Chris Uphues & Jen Stark inspired Valentine’s Art!

Today, 4th grade learned about the artists Chris Uphues and Jen Stark! We looked at examples of their art, and got to work on our own! This project came from The Busy Brushes, and came in handy for Valentine’s Day! 

Chris Uphues Valentine's Hearts!

For the first time since I've been here, our school is going to do a Valentine's Day dance, and PTO approached me about the students making some decorations! 3rd grade kicked us off with some Chris Uphues inspired hearts! I was introduced to this artist by my favorite art teacher, Cassie Stephens. Click on her name and it'll take you to her blog, and show you all about Mr. Uphues, his art, and their projects! Here's how we made our own!

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 Exploding Hearts

Today,  Kindergarten is finishing up their lil snowy owls, and we had a little extra time to start another project before class was over. So I decided we could make these heart chalk rubbings.
Here's how we created them!