Artistic Freedom

5th Grade- Lichtenstein Portraits   1st Grade- Horizon Line with Apples   5th Grade- Ink Pear Still-Life   1st Grade- Three Part Winter Landscape   1st Grade- Warm and Cool Lines and Leaf   3rd Grade- Positive Negative Autumn Leaf Designs   4th Grade- Zentangle Pumpkins With Emphasis   1st Grade- Sky Scraper With Emphasis 2nd Grade- Pear Still-Life Folk Art   2nd Grade- Mondrian Square Tea Time   5th Grade- 2 Point Perspective Bird Houses     4th Grade- Oil Pastel Gum Ball Machines 4th Grade- Pop Art Soda Can Prints   2nd Grade- Ice Fishing Paper Art   3rd Grade- Winter Landscape (glue and chalk)   5th Grade- Group Project Picasso Weeping Woman   5th Grade- Group Project Van Gogh Sunflowers  3rd Grade- Clay Circle Weaving I Can't Believe that it has been 4 years already. I have gone from a y...

I am almost finished with my fourth grade gum ball machine inspired lesson with oil pastels. I have one class finished, and three more to finish this next week. Check back for more colors and student examples.

From a basic still life drawing, to an amazing Pop Art print. Each students picked out a can or bottle of soda / gatorade to draw. The students drew a line drawing of their drink. Instead of adding things like shading or little lettering, the students stuck to the basics and added what they thought was important from the can or bottle. After they finished the drawing I handed out tracing paper. The students traced their drawing on the paper. When finished tracing, we flipped the tracer paper over and attached it to a piece of foam. The students outlined the backwards tracing paper on the foam until the image transferred. The students went over their transferred lines on the foam with pen until the lines were deep. Once the lines were deep enough the students cut out their can or bottle. With the cut out printing plate (foam), the students printed using different colored inks and paper. Love the uniqueness of each students drawings. Nice job!

To start the year out, I made these pumpkins with my fourth graders. We started the pumpkins with three different sized tracers in the shape of the center oval of each of the pumpkins. The students made the first / center shape first. After the center was formed they pivoted left twice and then right twice. Once the three pumpkins were drawn I introduced the students to zentangles. The students got a 8 page packet filled with examples of patterns and designs. Each student was forced to problem solve the the zentangle's creation. After all the pumpkins were filled with designs, the students picked one pumpkin to add an orange watercolor emphasis.

WAUPACA LIBRARY ART SHOW PREVIEW 5TH GRADE CONTINUOUS LINE PORTRAITS EMPHASIS AND OVERLAPPING STILL-LIFE  GROUP PROJECT- BIKE STUDY 2 POINT PERSPECTIVE  LICHTENSTEIN HAND STUDY 4TH GRADE VEG. AND FRUIT MOSAIC FAUVIST PORTRAITS  TOOTHBRUSH STILL-LIFE  3RD GRADE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SHAPE CUTOUT   TEXTURE STUDY WITH METAL TOOLING OVERLAY  2ND GRADE  ERIC CARLE BEAR ERIC CARLE SHEEP GIRAFFE WITH CROSS-CURRICULAR LITERATURE UNIT     PIET MONDRIAN SQUARES WITH CIRCLE FRAMES 1ST GRADE TISSUE PAPER -COLOR MIXING STUDY  SQUID WEAVINGS LANDSCAPE- WARM AND COOL COLORS KINDERGARTEN  TISSUE PAPER PUMPKIN WITH LINE STUDY ERIC CARLE CARDINALS WITH BIRCH TREE MITTEN- PATTERNS AND OVERLAPPING   A COLOR OF HIS OWN - CHAMELEON WEAVING  ...