Star Wars Fever!

I don't know about you but I'm looking forward to going to the new Star Wars movie. I couldn't help but to add a couple Star Wars themed lessons this week.

The 1st grade used paper plates to make Yoda ears and painted the Death Star with watercolors. Then the 4th grade followed my direction on how to draw Chewbacca. They started with pencil then added line with black marker. The hair was made with chalk pastel perfect for showing texture. Most important step is to make the Chewy sound when drawing his mouth.

Solar System

The class was started with the viewing of "The Power of Ten" video to get the 3rd gr. in the right mood to draw planets. The lesson is really to shade and highlight spheres with chalk pastels. It also gets us thinking about outer space. 

Fringe Tree

K2 class did a lesson on cutting fringe. We do this every year in the art room. With the fringe strips we make a Christmas tree. This time however the students made silver ornaments out of recycled yogurt lids and markers. Once Christmas is over I will turn the tree into some mysterious thing.

Hibernation

After reading a story about hibernation the 2nd grade went through many steps to make these pieces. The sleeping chipmunk is made with crayons and marker along with the leafs and acorns added for the bedding. The sky and ground was made with watercolor. Then the great birch trees were made by scraping black paint with a piece of cardboard onto white paper and cut into strips.

Van Gogh Chair in 3D

The 6th grade class was shown paintings by Van Gogh of two chairs. One was of his chair and the other was the chair of painter and fellow studio mate Paul Gauguin. It is a study of contrast and it also reviled the tension between the two painters. Van Gogh's chair is a simple modest wood and straw chair while Gouguin's chair is fancy and expensive looking. Here is a good article about the relationship.

So our project is a personal vision of Van Gogh's chair done in marker on card stock. The 3D effect was achieved with the box fold used in pop up books. The real challenge was coloring the part behind the chair.

Pine Trees

The K2 class constructed and painted these cool pine trees. 

No brushes or scissors. They used a round sponge to paint and ripped the paper. 

Food Trucks

We are starting to see the finish line for the food truck design project.

Volcanos

The 5th grade is studying Volcanos right now so I though it would be a good time to work with multiple mediums to make a volcano scene. The landscape is made with crayons, the volcano mountains are oil pastels and the black eruptions is made with ink and a straw.