Sorry no photos for this lesson. I retired and the last month of school I did not save my class photos on this blog. But here is my video!
For this lesson students learned about the America artist Grant Wood. We viewed his many landscapes (and of course his famous painting American Gothic) discussing foreground, midground and background.
Fall Plowing by Grant Wood
I did a step by step tutorial on how to draw a landscape drawing to include a foreground, midground and background.
Students were to draw various patterns in each section of their drawing. They could make up a pattern or include patterns of corn etc.
My kindergarteners were very happy with the results!
Sorry no photos for this lesson. I retired and the last month of school I did not save my class photos on this blog. But here is my video!
For this lesson I provided drawing paper with a blank sun.
I have actually taught this lesson virtually and had the kids trace a lid and draw triangles around the circle for a sun. It's a little tricky for kindergarteners so I decided to provide these patterns for them.
Students were instructed to draw a face on the circle and then add various patterns on each triangle.
The last steps were to trace the sun with a black crayon and color the sky.
Here is a great lesson to teach children in the spring. Takashi Murakami is a contemporary Japanese artist who is known for his sculptures and paintings as well as commercial media. Children love his art as many of them look cartoonish.
This lesson is based on his Flowers with Smiley Faces.
Students started their flowers by making a circle in the middle (they could trace the lid of their glue sticks if they wanted) of a 12" x 9" piece of drawing paper. The next step was to draw 12 lines around the circle making sure to space them evenly. The last step was to draw arches to connect the lines.
Students colored their flowers with neon sharpies (they love these!) and traced the lines with a black marker.
The last steps were to cut them out, assemble them on construction paper, glue and draw stems coming out of the circles.
Here is a great lesson to teach virtually. It's also a messy free project for those of you who are teaching on a cart. I got the idea from Mrs. Knight's Smartest Artists. You can see her original post here Pop up architecture. I just changed it a bit to fit my needs.
This is my demonstration video.
Students folded their choice of colored cardstock in half and cut two slits on the fold.
I instructed the students to make sure the folded part of their paper was facing their bodies and then they could cut on the fold. I walked around the room and checked each one before they could cut. Remember they are kindergarteners!
They were then instructed to draw buildings above the fold and a road on the bottom fold.
I provided squares of white cardstock for students to draw a building. They then glued them to their slit.
These are so cute and the kids were really excited about them!
Here is another great idea you can teach virtually or if you are teaching on a cart and you need a messy free art project. I found this idea here Red Ted Art cardmaking. I just changed it a bit to fit the needs of my classroom. You can see my demonstration video below.
Students folded a piece of card stock in half and cut slits on the fold. Watch them on this part!!
I provided white cardstock for students to draw various flowers, birds and bees. They could use crayons or markers.
Students loved the results and many are giving them to their moms for Mother's Day.
I borrowed this lesson from Kitchen table classroom. I just changed it some to fit the needs of my classroom. You can watch my demonstration video below.
I instructed students to draw big circles all over their 12" x 18" piece of drawing paper first. They drew various lines around the circles to create unique looking flowers.
Students then added big thick stems and leaves to the bottom of their flowers.
My kindergarteners then used crayons to color the flowers and lastly outlined all the details with a black crayon.
I love these! I think these would make a great Mother's Day gift!
