Picasso Number Face!

Right now at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, they have a WONDERFUL Picasso exhibit called "Picasso Black and White". It features a bunch of his monochromatic pieces over his career including paintings and sculptures. They do a wonderful night once a month called "Evening for Educators" where art teachers get to come to the exhibit, look around, go on guided tours, and listen to featured lectures! Its awesome! At one of the little break out sessions, they taught us how to draw the human face in the style of Picasso using numbers, and of course, I had to bring it back and try it with our kiddos!

So, here's how we get started!:

First, we have to draw in our numbers all connected together. Try to get up to 12!

Then, you can add in eyes, nostrils, eyelashes, eyebrows, whatever you want!

Here's a student example!

And of course, my favorite: COLOR!

Drawing the Grinch - 1st Grade!

This week we learned how to draw the Grinch from Dr. Seuss' wonderful Christmas tale, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The kids have been having an awesome time with this project. After we finished our drawings, we all sat together and read the story. Here are some of the finished projects below!

 These kiddos did a magnificent job! Happy Holidays, everyone!
~Ms. Carney

Figure Drawing Pilgrims!! - 1st Grade

November is here! and that means cooler weather (hopefully!) and the wonderful Thanksgiving holiday is upon us. I like to use this wonderful opportunity to introduce figure drawing to my 1st graders and teach them a little bit of history too!

We always draw a boy pilgrim and a girl pilgrim so we can discuss the different clothing styles from back then compared to the ones of today! This is a super fun drawing project that our 1st graders always enjoy!