Neon Animals

The kids finally finished their neon animals, along with all the other 700 kids who were painting this week. Reminder..don’t paint with every grade level at the same time. My drying rack was a conveyer belt, my clothes a paint magnet, my back hadn’t felt like that since pregnancy, and the constant water bucket/brush rinsing made my hands feel like they could crack like a piece of porcelain! I do love my job though! Now for some winter/Christmas art!!

I LOVE DeCeMbER!!!

Drippy Monsters

2nd grade is learning about blending colors and the analogous colors on the color wheel. We used orange and yellow, and blue and green paint to create these drip monsters. Students used a straw to blow the paint to create the body, arms, and legs of their monster.

Then they used construction paper to make the face, and add details. I asked them to give their monsters personality. They were also told not to copy anyone, since they have a hard time with that sometimes. We still ended up with quite a few “artist” monsters!! I couldn’t say no to that!! Oh and of course I made sure that each student gave their monster an iris, pupil, and reflection of light in each eye!

Van Gogh mural

This mural was created by fourth grade students with tempra paint and oil pastels. Students each got a square cut from a large print and a square white paper. The students made a grid on the little square and the paper and transfered the drawing of their section of the painting onto their paper. Then they painted with large impressionist brush strokes and then used oil pastel to accent edges when dry. We taped them all together at the end to make the mural and they were so excited!