1st grade Charles Demuth inspired painting

1st Grade Charles Demuth Inspired Painting

1st graders viewed the art of Charles Demuth. We discussed the meaning of his painting I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold. His inspiration for the painting was of a poem by William Carlos Williams of a fire truck raising down the street.

This was also a good review of their social studies standard from kindergarten of what a community helper is and how fire fighters help us. 

Students were instructed to pick a number and sketch it out on their 12" x 9" multi media paper. I then demonstrated how to make it into a bubble number. I was disappointed how many of the students picked the number seven (their age!). 

      Students then took a ruler and drew lines across the number and then divided them into sections. 

Students then drew some smaller numbers in the boxes and some random geometric shapes. They were to also create a pattern on the bubble number. 

They traced over the lines with a fine tip permanent marker. 

1st graders then painted the numbers with warm colors and then they were instructed to paint the background with cool colors.