Lion

King of the Jungle

  

Teacher Sample

This could be a great project for any elementary grade.

For my Preschoolers, I choose to make a stencil of the basic shape of the lions head.

The hardest thing was to get them to paint a large long paint stroke to go off the paper.

I saw this project on pinterest. thank you to the unknown person who created it.

Here is a few of our king of the Jungle's

I used this lesson to review primary and secondary colors.

I have a student who is 4 (almost 5) and has exceptional control of her fine motor skills. She choose to add gold glitter paint to her mane! check out her lions eyes.... wow

  

I also brought in a few pictures of lions with large manes.

 love the bold colors on this one.

 

All you need is water color paper, black permanent makers and Tempera paint.

Scarecrow

Harvest Scarecrow 

Oil Pastel / Watercolor

Resist  Art Lesson

Kindergarten

Teacher's sample.

What you will need: 

12 x 18 white construction paper.

Oil pastels

 Blue water color 

large paint brushes (for sky wash )

Pencils

Black permanent maker

Raffia ( for hay )

Black paper for crow.  

scissors

glue

This was a great oil pastel resist project. We started out with a drawing lesson. The kids sketched their scarecrow in pencil first. I started with a simple lollie pop shape.

I continued with simple shapes to create the scarecrow.

Once the project was broken down to easy steps, the kids could now add their own details.

They did a wonderful job! Considering a few where skeptical at first. I remind them...with out practice you can't draw.  Here is a few of our kindergarten scarecrows.

First drawn with pencil. Then traced with black permanent maker.

Kitty scarecrow 

Next the kids colored in with oil pastels. They then used a watercolor wash for the sky. Painting over the entire picture to watch the watercolor resist the oil pastels.

Then girls decided they wanted their scarecrow to be a girl. We talked about how the dress would be tied at the bottom to hold in the hay.

Most the scarecrows look like they made friends with the crows!

Pirate Scarecrow...Great!

Happy Halloween.. Boo!

An Apple a day....

Apples Apples and more Apples

A fun project for pre-school and Kindergarteners. I started by bringing in several apples cut in half.

I chose only the red apple to reflect the project. We talked about the color of red on the skin of the apple and the color of the flesh. How many seeds do you think is in a apple? The response was quite interesting.

You will need :

white constuction paper

Red construction paper

newspaper torn into pieces.

Glue

white and yellow paint or cream color paint.

a cut out leaf

sticks

black paper.

Cut out white paper in the shape of an apple.( I made a stencil )

Cut out red skin of apple like a frame around the apple.

I used slightly watered down glue mixed with paint to match flesh color of apple. 

Next have the kids stick the newspaper pieces on the white apple decoupage style using the glue mixture. I had my preschoolers use foam paint brushes. The glue mixed with paint worked great. It simplified the use of glue for the young kiddo's. 

Next add the red frame and glue the seeds. 

Have the kids color a leaf or two, glue on. Add stick to represent stem! all done.

 If you have the time...I thought how cute it would be to sew a black zig zag down the center of the apple.. maybe next year.

Note: I had to do a lot of the prep work for preschoolers. Most kindergarten and older can cut out and tare paper.

Van Gogh

Van Gogh Sun Flowers

I introduced water color paper to the kids this week. We painted a blue wash and added texture. For the texture, I had the kids drag a rubber texture tool though the paint. This made wavy lines through the paint.

Next I brought in leaves. The kids painted the back side of the leaf and printed onto the blue background.

The kids then glued newspaper as a table top for the vase. I had them use watercolors to paint the newspaper. Next: add the vase. they traced a vase stencil and cut it out.

Next placed the brown felt sunflower centers. Leave room for the petals!

This project was done in two art sessions.

Here is a few from my Kinder Kiddo's

Can you tell we talked about highlight and shadow?

I love this one! He added fallen leaves and seeds.

 

I love the different out come of each child's art.

 Great Job Kiddo's !