4th grade Yayoi Kusama Pumkin Collage

This fall, 4th grade created some Yayoi Kusama inspired pumpkin collages! 

I taught this to 4th grade, and then dressed up as Yayoi Kusama for storybook character day. It was fun seeing the 4th graders light up and recognize who I was when I walked through the halls, that day! 

We studied the art of Kusama, learned about her career and life from this Tate Museum video.

Here's what supplies you need

Tru ray Sulphite paper

Sharpie markers

scissors

pencils

glue sticks

Then I demonstrated how to create our own!

Youtube Lauren Stacey Art :) 

Kindergarten & Pre-K Fall Tree Paintings

 

Isn't that little smile just adorable? He was so proud of his art, and the kids had so much fun making them! 

This was Kindergarten's first experience with paint, and I thought they did a great job! 

Here's how we made them!

I cut a 90lb 12 x 18" piece of paper in half. First, I demonstrated how to draw the grass and trees, 

using Crayola Oil Pastels. Then, I showed them how to "dip & dot, dot, dot" with  my Crayola Tempera paint  & my  Royal Langnickel paintbrush! 

After that, they were ready to make their own! 

Here's some sweet examples from today.

Here are some Pre-K examples too! (this is my first year teaching Pre-K btw) 

Chris Uphues inspired pumpkins!

 

This week, 2-5th are making some Chris Uphues inspired pumpkins! Click on his name to be taken to his Instagram page, and see his cool works of art! Here's another link to his website, Chris Uphues.com

This is a great art on a cart lesson because of the minimal supplies!

Here's what we used:

Neon Bond Paper 

Pencils

Chisel tip Permanent Markers

Sharpie Markers

Scissors

white Crayola crayon

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 They have been having so much fun and are doing a great job making the 3-d jack-o-lantern faces! 

Here's a video showing how to make one! 

Art on a Cart 2020-2021

 

Sorry, I haven't posted in a while, but we've been busy over here! I'm on a cart again, so there hasn't been much down time. To top it off, we can't share supplies, so I'm having to improvise and do a lot of new, 1 day lessons, this year. Oh well! At least we're open, healthy, and I get to teach again!

  The first week back, we did some more Cassie Stephens inspired projects! They loved the surprise mask selfie project, the mask emotions, and her origami pets! We did some radial symmetrical artworks,  some fun directed drawings, and now we're getting into some fall artwork! The kids have also loved the Op Art weaving with neon papers, from Mrs. Nguyen's website!

Here's some student examples of what we have been creating! 

Yayoi Kusama inspired 2nd grade pupmkins

Today, 2nd grade started their Yayoi Kusama inspired pumpkins! This project was inspired by the art teachers, Lauralee Chambers and Mrs. Lewis. I saw their examples on Instagram, and had to try it with my students! Here's how we made them!

3rd grade Oil Pastel faux Batik pumpkins

This week, 3rd grade is trying something new! I found this on A Faithful Attempt blog, and wanted to try it with our students! 

Here's how we created ours!

4th grade Dia De Los Muertos Calaveras or Sugar Skulls

Today we started our Dia de los Muertos calaveras or sugar skulls! This project was inspired by the folk art from Mexico, and another fabulous art teacher on Instagram @artfunwithms.c. Mrs. Stacey discussed this holiday, and showed examples of the beautiful art and decor centered around this special time. We also saw examples of this holiday in current cartoons like Disney's Coco, Elena of Avalor, and the movie The Book of Life. We learned that Dia de los Muertos or Day of the dead, is a holiday that celebrates the memory of our loved ones. We talked about how all the use of bright colors, flowers, candles, food, and art make this a festive time, instead of a sad one. Here's how we create our own Dia de los muertos Calaveras!

1st grade Painted Paper Owls

This week, 1st grade will be starting their painted paper owl project, inspired by the Painted Paper blog!

I love this lesson! A. because I love owls! Hootie Hooo! Go Chi O! & B. It incorporates a lot of different skills, and different types of media!

Here's how we made ours!

2nd Grade Charley Harper Raccoons

Today, 2nd grade will be starting their Charley Harper inspired Raccoons! This project came from the fabulous teacher, Cassie Stephens, and you can find her original post here!

Here's how we will make our own!

1st grade Basket of Apples

The past couple of weeks, 1st grade has been working on their basket of apples project! This has quite a few steps for these littles, but they've been doing well!

Here's what we used in this project. 

2 9x12" 90lb paper for the apples and background

(or construction paper for the background)

little apple tracers

pencils, black crayons, white pastels, construction paper crayons

tempera cakes

4x6 brown paper

4th Grade Fall or Winter Birch Trees

This week 4th grade will start their fall birch tree painting! We create these by using....

2nd grade Fall reflections

This week, 2nd grade started their Fall reflection paintings. These were created in just a few steps.

This project was inspired by,

Lauralee Chambers . You can check her work out on Instagram, if you click on her name.

Here's how we created ours. 

Kindergarten Fall Trees

This week, Kindergarten embarked on a whole new frontier in the art room...PAINTING! This may not sound very challenging, but believe me it can be. Luckily, this entire Kindergarten class is a dream, and they have done so well their first day experimenting with this medium. We also, are using something else new to them, called oil pastels. These are like thick, creamy crayons. They're one of my favorite mediums to use in the art room.  Here's how we created them!

This project just took one 45 minute art class.

This week in Art!

I'm LOVING the fall projects we've been working on! The students are doing a GrrrrrEAT job! Mrs. Stacey is so very proud of all their hard work, perseverance, and creativity that they have been applying to their awesome art!

4th Grade Spooky Sky Value Paintings

This week 4th grade will start their Spooky Sky value paintings!

Here's how we created ours!

1st Grade Van Gogh Sunflowers

First grade has been working on their Van Gogh sunflowers for a couple of weeks now. This is a challenging lesson for them, but they're doing well! We're getting our inspiration from Vincent Van Gogh's painting, Fourteen Sunflowers 1888. 

Day 1: 

Kindergarten Pumpkins!

Today we started the cutest little pumpkins in the patch with Kindergarten, and they did such a great job! I love all their toothy grins! We made these in under 45 minutes too! It was a super fun one day project, that fit in many skills! We even had a couple of extra minutes to paint the next class some orange paper to use! Whew!! :D

To create these pumpkins....

5th Grade Printmaking Calaveras 💀 or Sugar Skulls

 For the past few art classes, 5th grade has been working on their printmaking project, and learning about the Mexican holiday, Dia de los muertos. Calaveras, or skulls, are one of the many symbols of this meaningful holiday, and will be the subject matter for this project! We will be learning about the customs of this time and how it celebrates the memory of loved ones, no longer here. There are a lot of colorful decorations such as, candles, flowers, food, photographs, that decorate the "ofrendas" of their loved ones. You will see many calaveras that are covered in designs and color, in the decor, and that is where we're getting our inspiration from. We're also learning about another country's culture in the process, which is one of our art standards! Here is a great website that further describes the customs of this day

Dia De los Muertos facts

Here is the process by which these artworks are created!

2nd Grade Starry Night Pumpkins 🎃

This week, we looked at the art of Vincent Van Gogh, talked about the Element of Art, VALUE, and started creating these cute lil pumpkin paintings! Here's Van Gogh's painting, we were inspired by. 
Starry Night

Here's how we did it!