First Grade Art

Oil Pastel Rocket Ships

The first graders made rocket ships and space ships using both oil and chalk pastels on black paper.   The stars were made from spraying white paint from a spray bottle.. 

Joan Miro Cats

The first graders studied the Spanish artist Joan Miro.  They played a Miro Bingo game to create unusual Miro-like people.  Next we looked at one of Miro's cat paintings and the students made their own cats inspired by this painting.  They used mostly primary colors for the subjects and learned the definition of neutral colors for painting their backgrounds.

Whimsical Houses

The first graders made muti-media houses for Hispanic Heritage Month.  They looked at images of whimsical house sculptures by Mexican artist Ana Serrano.  Students used cardboard for the backgrounds of their houses and decorated with oil pastel, pom poms, feathers, stickers, and gems.