Rizzi cities.

 

Fifth grade learned about an artist named James Rizzi.  Look him up sometime, he was a happy fella.  His art fell in line with the pop art culture.  My students learned about cityscapes and the simplicity of cartooning.  We used black crayon and fluorescent paint for this one.  The students were suppose to show me depth through overlapping as well as balance.  I could stare at these all day....but then I wouldn't get anything done.

I Took Kindergarten to Africa (sort of).

My Kindergarten classes learned about Africa and Zebras and what their stripes are really used for.  They drew the body using basic shapes and then ripped paper to create the stripes.  They were a little confused on why I did not let them use scissors.  They then created a background through collage.

Winter Wonder Land.





Fourth grade did some winter scenes using tempra paint.  They learned to paint in layers, what ever was furthest back in space they painted first.  This created a sense of depth.  They also practice mixing colors.  the object was to get the trees in the painting to be a slightly different shade.