surrealist collage

Third graders watched a PowerPoint of Surrealist artists Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali before creating these unusual collages. They used paper to create a ground and sky, then cut pictures from magazines to make weird dream-like scenarios.

Under the Sea Collage

Second grade used collage, watercolor, and sharpie to create these underwater scenes. I had loads of pictures of fish for them to look at. It was important that they included the proper body parts and didn't just draw the little fish they learned how to draw in kindergarten.

steps

1. Using construction paper, create an environment for the fish. Make sure to overlap sea grasses.
2. Use torn paper for the sandy bottom
3. Observe a fish in a picture and draw it on watercolor paper
4. Outline the entire fish in black Sharpie marker
5. Paint the entire fish with watercolor
6. Glue the fish overlapping the sea grasses and the grasses overlapping the fish to show depth of field
7. Add shells if time allows

Fauve, collage, portrait, color theory

These torn paper collages were created by fourth graders. First I showed them a PowerPoint of the Fauves (Matisse, Derain etc.). The girls were given copies of faces found in magazines and then tore paper to cover the facial features below.

Georgia O'Keefe

What's an art class without the Georgia O'Keefe project? The girls used tempera and were given photos of flowers to use as reference.

positive/negative, complimentary colors, drawing from life

The girls in fourth grade reviewed complimentary colors and positive negative space while creating these nature drawings. They are completed with colored pencil. I had branches on every table for them to observe while drawing the plant.