Jim Dine Radiating hearts kindergarten art lesson

Jim Dine Radiating Hearts

Here is another idea I found on Pinterest. I just changed it a bit to fit the needs of my kindergartners.

 I introduced the lesson with showing pictures of Jim Dine's heart paintings.  

I then showed the children how to make a paper heart out of construction paper. They glued the heart onto the center of a 9" x 9" white multi-media piece of paper. 

They added a highlight with oil pastels and then continued to add various lines around their heart. 

 This took one, 50 minute class period. 

 The next step was to paint watercolors over the oil pastels. 

Love these, especially for Valentine's Day! 

1st grade Robert Indiana Love paintings

Robert Indiana Love Paintings

Here is another idea I found on Pinterest. It wasn't linked to any blog so if you know where the original idea came from send me a message so I can give them credit. 

I started the lesson reviewing warm and cool colors as well as positive and negative spaces in art. 

I provided 12" x 9" multi-media paper with the words "LOVE" already printed on them. 

Students were instructed to draw various lines with black and white oil pastels on the letters. 

Students  painted the positive space (letters) using only the warm colors. We used crayola watercolor paints.

The last step was to paint the negative space with cool colors. 

Aren't they lovely?!

Winter warm and cool snowmen 1st grade art lesson

Warm and Cool Snowmen

Here's another idea I found on Pinterest. Sorry I don't have a link. If you know where the original idea came from please send me a message so they can get the credit!
On the first day we discussed warm and cool colors. I provided 6" x 6" multi-media paper for students to paint with warm and cool liquid watercolors. 

On the second day students glued their papers to a 12" x 18" piece of blue construction paper.

 I love these glue bottles I purchased from Amazon. They are called Colorations glue jars. Students can brush the glue on their papers. Genius!

Students then painted their snowmen.

They added snow around the papers with white tempera paint. 

I always try to write the directions on the board with picture cues for my non readers. 

So cute!

1st grade Picasso inspired roosters

Picasso Inspired Roosters

I found this great idea from the website of Deep Space Sparkle. You can find the original post here https://www.deepspacesparkle.com/picassos-la-coq-pastel-project/
This is a great lesson for a sub.
The art project is based on Picasso's Rooster.

This image is from the Pablo Picasso website https://www.pablopicasso.org/the-roaster.jsp

I have tons of children's books on Picasso in are classroom library. 

I started off the lesson explaining cubism to the children and showing  frontal and profile pictures of people and of course roosters. 

Students drew a rooster on 9" x 12" black construction paper, divided it into sections and added patterns with oil pastels. 

My teaching video: 

Fun and easy lesson! 

1st grade winter collage

1st grade Winter collage

I found this idea on Pinterest. Sorry I can't give the link. It's blocked. Maybe because it is out of the country. Anyway here is my take on the lesson.
On the first day we reviewed warm and cool colors. Students painted their papers with homemade Mod Podge (half glue and half water). They then placed cut tissue paper squares on top and then added another layer of my homemade Mod Podge.

On the second day students used tempera paint to paint a tree. They then cut a piece of paper for the ground and added snow with a q-tip. 

Some students wanted to  add birds and owls. The children enjoyed this lesson since they got to use a variety of supplies.