Warm and Cool Carnival of Birds Collage
Fishing for Words
VanGogh Flower Paintings
Original Above
Original Above
Original Above
Still Life
Cropping
Overlapping
Vocabulary:
Warm, Cool, Neutral Colors
Overlapping
Cropping
Watercolor Techniques
First Grade Texture Slump Bowls from 2015-2016
Warm and Cool Seascape Collages
created with tints and shades!
First Grade Collage Snowpeople!
Warm and Cool Colors
Cropping
Overlapping
First graders drew circles and turned them into dimensional spheres by combining two colors in each apple. Working from light to dark colors developed student’s painting skills. Interesting line patterns were placed in the background. Can you identify the use of overlapping in the pictures?
Cropping
Overlapping
Crayon Resist
Watercolor painting and care of brushes
Shape and Texture Castle Paintings
Romero Britto Style Watercolor Crayon Resist Paintings
Vocab:
Impasto-Thick Brushstrokes
Overlapping
Movement
Horizon Line
Color Mixing Polar Bears
en light shines behind an object! First grade demonstrated the
First graders learned about cropping-something going off the page and overlapping-one thing a little on top of the other and used these techniques to make interesting compositions of falling leaves. Then they used their warm colors in the foreground and cool colors in the background to make the leaves pop off the page.
Russian abstract painter Wassily Kandinsky painted his concentric circle pieces while listening to classical music. First graders did the same and came up with some interesting color combinations!
First grade learned about the parts and purpose of a castle during medieval times as the class worked together to paint the stone facade. An effort was made to offset the bricks to "keep the walls standing up." Our castle is proudly hung in the Media Center and presided over by Queens Catherine Hamilton and Paula Caradine of the Land of Lincoln.
Polar Bears in an icy landscape. First graders showed their ability to draw using basic shapes while incorporating their knowledge of overlapping, horizon line as well as warm and cool colors!
First Grade Monsters based on the book "Go Away Big Green Monster"
First Graders review Horizon Line and Overlapping
Crayon Resist Self Portraits
A Brush with Claude Monet.......
Koi Kites for Children's Day
Our first graders are becoming full time architects! Here are thier blueprint elevations come to life in the form of these 3-D paper bag houses.
Currently, first graders are exploring neighborhoods in their new Treasures Curriculum. In art, each student illustrated three penguins in perspective visiting an area of Oak Park. Can you identify the horizon line and examples of overlapping? We had so much fun thinking of all the places are penguins could pop up here in our neighborhood!
Pinch Pot Animals
Snowmen at Night
Amazing Amate Birds
Vincent VanGogh Flowers
First Grade used their knowledge of warm, cool, and neutral colors to create these colorful pumpkin patches with watercolor. Can you identify the use of a horizon line and overlapping?
First Grade is Going Batty for Stellaluna and Symmetry
First Graders discussed the cultural significance and symbolism of a "Tree of Life" after looking at traditional art works by Peruvian, Haitian, and Indian artists. After looking at these images, first grade compared the similarities in style between these traditional artists and the European artist Gustav Klimt who painted at the beginning of the 20th century. For our own trees we had the option of adding personal symbolism or just delighting in the decorative aspects of pattern. Check back for the finished products soon!
