Recent Kindergarten Work

Kindergarten artists jumped into spring with painting of frogs. They followed directions to use numbers and letters to create their froggie drawings. See if you can find the "2" in the leg or the upside down "U" on the head.




After learning all about how to draw a realistic portrait (see self portrait projects!), we decided to investigate an artist who broke all of the rules when it came to portraits - Pablo Picasso! The kids thought it was super fun to mix all the facial features up and even leave some off the portrait entirely.





Finally, the kids used varying shapes of sponges to create floral arrangements with paint. They also learned a little about symmetry by folding colored paper in half and cutting a design to create a vase for their flowers.

100 Year Old Portraits - 2nd Grade

What will look like when you're 100 years old? Will you have gray hair and wrinkles? Will you wear a funny hat? What will you do? Will you have grandchildren or GREAT grandchildren?

That is exactly what our Second Grade artists asked themselves for one of our latest projects. After learning the elements of a portrait, the students drew self portraits with a twist - they were 100 years old. They students thought about how their face would change over time and what kind of clothing they would wear. Finally, the student accompanied their artwork with a mini-artist's statement explaining what they will be doing when they are 100 years old!

Symmetrical Springtime!

First Grade artists learned about symmetry by drawing butterflies with matching wings! They tried very hard to draw wings with symmetrical designs and add symmetrical color as well. The paintings are gorgeous!