Grade 1 Self Portraits

A SELF PORTRAIT is a picture an artist makes of himself or herself. First graders did just that after looking at this portrait of Judith Leyster

 

Students could tell from looking at this self-portrait that Judith likes to paint. We also know that she is from a long time ago (this was painted in the year 1630!!!) because of her style of clothes. First graders drew themselves doing something that they like to do. It was so great to see all of the students interests drawn out. When they were done, they each completed a short poem about themselves. Here are some examples of students who not only drew themselves clearly doing something they enjoy, but also did their very best work!

    

I am helpful, I like Legos, I am a brother, I try climbing, I am Connor

 

I am smart, I like my dog, I am seven, I try my best, I am nice

 

I am a girl, I like art, I am human, I try my best, I am a kid

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Grade 3 Rotational Symmetry

Third graders included math integration during this lesson on ROTATIONAL SYMMETRY. When something can be rotated and still looks the same it has rotational symmetry. Some things we see around us that have this property are snowflakes, ferris wheels, flowers, and starfish.

 

The students used their name or initials to use as a design to repeat four times. It took a lot of precision and patience to transfer the design in pencil, then trace in sharpie, and finally color with COMPLEMENTARY COLORS. Colors that are complementary are opposites on the color wheel.

 Red and green, shown here, are complementary colors.

Here are some of the amazing examples that were on display for over a month in the hallways of school!

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Kindergarten Watercolor Flowers

Kindergartners painted with WATERCOLORS for the first time to create a vase filled with colorful flowers.  We talked about how to properly use watercolor paints by first dipping the paintbrush in water then gently swirling the brush onto the paint. Proper cleaning of the paintbrush between colors is also important so the colors stay nice and vibrant. Here are a few students who really took their time drawing their flowers and then painted their entire paper neatly with the paints.

Created by Elaina

 Created by Nathan

Created by Caleb

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Grade 5 Your Shoe and You

Fifth graders focused on the element of LINE for their OBSERVATIONAL DRAWINGS of their shoe and two objects of their choosing. The two objects had to hold some meaning to him/her personally. We drew these objects from many views before choosing the best drawing and arranging it into a COMPOSITION. To create an interesting composition objects had to OVERLAP to create SPACE. Then, we used either WARM or COOL colors in the background with watercolor paints. Here are some examples that represent all of the concepts above!

Created by Shea

Created by Victoria 

Created by Dylan

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