After finishing their entries for the Reflections contest, students studied color.
1st and 2nd grade worked with water color paint to create some awesome color wheels.
The fun here is that they mixed their own colors on the page. For most of the kids, this was their first experience doing this on their own. Their reactions were priceless.
The 3rd - 5th grade classes did their own versions using tempera paints. 4th and 5th grades had the additional challenge of using a compass to draw their own circles and then divide the circles into 6 parts. 5th grade was the most fun...I had the tables covered in paper and they painted directly onto the table with paint that was squirted right onto the paper-covered table. All classes mixed the paint directly on their paper, so there was no mixing on the pallet and transferring over. This seemed to be a new experience for them.
The next week 1st and 2nd grade worked on a quick water color resist. 1st grade spent the week learning about spiders, so we made spiders in Art, too! They created a spider in a web using oil pastels, then washed over their drawings with watercolor paints. They loved it when a white web came through the wash! 2nd grade did spiders, too... they have been talking about animals that build their homes, so spiders fit right in!
The 3rd and 4th grade spent some time learning about tinting and shading. Ask them about it! We used a little lesson I found here for that.
All of these were simple, one-day projects. Not all classes got to participate. After camps and musicals and absences and Mondays off and Reflections, everyone will be starting on the same page this Monday!
Time for some Chihuly...I'm so excited!
Sorry for the lack of pictures. I will do my best to take lots for the next post.
