First grade artists reviewed the primary colors and horizontal and vertical lines during art class by creating a Mondrian-inspired artwork! We started by looking at the abstract artwork of Piet Mondrian and noticed the primary colors, squares, rectangles, and horizontal and vertical lines. Each artist glued a combination of primary colored rectangles to their paper, …
First grade artists reviewed LINES by drawing these rocket ships! Each artist designed their own rocket and chose which lines would be coming out of their rocket ship. They also chose what to show in outer space.
First and second grade artists in Mrs. Salami’s class created chalk landscapes for their last project of the school year. We began by looking at and learning about landscapes. Each artist chose an environment to show in their landscape and drew with pencil first, then glue. Because we were drawing with glue, everyone had to …
First grade artists have been practicing weaving with paper! They began by learning a little about tints and shades and exploring what happens when you mix black with a color (a shade) or white with a color (a tint). Then they turned their tints and shades painting into a loom. They used strips of paper …
First grade artists looked at the pattern-filled artwork of Kerry Ambrosino for inspiration for their latest art pieces. They began by folding a paper and drawing 8 different patterns in each section. Then they used watercolor paints to paint over each pattern. Next, each artist created a painted sky by mixing blue and white to …
First and second grade artists in Mrs. Salami’s class made bird sculptures! They began by bending wire to make a bird’s body and wings and covered it in tape. Then they covered their armature in plaster strips. Once dry, they painted their birds using analogous colors, or colors next to each other on the color …
First grade artists have been learning about warm and cool colors in the art room! They began by painting two different papers using only warm colors or only cool colors. They chose from a variety of texture tools to add designs to their papers such as forks, sponges, stamps, popsicle sticks, splatter paint, etc. Then …
First and second grade artists in Mrs. Salami’s class are learning about FORMS, or 3D shapes. Each artist practiced drawing five of the 3D shapes they are leaning in the art room. We learned that if we show multiple sides and a shadow, we can make a drawing look 3D. Then each artist cut out …
First grade artists used the element of SHAPE in their artwork. We looked at the artwork of Mary Blair and some of her castle paintings. We noticed how they were made out of smaller shapes all added together to make the castle. Each artist cut out some of their own shapes and glued them together …
First grade artists created a pumpkin collage with all three of the secondary colors! They began by mixing two primary colors together to make a secondary color with tempera paints. They did this three times until they had all three secondary colors (violet, green, and orange). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT9gxUjqYW8 They used the purple paper for their sky …