2ND GRADE: STARRY NIGHT

Students began this exciting lesson by visiting Google Art Project, an online virtual tour of many art museums. They were able to look at the painting, The Starry Night,  close enough to see all the brush strokes that Vincent Van Gogh used!! After this, students were eager to get started on their own version of the famous painting. Students used liquid watercolor, construction paper crayons and paper to make these amazing pieces of art! They finished by wr

1ST GRADE: KEITH HARING ACTION FIGURES

1st grade students learned all about about artist Keith Haring. Haring is from Pennsylvania and went to Kutztown University!! After college he went to New York City and got famous by doing his art on the walls in the subway. Students created their won Haring style action figures using bright paint and crayons.

6TH GRADE: CHARLES DEMUTH

Students are creating a painting based on Lancaster native Charles Demuth's painting Figure Five in Gold. Students used a math equation to come with a number for their painting. They also were given a choice of color schemes to use as well as painting their number in gold or silver.

 To learn more about Charles Demuth visit: http://www.demuth.org/

5TH GRADE: COLOR WHEEL

 Students are beginning the year learning about color and how to mix colors.






Students created a color wheel on their paper before they began painting

 They looked at a color wheel to help them label their paper before they began painting.

 Students learned that taking care of their brushes by cleaning them out well helped to mix the colors that they wanted. All colors on the color wheel were made with just the Primary Colors: red, yellow and blue!!

  

Through this lesson, students learned a lot about color and how to create the secondary colors as well as the intermediate colors, which are colors such as yellow-green, red-violet and blue-green.

3RD GRADE: TINTS AND PATTERN CIRCLE PAINTINGS

 3rd grade is learning about color and pattern! They learned that a Tint is any color plus white. Also, they were learning more about painting and how to correctly use and clean a paintbrush.

 Students began the project by making a circle design on their paper by tracing various lids. They were encouraged to overlap their circles and let some of them go off the page for a more pleasing composition.

 Next, students chose a tint and carefully painted in the background or negative space. They learned that the negative space is the area around the object or subject in a painting.

After the negative space was dry, students were able to begin mixing their own tints. They learned that you should always start with the lightest color first when mixing paint! They painted their circles or the positive space with the tints that they mixed on disposable palettes. 

 Students finished by adding patterns with crayons!

3RD GRADE: PETER DIEM COWS

 Thanks to kidsartists for introducing me to the artist Peter Deim & for the lesson idea! The students loved creating and painting these colorful cows!

For more info on Peter Diem visit: http://www.diem.nl/about.php