First Grade- Where the Wild Things Are

First graders, (and Miss Sheffer) had a blast creating fun and ferocious wild things based off of the book by Maurice Sendak. We are applying the art element of texture, to add character to our creatures and to explore the variety of ways line is used to create a piece of art. During our next class, we will be tracing our monsters with sharpie, coloring with oil pastels, and painting over our compositions with watercolor paint. 

Kindergarten Sketchbook Monsters

Today in Mrs. Davies class, we had a bit of free time to work on our "Shape Monster" assignment in our sketchbooks. Students had to begin with one of the shapes discussed in class, and then add any attributes (lots of eyes, sharp teeth, claws, etc.) that would turn their shape into a monster. When the majority of the class finished, we came up with the following questions to ask our classroom artists about their monsters.

Here are some videos of what the kids were saying about their monsters: 

Tiger Time!

We found a tiger! For the past couple of days, the tiger cam from the San Diego Zoo has been pretty docile as second graders continue to work on their Rousseau tigers. However, today we had a ton of tiger action as we watched them lounge in the 80 degree weather (we googled it) as well as groom each other. 

van Gogh Swirling Skies- 1st Grade

For the past couple of weeks, first grade students have been learning about the life and art of Vincent van Gogh. Students have recently started on creating the swirls seen in a lot of van Gogh's brushwork, as well as adding a ton of color to their compositions. For a little inspiration, students watched the "Interactive Starry Night" video that actually brings van Gogh's brushwork to life!

  

Peacocks Step 1 Complete!

Here are some pictures of freshly built clay peacocks from third grade! 

3rd Graders Begin Their Clay Peacocks

What a fun class! In order to have an entire class period to begin our clay project, we had to do an extra long demonstration today and the students did great! Unfortunately, I used my iPad mini and you can't see too much of what I'm doing, so this video will not appear under my project demonstrations (I'm going to have a more picture friendly version there) but the commentary is great and the students seemed to enjoy being my "camera crew".

 

When I found this project on Pinterest they were originally supposed to be used as tea light candle holders, but as a class we talked about them being used as containers for change, jewelry, sea shell holders, etc. 

First Painting Day in Kindergarten!

Kindergartners did a fantastic job during their first ever painting lesson! We talked about the life and work of Picasso's friend, Joan Miro. One of the wonderful things that makes Miro relevant at the Kindergarten level is his love and incorporation of shapes into his work. 

 

Kindergarten in ACTION!