art ed digested

And now, as promised, some wonderful paintings by my first graders:

Our third graders started their stop-motion preparations today, making backdrops, creating storyboards and dance moves for their puppets. Here’s a very quick example that using one of the student puppets and my demo puppet:

(includes what not to do- my hands make too many cameos! must practice more!)

Our first day back from a two-week long Spring Break, and the first lesson I pull out of my hat with the first graders is a smashing success!

I discussed Kandinsky, abstract art, color theory and composition, then let them go straight to a canvas with fine-tipped sharpies.  After they had put down some designs in black, we painted an underpainting in watercolors, being careful to keep the colors saturated and bright, inspired by the patches of color used by Kandinsky.

Next week, we’ll try some gradations in semi-opaque acrylics and I’ll post some examples!