As the first grade teachers began to prepare for their fairy tales unit, they came across this cute lesson. It was a great tie-in with what first grade had just learned - "point-of-view" and its effect on drawing. This was such a simple lesson, and very fun! Students are now know they can represent space in pictures by drawing things smaller in the distance. :)
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I am feeling awful that I don't have more pictures of the K Ocean Unit in art class. :( Students created 3 projects that went along with what they are learning in the their classrooms. We drew these tried and true sharks and practiced following sequential steps in drawing. We designed our own fish in another class where students impressed me their knowledge of the parts of fish. In another class, students created their own jellyfish sculptures with plastic cups, bubble wrap, plastic ribbon, and neon tempera. There are now hundreds of jellyfish swarming the kindergarten hallways :)
First grade was introduced to still life and asked to look closely as they drew a fruit bowl on their table. Since we used clear containers, students were asked to imagine their own bowl design. Students focused on overlapping, placement, size, and proportion of their objects. Students practiced double-loading their paint brushes to mix their own colors. This technique is fantastic to do with this subject, because there are so many hues in fruit. Students not only had to closely examine the fruit when they drew it, but as they painted it, as well. :) Finally, students used black paint and detail brushes to outlines their fruit. This outline helps not only to "clean up" their lines in the paintings, but to allow the colors to really "pop". Just like Cezanne :)
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AuthorI am a K - 5th grade art teacher at Wilson Creek Elementary and Anna McDonald School in Manhattan, IL. I am also a mother of two little girls (who share my love of art)! Archives
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