by Dennas Davis | Oct 30, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students create a fun and colorful poster announcing fall, using tape-resist and oil pastels for the lettering, and leaf reference for the picture. – – – Grades K – 2 Week of November 4 – November 8 1 Hour & 30 Minutes...
by Dennas Davis | Oct 24, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students have a day full of fun and choosing their own subject matter. This encourages artists, who often say they don’t get to do what they want to. There are also 2 stations for learning-art activities. – – – Grades K – 2 Week of...
by Dennas Davis | Oct 17, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW The week before Halloween, we practice painting fun, simple faces in tempera paints, and then paint a face on a real pumpkin using grown-up acrylic paints. It’s also a great time for a party: have parents bring some drinks or snacks, and have students each...
by Dennas Davis | Oct 3, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students will learn that doing several variations of their art gives them a choice, which is often much better than going with your first idea. We’ll play-act that they are a boss. They’re also the boss of their art, and can move shapes around until they like...
by Dennas Davis | Sep 26, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Artists enjoy drawing a still life that features plants, and then using watercolors to paint it. There is some review of shadows and highlights during the artwork time. After a break, the kids cut jungle-like shapes out of colored papers and use them to make...
by Dennas Davis | Sep 19, 2024 | Lessons > Grades 1 & 2
OVERVIEW Students use drawing skills to create a large vase and flower collage with mixed media: Oil pastels, kraft paper, cutting, and gluing. Composition is worked on as they apply the shapes they’ve drawn and cut. – – – Grades K – 2 Week of...
