Thursday, August 23, 2012

First Grade Clowns

 
First grade is working on their Square one art.  This year they are making clown faces.  They are using stencils and freehand to create the drawings. 

  One of the first steps is to draw the face in pencil. Later the pictures will be traces in black markers and then filled in with color.
 I love the creativity that comes out of these. Just by using simple shapes and lines they make fantastic faces.


Now that the clown face has been drawn the students can outline in black marker.This step really helps the students to see areas clearly when they are coloring.

















 



Thursday, August 9, 2012

Superhero city



This project is a favorite first grade students. They have so much fun learning about artist that use different materials to make 3D art.   
The students make the picture 3D by adding small squares of cardboard to the back of their pictures before they glue them together.Their city designs and superheros are drawn in pencils, colored in markers and then cut out and glued. Imagination is the key.