Pointilism Art lesson, 3rd grade

After looking at pointilism and mosaic, my third graders were encouraged to create a small picutre that they would create in pointilism.  They used a small 9x9 colored peice of construction paper and tempera paint.

Recycled Tube Art lesson

Last year a parent donated a TON of small tape tubes to the art room.  I love when parents offer me stuff, but I wasn't sure about what to do with them.  I decided to have the students create ANYTHING they wanted with their tube. Well let me tell you, this was very hard for the students!! They are so used to having a topic for their lessons, and doing this as the first lesson after summer break made it even harder!! Some students really loved it, and went crazy with it, and some just were stuck!  I gave the students a variety of supplies to use, various papers, beads, pipe cleaners, etc.  I even pulled out hot glue guns to help stuff hold better.  I didnt let little kids use it, but my 5th graders were allowed to.  They handled that quite well.  Here are some photos of what they did....

Clay Food Art Lesson, 5th grade

Last year I decided to stray away from the typical coil pots that I have done with my fifth grade.  One of my students asked if we could make clay food, and I thought that would be a great idea.  We looked at some famous contemporary artists who have used food in/as the theme of their art, and started from there.  We use various methods to create our forms, depending what the food is.  After the clay was fired, they just used tempera to add the color, an modge podge to put a shine to it.  The clay food was a hit! The students an teachers loved to see what was made!

Outer Space Scenes, 1st grade

Space scene lesson, 1st grade.

I have done this Space scene lesson a ton of different ways, and I am not totally sold on if I like it or not.  They students draw out their scenes with pencil, and then color it in with oil pastel.  Once that is done, they use tempera cakes to paint in the sky.  This worked well as long as they outlined their work first.  After that was dry, they took a new 9x12 pice of white to create their rocket ship.  They used crayon and marker to add details and color, and then cut it and glued it on their page.