O'KEEFE INSPIRED 4th and 5th Grades
BUTTERFLY ART 2nd and 3rd Graes
ALIEN ENCOUNTER 2nd and 3rd Grades
CRAYON ENGRAVINGS 4th and 5th Grades

BIRD DRAWINGS Kindergarten and 1st grade

Clown Paintings 1st Grade

KIDZ CAT PAINTINGS 2nd and 3rd Grades

City Paintings 2nd and 3rd grades

Large Tempera Paintings 5th Grade

Impressionistic Paintings 4th and 5th grades

Rainforest paintings 4th and 5th grades

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GOALS & OBJECTIVES:

Study the works of Georgia O'Keefe with regard to color and principles of design. Create a flower picture exploring the way O'Keefe used colors (similar and opposite colors as contrast) , and composition (use of space).

PROCESS:

After studying O'Keefes' flower series and looking closely at real and pictures of flowers; the children made pencil drawings on black construction paper. They covered their pencil lines with white glue. When the glue dried, the children used colored chalk to fill in the spaces.

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GOALS & OBJECTIVES:

Explore what can be done with oil pastels; observation of nature from different perspectives; principles of design, overlapping shapes and composition.

PROCESS:

After visiting our butterfly garden we looked at pictures of butterflies and flowers. The students then drew larger than life images of butterflies and flowers with chalk on colored paper. The children left the chalk lines showing as they colored their drawings with oil pastels.

GOALS & OBJECTIVES:

Cooperation, learning to work together in small groups. Working large and learning how contrast makes image stand-out.

PROCESS:

The children were told that Ambassadors from another galaxy were going to visit Earth. How should we greet them? What would they look like? An enthusiastic discussion followed. shortly thereafter, we divided into small groups. The children were asked to create pictures of these visitors for Alien Visitors Day an event that we made up-- the children also wrote letters to and stories about the Visitors.

GOALS & OBJECTIVES:

From a large collection of nature photography, have the students select a favorite fish, bird or flower. The objective is to expose the students to the details and encourage them to express as much of the detail as possible in each drawing. The goal is freedom from stereotypical views by closely observing individual details.

PROCESS:

1. Preparing the Paper: Ask the students to cover their papers with crayon by pressing hard and covering all of the paper. A heavy coat of wax crayon makes brighter finished lines. Next, paint over the crayoned paper with black tempera paint mixed with a little bit of dish soap such as Ivory.

2. Creating the Drawings: From a large collection of nature photography featuring birds, fish and flowers, ask the students to choose their favorite and draw their version on a clean piece of sketch paper. When the drawings are completed, the pictures may be transferred to the prepared paper by coloring on the back of the original with yellow chalk. The yellow chalk side is placed against the black tempera as the drawing is retraced over the original lines. By carefully pressing the pencil, the yellow chalk dust is left on the tempera, like home made carbon paper.

3. Scratching out the design and coloring: Each student uses a nail to trace the chalk lines and scratch out the design, revealing the variety of colors underneath the black paint. As a further touch, students can elaborate the designs within the drawing.. Finally, similar colors of oil pastel or craypas are applied to make the main subject stand out.

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