First and second graders learned (or reviewed) the primary and secondary colors with a fun painting lesson. I read from the book Mouse Paint - a delightful story about mice mixing colors. Next students used the primary colors red, yellow and blue to experiment with mixing their own secondary colors. They painted mice, cut them out then formed them into a circle around a piece of cheese creating a very cute color wheel!
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As we head into late January, students delved into a unit on color and color theory. Third, fourth and fifth graders learned about (or reviewed) tints, shades, color mixing, and monochromatic colors. Then came the fun part! Working with their table team, they mixed colors and tints (add white to a color) to paint a warm colored sun at sunset. Next they focused on painting shades of cool colors (to get a shade add black to a color). The finishing touch was a silhouette of a surfer, dolphin, shark or boat. We based this lesson on a woodcut of a tsunami by Japanese artist Hokusai as well as art by South Carolina surfboard artist Drew Brophy.
This cold, snowy winter week in January students used their creativity to make penguins snowboarding, riding Segways, sleighs, or skiing. To kick off the lesson upper el watched The March of the Penguins and lower el watched part of Happy
Feet, and then created the snowy backgrounds or made penguins and critters out of modeling clay. The following week we read about a penguin who takes a trip to the bottom of the ocean called How Deep is the Sea? I was surprised to learn the ocean is just about 7 miles at the deepest point! |
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AuthorMy name is Mrs. Krupa and I'm an elementary art teacher at Oxbow Elementary. I'm a professional harpist turned art teacher of 20 years. I'll share art lessons and ideas on these pages, what works and doesn't. Enjoy! Categories
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