Weaving

Students will use prepositions and story to learn about weaving.  They will be using problem solving skills as they weave safely.

Read this story:Grandmother's Dreamcatcher

The Bear Snores On

Students will create an art piece based on the book, The Bear Snores On.  They will follow a guided drawing of the bear and then add additional animals to their bear cave.

Our Community

Students will collaboratively create a collage mural of their community.  They will begin by creating their homes like this one...

Next they will create other places in their community and finally we will put it all together in one big mural.

Check out these community maps for inspiration.

Here are our communities in creation and the completed art piece too.

Ms. Shelton's Class

Ms. Allen's Class

Ms. Zajic's Class

Ms. Farnsworth's Class

Ms. Felt's Class

Ms. Weber's Class

George Nelson Clocks

Students will create a clock in the style of George Nelson using line and shape and papercutting.

Dr. Seuss fish

Students will be using line to draw their own Dr. Seuss Fish.

Start with this video.

Start with a Rainbow 

as big as your fist.

Then a swoop for a nose

as big as you wish.

A smile, a belly

some big fins too.

Make it your own,

it's up to you.

A big fancy tail,

so shiny and new.

Don't forget it's eye

looking right at you.

Now paint it all pretty 

and cut it out too.

Ready to place him

on stripes with some glue.

You can listen to the book in this video!

Giraffes Can't Dance

Students will be using multiple mediums to create their own Gerald the Giraffe, the main character from Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae and Illustrator Guy Parker-Rees.

Seasons Tree

We will be using lots of line to draw our tree and our observation skills to create fall, winter, spring and summer parts of our tree.

Check out these pictures!!  We are going to create our own version of this!

What do we notice about what is on the tree in the Fall?  Winter?  Spring?  Summer?  What's on the ground?  What does the sky look like?  We are going to use these ideas to create our own Seasons Tree!!

To start off with, we need to draw our tree.  Follow these instructions to create your tree.

Romero Britto Portraits

There is a video at the end of this post to help you get started!

Our objectives or goals for this lesson are:

*I will create a self portrait in the style of Romero Britto focusing on bold black lines and vibrant or colorful patterns. 

*I will illustrate how I hope to grow, what I hope to learn or what makes me happy in my portrait. 

First we create 4 idea sketches.  Some are closer up (just my face) and others are further away (my whole body). I have thought about the background as well. Take only 3-4 minutes per idea sketch. Once I have 4 ideas, I will choose one to enlarge or make bigger for my final piece. 

I chose the one in the bottom right corner to make enlarge. I made sure that all of my shapes were nic and big to give me lots of opportunity to add in my colorful patterns and still be able to trace all my pencil lines in black. 

I wanted to break up my background of water so I added some wavy lines so that I could put in more than one pattern to make it more interesting. 

Then I started to add color. I started with me and the fish putting a different pattern in each shape I found. I even changed my pattern a little in my seaweed as I crossed my wavy line. 

Then I finished coloring it in. Changing my patterns for each shape between the wavy lines. I like this but I think I could make my colors a little more solid to make it look more vibrant. I think I could make me stand out more if I chose a different color for my suit. I also think my bold black lines could be darker and maybe a little thicker. 

I like how solid the colors are on this other Romero Britto inspired piece I did. The bold black lines stand out better and it is much more colorful.

I can't wait to see what you create!!

Here is the video, giving you instructions,