Over Christmas break I heard the terrible news that George Rodrique had died at the age of 69 due to cancer. This was an amazing guy who painted blue dogs in different settings based on personal things, or important happenings in our country. I was sadden to hear this news, however, I wanted to introduce this artist to my kindergarteners and my 1st graders. So to do that we began watching a YouTube video where he begins painting one of his famous dogs from start to finish...the kids loved watching this and learning about him. We began by carefully drawing our dogs following my demonstration. Once we drew our dogs, we traced on top of our pencil lines with black crayon so that our lines would show up. Next, students got to chose what color they wanted to paint their dogs. They could chose red, green, blue, orange or purple. We had a variety of colored dogs.
love this guys expression!
After we painted them, we waited for them to dry. Our next art class we began cutting out our dogs CAREFULLY! I went ahead and cut the kindergarten classes out because I was afraid they would cut off their tails, or ears. haha
Once they were cut out, students got to chose a colored piece of paper to glue down their dog. Once they were glued down, students were able to create a background around their dogs. Students also were encouraged to create additional things out of scrap paper! Check out this creativity below...
love this top hat!
bow tie is fancy!
I love this one with the ear phones! So cute!
every dog needs a skirt and a handbag =)
The kids really loved learning about this artist and creating their dogs. my kiddoes never seize to amaze me with their creativity! love their art!
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