Last week, most of my students completed their watercolor jungles inspired by Rousseau. I encouraged them to mix a variety of greens and to try layering to create shadows and richer colors. I absolutely love their creative drawings! They certainly captured the feeling of a jungle and included some precious animals. They all really worked […]
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Off to a Great Start!
Fall classes have begun at Corbie Arts, and we are off to a great start! We started by reading The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau by Michelle Markel. Then we drew our own jungle with Sharpie markers on watercolor paper. Our goal was to create dense jungle scenes, full of plant and animal life. I […]
Lady Liberty
For the first day of “Art, American Style,” we drew and painted the Statue of Liberty. We drew with Sharpie markers and painted with watercolor. This was a challenge to draw, but everyone did such a great job. I gave them the freedom to do the background how ever they wanted. We also read “The […]
Hot Air Balloons!
I love these hot air balloons by my K-2 group! They put so much work into the details. They are so bright and vivid. These were drawn with black marker, colored with crayon (white oil pastel for the clouds), and painted with both pan and liquid watercolor. Our inspiration was a book about a boy […]
Dream Art Studio Paintings
My 3rd-5th grade group finished painting their dream art studios. A lot of creativity went into these, and the results are really fun to look at. This was a long, detailed project. And, as much as they enjoyed it, I think some lost steam toward the end. Students in this group beg for this type […]
Celebrating Spring
The last two weeks, we have been working on a painting/collage of birds in cherry blossom trees. I loved that this project taught skills, like applying a graded wash with watercolor, while allowing for a lot of creativity. We started by painting a bright sunset in watercolor. Then, we created “blob” birds on a separate […]
Georgia O’Keeffe Inspired Flowers
Wednesday’s 3rd-5th grade class finished their Georgia O’Keefe inspired flowers. This project was adapted from Denise Logan’s Amazing Art Projects for Children. We started with a pencil drawing of a flower, then painted the flower in watercolor. After the watercolor was dry, we added more depth with chalk pastels. The finishing touch was squeezable paint […]
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