As the seasons change....

Like I have said in previous posts, we have been so busy creating fall art. We have painted real pumpkins to creating our own pumpkins along with creating a painting about the four seasons. This is a project in which I have taught before at a previous school, however, I added some new elements to it and I believe the kids loved it! Plus, we got to paint which is always an exciting time!

In this project, 2nd and 3rd graders drew beautiful trees using the basic Y system. I have them draw one big Y and then they add little y's to them to create a bigger tree. Next, we talked about how trees are not always skinny so we need to color on each side of our Y's to make our tree big and fat! Then, we talked about texture and drew some on our trunks of our trees. Since we were doing a painting about the seasons, students had to fold their paper two different ways to create 4 squares on their paper. They had to draw 4 trees, one for each season. Then they got to add elements to each section that went with the season! They loved this part and got very creative! Lastly, we painted them using tempera cakes ( my favorite things ever!!!!)  They turned out awesome!

Oh! we also used a white crayon on the winter section and their designs just showed up magically when they began painting this sections! The kids thought this was SO cool!!

This project took 2 weeks, so the first week we did fall and winter and the second week we created our spring and summer trees.

Kids art always makes me grin ear to ear!

This is still a work in process but we are getting there! The ones that are complete have turned out beautifully! 

 

These kids make me smile with their creativity and willing to take chances! True artists at work!!!!!