O'Keefe Flowers

Here are 1st grader's interpretations of O'Keefe's flowers.  We learned about up close and far away by putting our hands close to our face and them moving them away and speaking about near and far, big and small.  The first graders were given their own flower (fake ones!) and asked to draw it close up.  It was tricky for them to break away from their schemas but I think they did pretty well!

Architecture drawings

3rd graders learned the term "architecture" as they examined buildings designed by architects all around the world.  They got to be their own architect and design their own building.  

3rd grade- How we Express Ourselves

3rd graders examined the tree drawings and paintings of Piet Mondrian.  They learned the difference between realistic and abstract.  We examined trees and created our own abstract and realistic trees.  

Kindergarten: Where we are in place and time

Kinders just began a unit about art around the world.  Each week, we explore art from a particular country.  This week, it was Japan.  Here, we examined Koi fish in Japanese art.  We used simple shapes like ovals and triangles to draw our own fish and colored them with colored pencils.

1st graders- self portraits!

Here, it is obvious that my first graders have found solid ground in the schematic stage of drawing.  We learned about horizon line to enrich students sense of space with their drawings.  We also emphasized details.  At this stage, students love to draw.  All of my students are risk-takers with their drawing- never insecure about attempting to draw ANYTHING!  Cherish this because they will soon become super critical of their drawings!