2nd grade Square 1 art Cardinals

              

Our 2nd graders have been hard at work creating these beautiful winter cardinals for our Square 1 Art fundraiser! This project took two days to complete and was such a fun way to combine drawing, painting, and mixed media.

Students started by sketching their cardinal in pencil, then outlined their work with sharpie markers. Next, they added details with oil pastels before finishing with bright tempera paint backgrounds to make their birds pop.

The results are stunning—each student created a unique and colorful winter scene! Best of all, the fundraiser helps us purchase new art supplies so our young artists can keep exploring and creating all year long.

We’re so proud of their hard work and can’t wait to see their art come to life on keepsakes for families!

Here's how we made them!

1st grade Winter landscapes

Here's what first grade is up to this week! We've finished our cardinals, and we're moving on to a new project I've never tried before, but found on Paintbrush Rocket's blog, and wanted to try it with my students! 

This project may look simple, but is still challenging for little 6/7 year olds. They're working on their painting skills, craftsmanship, color mixing skills, and fine motor skills! Whew! That's a lot of skillz in this little winter landscape! 

Here's how we're creating ours! 

Kindergarten Symmetrical Monarch Butterflies

For the last couple weeks of school, Kindergarten has been working on their color mixing,  and their Monarch butterflies! 

Here's how we made them!

2nd grade Value Ice Cream Cones

Today, 2nd grade embarked on a new project! New to me and certainly new to them! I saw this awesome idea on Abby Schukei's blog, Art, Eat, Tie Dye, Repeat and decided to give it a go!

Here's how we created ours!

1st grade Sailboats

This week, first grade started their mixed media sail boat picture!

Here's how we created them!

Kindergarten Radiating Design Hearts

Kindergarten completed their exploding hearts this week, so it's time to create something new! I thought it'd be fun for them to learn how to cut out a heart, and use patterns, lines, and paint to create a work of art around their heart!

Kindergarten Snowy Owls

It's freeeezing in TN, so what do we have on the brain?? SNOW! Sadly, there are no snow days in the forecast, so we'll create our own wintry weather! 

This week, Kindergarten will be starting this snowy little owl picture! Mrs. Stacey loves owls, and owls are so interesting! I've checked out a neat owl book, the librarian has passed on some great web resources, and to top it off, we'll create our own little owlet!

3rd Grade Ornaments

Last week and this week, third grade was busy getting ready for their music program,  so they needed to practice during specials. (which is fine, just gets us off schedule a bit :) Today we were able to get back on a regular schedule, and were able to start this neat little Christmas picture.
 I wish we had more time to spend on it, but they were able to complete quite a bit in a 45 min class.
(I found this lesson on the Color Like You Mean It blog!)

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 & First Fall "Y trees"

Kindergarten Fall "Y trees"

Kindergarten has been learning how to make a tree with branches, which can be a tricky thing for a 5 year old! 
I make it easier for them by using a trick I was taught during student teaching, a mere 14 years ago! (wow!)