More Mexican Suns

This mixed media art project was an extention of our exploration of Latin suns.  Here, we examined the art of the Huichol Indians from Mexico, how create entire artworks out of yarn!.  The kinders loved the tactile element of working with the yarn.  Overall, a very hands-on activity!

Mexican Suns

Kindergarten is studying art around the world.  Here, they examined the symbol of the sun in Latin art and made our own clay suns.  We painted them with tempera paint.  They started by rolling a piece of clay into a sphere, then flattening it into a pancake.  They cut out rectangles around the circle to create the rays.  

Circle weavings

Here are 3rd graders circle weavings.  This was the first time I have done circle weavings and the kids loved it, despite some setbacks we had to problem solve our way through!  This lesson was linked to the study of Native American craft work, in particular Navajo weavings.  YouTube has an amazing video of master weaver Clara Sherman carding and spinning yarn that I showed the students.  I will post that later.  

How the World Works: The Causation of Modern Art

Students created these prints during our "abstraction" unit.  We used Soft-Kut rubber blocks for this- very safe and easy for 5th graders.  Talk about engaged- I could hear a pin drop in the classroom while the kids were working on this lesson.  The assignment was to create an abstract composition that had movement.  

How the World Works: Modern Art

 During a unit about Modern art and abstraction, students examined the grid paintings of Paul Klee.  Using warm and cool colors to differentiate subject and background, students created their own grid paintings by first doing observational drawings of an object of their choice, and then painting it.