Painting with Kinderarten

    I start the year teaching Kindergarten all about lines. We name them and draw them (curly, wavy, zigzag, broken, spiral...) On the next couple of days we draw caterpillars and decorate with all their new lines. Then we draw and cut out butterflies and decorate these with lines too.  The fun comes when we paint over all of these lines with watercolor. (One whole class period to paint)  I used liquid watercolor this year which is so vibrant.  They love to see the clouds in the caterpillar drawing appear like magic. We also got to talk about the science behind wax resist. 

                                         

Square 1 Art: Fine Art Fundraiser

It's time again to get great gifts for your family and support fine arts at Colham Ferry Elementary School!  Each child is bringing home an order form with their artwork on the cover and a whole sheet of stickers that are FREE.  Send in orders or even better order at Square1art.com .  Our school still gets credit for the order.  Check out what each grade made...

Kindergarten: Self-portraits

                                                           1st grade: Family Portraits

2nd grade: Self-portraits, When I grow up...

                                                                     3rd grade: Owls

                                         4th grade: Radial Name Designs (See post here)
                                                     
                                         5th grade:  Their choice of subject and materials

  

celebrate upcoming holidays with gifts that will be cherished for years to come. Purchase your child's artwork on useful keepsakes for any occasion or celebration. LAST DAY TO ORDER:10/28/2014

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Proceeds from this fundraiser support the budget for art and music at CFES.

Kindergarten Self-Portraits

    Kindergarten self-portraits from the end of the year .  They have come so far!  They drew their bodies then backgrounds and had to use their imagination to create an exciting location.  It took quite a few days to finish painting and then the details were brought back with Sharpie outlines.

Kindergarten Art Lessons

So we have been doing so fun art lessons but I am in need of making more time for updates!  Here area a few Kindergarten lessons we have done this year - Color, texture, repeating shapes, patterns and of course horses our school mascot!

Owl Painting and Patterns

 In Kindergarten and 1st grade we read the book The Little White Owl by Tracy Corduroy.  The story is about a little owl with a big imagination and a lot of confidence.  This story opened up discussion about animal habitats and nocturnal animals.

We began by drawing the owls and painting them in many colors and patterns.  The background was painted separately on black paper.  We discussed that they should only paint part of the tree to have a zoomed in point of view.

Cutting the owls out took a little cutting skill review and the students took on the challenge.  The owls were collaged onto the backgrounds and oil pastels were added. I love the results and the opportunity to cover many visual arts standards in one project.