Hi, and welcome to our art room! This site is dedicated to the awesome elementary artists I teach, and is a little window into our world of art. Hope you enjoy!
Day 1: We made our rainbows, by drawing together one line at a time, using oil pastels. After they drew the rainbow, we talked about different types of patterns and lines, and they chose what they wanted to fill in each color with. We used oil pastels for the lines and patterns as well.
After they add all their patterns and lines, they painted over them with tempera paint.
Day 2: They made their clouds by folding their paper, drawing one large cloud, cutting them out, and then adding spots with the dot a dot markers. After they glued their clouds on, then they made their sun by tracing a circle, cutting out rectangle rays, and glued them on!
In this lesson, our young artists explored how to turn a simple flower into a bold, eye-catching masterpiece—just like Georgia O'Keeffe! Known for her large-scale flower paintings, O’Keeffe taught us that when we zoom in close, even ordinary things can become extraordinary.
We started by lightly sketching a large flower that fills the entire page. Instead of drawing a tiny flower in the middle, we stretched our petals all the way to the edges—just like O’Keeffe did. This helped make our artwork feel big and bold.
Next, we traced our lines with Sharpie to make the shapes stand out clearly. Then came the fun part—oil pastel blending!
🌈 Blending with Oil Pastels
Students used 3 different colors to fill in their petals. They were to choose a dark, medium, and a light color to blend together!
For the background, they can choose whatever color they want, but they need to choose a darker and lighter version of that color.
We talked about warm and cool colors, analogous colors, and complementary colors.
✨ What We Learned
How to zoom in and fill the page with one subject
How to blend colors using oil pastels
How contrast (warm vs. cool colors) makes art more exciting
How artists like Georgia O'Keeffe turn simple ideas into powerful images
💡 Teacher Tip
Encourage students not to rush the blending—this is where the magic happens. The more they layer and smooth colors together, the more vibrant their artwork becomes.
This week in the art room 2nd grade created these adorableBears in Sweaters, from PrimaryPicassos on Instagram, and the students absolutely loved it! This project was a great way to combine drawing, pattern design, and watercolor painting while practicing careful craftsmanship.
This week in art, our students explored finger weaving—a simple and exciting way to create colorful woven chains using just yarn and their hands! This hands-on activity helps students learn about patterns, coordination, and creativity while having fun with bright colors.
Finger weaving is a basic weaving technique where students use their fingers instead of tools or looms to weave yarn together. By looping and crossing strands of yarn, students can create long, colorful woven chains. Each chain becomes a unique piece of fiber art!
Students chose several colors of yarn and worked step-by-step to weave them together. As they practiced the pattern, they discovered how different color combinations created beautiful designs.
If you'd like to try finger weaving at home, you can follow the same steps we used in class. Watch the video below for a demonstration of the weaving process:
This week, 5th graders are exploring the world of fiber artby learning how to weave on a cardboard loom! This project introduces students to one of the oldest art techniques in the world while helping them practice patience, creativity, and craftsmanship.
What Is a Loom?
A loom is a tool used to hold yarn or thread in place while another piece of yarn is woven through it. For this project, students created their own simple looms using 6" × 13.5" pieces of cardboard. Small notches along the edges hold the vertical yarn strands, called the warp.
Once the warp yarn is in place, students begin weaving a second strand of yarn, called the weft, back and forth across the loom.
How Students Are Weaving
Students are creating their weaving on one side of the cardboard loom. They weave the yarn over and under the warp strings, switching the pattern on each row. As they continue this pattern, the yarn begins to build into a colorful woven design.
This project helps students develop several important artistic and learning skills:
Fine motor skills through careful weaving
Pattern recognition with the over–under sequence
Creative decision making when choosing colors and designs
Patience and focus as the weaving slowly grows
Weaving is a process that takes time, but students love watching their artwork grow row by row.
A Tradition of Fiber Art
Weaving has been used by cultures around the world for thousands of years to create textiles, clothing, and decorative art. By learning this technique, students are connecting to a long tradition of artists who work with fiber.
We are excited to see the beautiful patterns and colorful designs our young artists create!
Ask your student about the colors they chose and the patterns they are weaving into their artwork!
3rd grade is finishing up their "I am an Artist" portraits, and they're looking so great! This lesson is from Keisha Casiano and can be found here on her TPT account
Kindergarten is learning about Piet Mondrian and making a shape collage of primary colors and lines. This is a one day, 45 min project that they enjoyed doing!
I showed them The Primary Colors video, and showed examples of Mondrian’s art, and then demonstrated how to assemble their collage.
