Final Class

For our seventh and final class, we finished our paintings and then went to hang our show in the hallway "gallery".  Each student chose at least one painting to hang, before we headed outside for a popsicle party.  Here is our Painting Exhibit:

Classes 4, 5, & 6

We got a lot of work done during weeks 4, 5 & 6! We learned new brush techniques, like how to "erase" acrylic with water, and how to apply paint thickly and very thinly. We looked at the color wheel, and moved onto larger canvases.  Check out some of the student work below!

Third Grade Artist: 

Horse and Barn

Realism:

In Progress

Finished Piece

First Grade Artist:

Cockatiel

First, in Pointillism:

Then, using Realism:

Paper Draft

In Progress

Finished Piece

Third Grade Artist:

Cat at Window

Impressionism/Realism:

Question Mark Hand                                Pink Chair         

Surrealism:                                              Pop Art:

(Mini Drafts)

Shapes

Abstract:

Third Grade Artist:

(also made: Horse & Barn)

Huge Black Cat

Surrealism:

Third Grade Artist:

Earth

Pop Art:

Mini Draft

Finished Piece

Kindergarten Artist:

The Rose

Realism:

Mini Draft

Finished Piece

Second Grade Artist:

Flower

Abstract:

In Progress

Third Grade Artist:

Summer Icecream Road

Surrealism & Impressionism:

Mini Draft

In Progress

Macaroni

Pop Art: 

Mini Draft

In Progress

Finished Piece

Kindergarten Artist:
(also made: the Rose)

Ocean

Impressionism:

Mini Draft

In Progress

Second Grade Artist:
(also made: abstract Flower)

Punch!

Pop Art:

Paper Draft

Mini Draft

Third Grade Artist:

(also made: pop art Earth)

Sneaker

Realism:

Mini Draft

In Progress

Third Grade Artist:
(also made: Icecream Road)

Sports Solar System

Surrealism:

Mini Draft

In Progress

Finished Piece

Kindergarten Artist:
(Also made: Ocean)

Sunrise

Pop Art:

Second Grade Artist:
(Also made Punch!)

Tiger

Realism:

In Progress

Finished Piece

Kindergarten Artist:
(also made: Sunrise)

Waterfall

"Pointillism just on the waterfall":

Paper Draft

In progress

In progress

Finished Piece

Classes 2 & 3

The students first finished their fruit studies:

And a new student practiced realism and pointillism with a sunflower.

Time to start sketching!  

Most students already had ideas about subject matter, so I had brought in some images and books for them to look at.

Everyone in the class chose a painting style from the styles we had learned about the previous week - pointillism, cubism, impressionism, surrealism, realism, pop art.  

After working on and revising their sketches, they received their canvas, and started to paint!

By the end of the third class, a few students were finishing their first piece, while some had moved onto small canvas studies for their second painting.

Take a look:

Third Grade Artist:

the sketch

in process

"Cat" - realism

This reminds me of: 

Andy Warhol's cat series

Second Grade Artist:

in process

"Rainbow in Bird Colors, Birds in Rainbow Colors" - surrealism

What inspired her to "switch things around":

"Out of the Blue" by Chamine

First Grade Artist:

The sketch

In process: realism

This reminds me of:

Henri Rousseau

Kindergarten Artist:

"Banana Dolphin, Apple with Wings, and Baseball with Wings,  in the Sky"
- surrealism

This reminds me of:

Kandinsky

Her second painting:

small canvas study for pop art sunrise

large pop art sunrise in process

Third Grade Artist:

in process - realism

This reminds me of:

Eric Carle, 'Dream Snow Horse'

Third Grade Artist:

in process, pop art

What inspired her: Comic Thought Bubbles

Sometimes mistakes are exciting! She wanted to start fresh, so painted over her pop art painting, accidentally creating this impressionistic rainy day:

Third Grade Artist:

in process

"Cloud Baseball" - surrealism

This reminds me of: 

Magritte

See you next week!

Emma