Winter Cardinal

It's time for winter themed artworks in our school. Second grade is learning about value and drawing from life.  We started out painting a value-colored background using black, white and blue.

Even though the kids thought it was tricky, we sketched cardinals from still lives set up at their table.

This week, students worked on gluing on a frame, adding branches and pine needles onto their artwork.

They also continued to work on drawing cardinals.

Today students worked on gluing on a black frame, finishing their background and creating their cardinal. The kids were given choices on how they could color their cardinal. I had out crayons, colored pencils, oil pastels, sharpies and watercolors. 

It was fun to see the variety of mediums used. After the cardinal was colored, students cut it out and glued it onto their background.

Winter Neighborhoods

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We began this lesson learning about warm, cool and neutral color families.  I showed them different examples of artists using those color families in their art.  After looking at the art, first graders worked at putting the colors into the correct family.

For the second part of the class, the kids painted two sheets of paper, one cool and one warm to use later.

This week, we reviewed the color families. The students then got to work creating. I asked them to put on snow, one tree, three pine trees and four houses. It's amazing how fun and different they are turning out.

This week, first graders worked on adding details to their winter neighborhood. They added windows, doors, chimneys, smoke and snow.

First graders worked on finishing their winter neighborhoods today. They added a frame, detailed the houses, trees and extras with crayons and painted on some snow.

These turned out beautiful!!