwork, an artist we just finished studying. Students painted their own version of the famous "Starry Night" painting, complete with a little village in the bottom of their painting.

Cave Drawings

First grade students learned about some of the first artwork ever made; cave paintings! When students came to art, the room had transformed into a cave. The tables were turned on their sides, with brown paper taped to them. Then students took a virtual tour of the cave at Lascaux, looked at photos of the cave paintings, and read the book, "The Cave Painter of Lascaux" by Roberta Angeletti.  Students drew their own versions of the cave paintings and then crumpled their brown papers to make their paper look like the cave wall.

 

Bubble-Wrap printing and an octopus!

 First grade students printed with bubble wrap. Then they created an octopus with  cut paper and tissue paper after reading, "I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean" by Kevin Sherry.