Pumpkin Patch Art, 1st Grade

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My first graders are so much fun, and so much work :-) They have surprised me so much with these, they aren't even done, and they're BEAUTIFUL. They learned to "shade" a little, and mix their colors. If you look closely they have mixed some yellow into their orange pumpkins, to make them look further in the distance. Very, very cool so far. The finishing touches will add leaf rubbings. Fall fun, eh?

Thankful Turkeys, 1st-4th grade

I taught the students how to draw the turkey that was posted on Art Projects For Kids (which was a great base for lots of turkey-projects), and then gave them a variety of materials to use.

I love the one posted directly below, because they chose to add textured grass by doing tissue-paper grass. They all turned out really cute, and the kids always love learning something new to draw and add to their book of "can-do's".

Foreground, Middle and Background trees, 2nd Grade

I've posted on these before, but this year we added a fall twist. I had the students add the leaves, and make sure they were doing it in perspective. I think the results were quite nice!

This year, we used tempera cake's to paint them versus oil pastels---and I think the color was really vibrant.

Contour Leaf Design, 2nd Grade

Foreground, MIddleground and Background Tree's, 2nd Grade

How on earth were these created in one day you may ask? A miracle. A plain old miracle. I have to thank one my favorite blogs for this idea: ArtProjectsForKids. She has great ideas, this one may be from another source, too. However, a lot of my ideas stem from hers. So, here is the most recent project.

These teach the kids (2nd graders) about foreground, middleground and background, and the use of oil pastels and blending. I love them, and they are currently hanging in the hallway!