Pop art numbers kindergarten lesson

Pop Art Numbers kindergarten lesson

My demonstration video.

It's January and my kindergarten students are showing so much growth! Our classroom teachers do such an amazing job. 

With this lesson I showed the students the art of Jasper Johns and Robert Indiana (especially their number art). Students were allowed to pick any number they wanted (0-9) on papers that I had already copied for them on 12" x 9" multi media paper. 

My kiddos were instructed to draw a pattern all over the number and then color it using crayons. We discussed how important it was to use good craftsmanship and to do our best! 

 This took one 50 minute class period. 

 On the next art class, students finished coloring their patterns and then painted the background using either warm or cool liquid watercolors.  

1st grade winter city collage

1st Grade Winter City Collage 

Here is another idea I found on Pinterest by 

Blanka Weisgärberová Lakomá. My version is different but I wanted to give her credit. 

                                                       Part one of my demonstration video. 

     Part two of my demonstration video. 

On the first day we looked at various photos of winter skies and a photo of the Great Northern Lights. Students could paint the sky any colors they liked but they had to be the cool colors. I provided blue, white, purple and green tempera paint for students to mix on their papers.  

On the second day students drew a village or city on a 18" x 6" piece of paper, traced it with a black permanent marker and glued it to the bottom of their sky. This took around two classes (50 minutes each). 

Lastly, students used Tacky glue to glue plastic snowflakes on the sky. I purchased these on Amazon. They were encouraged to draw additional snowflakes or dots of snow with an oil pastel around them.

 Beautiful results!!!