My busy K-2nd grade group did these watercolor resist birds today. We used oil pastels to draw the birds and add pattern. Then we painted the birds with liquid watercolor. This was a sweet ending to our five week session.
Category Archives: Animals
Klee Cats
My K-2nd grade group finished their Paul Klee Cats today. These have so much character! We drew our cats with oil pastel on brown paper and colored them with chalk pastel. I think this is one of the only projects I have repeated. It is so simple and turns out so great!
Elmer the Elephant
These sweet elephants were worth the wait. We started these last week after reading Elmer. After their drawing was complete, students filled in their elephant with a pattern of their choice. I love some of the original designs they came up with! They added color with markers, cut them out and glued them on black paper. […]
Cat Collages
This week my K-2nd grade group finished their cat collages. We began this project by reading Cat Tale by Michael Hall. This book uses homonyms and homophones to create fun adventures for a group of three cats. I’m not sure this group grasped all the grammar, but it was a fun book anyway. : ) […]
Mr Tiger Portraits
For our last class of the session, my K-2nd grade students painted Mr. Tiger portraits. We started out by reading Mr Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown. Then we cut out Mr. Tiger’s suit and glued it down. Using Peter Brown’s illustrations for inspiration, we drew the tiger’s head and facial features. We talked about […]
Klimt Cats
We had a great time today in the Wednesday K-2 class creating these patterned cats inspired by Gustav Klimt. We began by reading Klimt and His Cat by Berenice Capalti. This story is told from the perspective of Kilimt’s cat, Katze. We drew the cats together on black paper with white oil pastel. Staring with […]
More Snowy Owls!
I love this group of owls! We started painting realistic snowy owls last week. However, this week, I shared pictures of exotic owls with bright colors. I let them choose whether to complete their owls in realistic colors or let the exotic owl inspire bright colors. I love all the variety!
K-2 Snowy Owls
Oh my goodness! These snowy owls are so cute! This was a really challenging project for my K-2 group. We did the snowy background first and then painted the owls on the still wet papers. Some followed me doing a directed drawing on the white board, and a few brave souls drew from photographs. Because […]
Giraffes!
Over the last few snowy/icy weeks, my 3rd-5th grade groups painted these amazing giraffes. Students drew from photographs of giraffes. I am trying to wean this group from directed drawing. There is a lot of groaning when they hear they have to draw on their own, but they almost always surprise themselves. We drew these […]
Cutest Chameleons Ever!
This week two of my classes finished their chameleon collage project. To begin this project, we read The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle. We then created painted papers, one in cool greens and one in warm colors. The next step was creating our rainbow backgrounds. We used my favorite new art supply, Stabilo Woodies to […]
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