Parent volunteers will add information about successful art projects to this page. Stay tuned!
Let Pat James know if you want to be able to edit this page and add information about art projects.
Henri Rousseau, Animals in Landscape (Mrs Kelly, 3rd Grade, May 2011)
Project Led By: Brent Dietrich
Posted By: Rachel Oximana (oximana@comcast.net)
Objective: project_objectives_rousseau_landscape.pdf
Duration: 60 minutes (10 min intro Rosseau's art + 50 min project time)
Notes: Student's were asked to pick from an assortment of magazine pages showing animals. These magazine pages were used as inspiration for the student to sketch the animal and place the animal in a landscape. The image was sketched onto water color paper with pencil and then then colored with watercolor paint.
Monet Landscapes (Mrs Kelly, 3rd Grade, April 2011)
Project Led By: Barb Folger
Posted By: Rachel Oximana (oximana@comcast.net)
Objective: Project Objective, Monet Landscapes.pdf
Duration: 60 minutes (10 min intro Monet's art + 50 min project time)
Notes: Student's were asked to imagine a landscape. Perhaps somewhere they have been or somewhere they would like to go. The view of the landscape is like looking out of a building window or a car window. The image was sketched onto water color paper with pencil and then then colored with watercolor paint.
Paul Klee Broken Window Project (Mrs Kelly, 3rd Grade, March 2011)
Project Led By: Rachel Oximana
Posted By: Rachel Oximana (oximana@comcast.net)
Objective: Learning about the art work of Paul Klee and cubism.
Duration: 60 minutes (10 min intro Paul Klee's art + 50 min project time)
Instructions: Paul-Klee-Inspired-Lesson-Plan.pdf
Notes: This project should be completed over 2 art sessions. The first session is used to sketch the image onto watercolor paper with pencils, "cracking the window" by placing a point on the art piece and then drawing the lines in pencil, and then tracing the broken window lines with Elmer's glue. The effect is much better if the image the student draws is very simple with not a lot of details (i.e., eyes, small items). The second art session is used to fill in the spaces with color using watercolor paints.
Modern Mona Lisa (Mrs Kelly, 3rd Grade, Feb 2011)
Project Led By: Rachel Oximana
Posted By: Rachel Oximana (oximana@comcast.net)
Objective: Project Objective, Modern Mona Lisa.pdf
Duration: 60 minutes (10 min intro to Da Vinci's art & The Mona Lisa + 50 min project time)
Instructions: Modern Mona Lisa.pdf
Notes: Students were asked to create an image of what The Mona Lisa might look like in the current day. The image was sketched onto 11x17 water color paper the the image filled in with water colors.
Q-Tip Pointillism (Mrs Kelly, 3rd Grade, Jan 2011)
Project Led By: Rachel Oximana
Posted By: Rachel Oximana (oximana@comcast.net)
Objective: Learning about the style of art known as pointillism and the artist (Georges Seurat) who created it.
Duration: 60 minutes (10 min intro to Seurat's art work and Pointillism, 50 min project time)
Instructions: Q-TIP POINTILLISM.pdf
Notes: For this project, students sketched their image with pencil onto 9x12 watercolor paper first, then used Q-tips and watercolor paint to fill the image. New colors could be made by mixing watercolor colors either on the Q-tip or onto another piece of paper.
Fall Leaf Project (Mrs Kelly, 3rd Grade, Nov 2010)
Project Led By: Lili Lengua
Posted By: Rachel Oximana (oximana@comcast.net)
Duration: 60 minutes (leaves must be pressed ahead of time)
Instructions: Warm-Cool Natural Colors Fall Leaf Project.pdf
Color Wheel Info: Color Wheel.pdf
Notes: If you are interested in preserving the leaves when the piece of art gets home, you can spray the leaves/painting with 2 or 3 coats of "blair" matte spray clear (matte protective finishing spray for art/craft projects - or equivalent product), otherwise, the leaves will eventually crumble.
Picasso, The Shadow Project (Mrs Kelly, 3rd Grade, Oct 2010)
Project Led By: Wilo Dietrich
Posted By: Rachel Oximana (oximana@comcast.net)
Objective: project_objectives_picasso shadow.pdf
Duration: 60 minutes (15 min intro to Picasso's art work & shapes/lines + 45 min project time)
Instructions: Picasso - The Shadow.pdf
Project Handout: Picasso, The Shadow (HANDOUT).pdf