Jackson Pollock marble painting kindergarten

Marble painting

This is the third project in our Jackson Pollock study. I again showed the students the books I  have on him in our classroom art library and some of his abstract paintings. 

I demonstrated how to drop a marble in the bowls of paint with a spoon and then dropped it on a piece of paper in a box lid. I used the box lids from the copier paper boxes. I have six tables so on each table I had one color and one marble. In the past I had two marbles in each bowl, but amazingly one would always disappear from the classes. Interesting, right? No one never knows what happens to them!

After students do the color at their table then they may carry their papers to the other tables to complete.

Great time to problem solve and take turns!

Great project for the beginning of the year. 

Jackson Pollock painting kindergarten art lesson

Jackson Pollock painting for kindergarten

Here is an easy project that kids love! I showed a clip of Jackson Pollock  working in his studio on YouTube. I had already discussed abstract painting with these kiddos so  they were familiar with his work. I have a couple of books on Pollock and they are kept in my art library for the kids to look at when they are finished with their art projects. I reviewed the book "Action Jackson" by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan. 

We discussed a couple of paintings. You can find some great images of his work and one of him working on the Jackson Pollock website http://www.jackson-pollock.org/

I showed them a turkey baster like the one Pollock would have used in his paintings and explained to the children that we would be using eye droppers instead. 

I have some plastic trays that were used to store snack packs like oreos and cheez- its that I put the liquid watercolors in. Actually some of the paint was from my dried up old markers. I soaked them in water and made the paint.  I think the next time I  do this lesson I'm going to buy disposable cups with lids and set them in the trays. 

The kids loved this lesson! 

After discussion, paint making time and clean up, this lesson took 50 minutes. 

String painting with kindergarten

String painting

Here is an oldie but goody lesson plan for kindergarten. We talked about symmetry in art and the colors black, white and gray.
Students dipped their strings in black paint, folded their paper over and pulled the string out to create a design. They then went to a table that had white paint and did the same thing. Students were amazed at the results.

An easy quick lesson, you just have to be organized!