Oil Pastel Autumn Leaves! 1st Grade!!

To celebrate our first cold front of the season, our first graders got to explore the medium of oil pastels! They are so bright and vibrant and so much fun! We discussed the colors associated with autumn leaves and the different shapes leaves can come in. The students then traced each leaf shape and filled it in with beautiful fall colors. Then, they painted the backgrounds with blue and purple watercolor paints! We've been talking about indigo and how to mix it, so it was perfect!!!

Just check out the awesome finished products!

Color Mixing Pumpkins! 1st Grade!!!

Our 1st graders have been learning about color mixing! This week, we used our color mixing knowledge to paint some lovely pumpkins!! After drawing the pumpkins, the leaves, and the vines, the students mixed the colors for their paintings right on their paper! Here are the awesome results:

I just love how these turned out! Great Job!

Color Wheel Umbrellas! Kindergarten!

Last week, our kindergartners explored the color wheel and color mixing through this fun drawing project! We learned about how to use markers and how to mix colors using only a few colors. Look how awesome these turned out!

Until next time, keep creating!! 

~Ms. Carney

Picasso Monsters - 1st Grade!

During the first couple weeks of October, our first graders got to make mixed media monster faces after learning about Pablo Picasso and his unusual portraits of people. They really had a lot of fun cutting all of the pieces out and putting them together. This was another great idea from Mrs. Picasso's Art Room! Here's how they turned out:

I think the most fun part for the kids was adding in all the hair, bats, and pumpkins. Some of them even added in caves and the moon! How creative!