Cupcakes! 1st Grade

I showed students several cupcake images to observe the variety of toppings, colors and icing types. We did a step by step drawing together in pencil, then outlined with sharpie and finally students used tempera cakes. Once dry we cut and glued onto a matching color. I think next year I'll try watercolor instead for brighter paints. Looked fun in the hallways! Students love this!

Rainbow Vertical & Horizontal

Kindergarten students did a great job with this project! We painted vertically in rainbow colors even using the intermediate colors! We also learned the Spanish way to say the colors. Once the paintings were dry students cut horizontally and glued the strips down leaving a little space in between. Great project and good job Kinder Artists!

Ted Harrison Landscapes

This super idea came from Gail over at 'That Artist Woman.' She has an awesome site and here's the info on the Ted Harrison Project! http://thatartistwoman.blogspot.com/2011/02/painting-in-style-of-ted-harrison.html
Thanks Gail!

Picasso Guitars

Second grade LOVES this project! I saw this last year over at Mr. E's place and had to do it again! The students enjoyed learning about Picasso and all of his many styles of art. We also learned the parts of a guitar and talked about the difference in an acoustic and electric. Lots of fun!