Dali Mustaches!

This lesson was both informative and VERY fun!  Second graders learned about the Surrealist Salvador Dali.   They were exposed to the word surrealism and viewed some of Dali’s artwork.  Then we learned more about Dali and his quirky personality by viewing photos of him and his various mustache stylings!  To get into our Dali mindset we adorned ourselves with cut paper mustaches. We reviewed the word portrait and created ink portraits of Salvador Dali. As a finishing touch second graders placed a pipe cleaner on to create a 3D stache!

Watercolor Dragons

Third graders read the book “Behold! The Dragons” by Gail Gibbons.  We discussed the many features of a dragon.  Students then drew their own dragons and filled them in using metallic watercolors.

Thiebauld Cakes

Third graders were introduced to artist, Wayne Thiebauld, famous for his paintings of cakes and other delicious desserts!  Students learned how to draw a cake (cylinder) using perspective and colored their drawings by blending oil pastels.

Lighthouses

Second graders read the book “Lighthouses: Beacons of Light” by Gail Gibbons.  We then practiced drawing a lighthouse in perspective.  Students used markers to finish their drawings.

Tall Birds

Second graders read the book “Bird & Birdie” which had great cartoon illustrations of birds.  We talked about the word whimsical and what it meant.  They then created whimsical, cartoony birds with tall legs using Sharpie.  We then discussed how to create watercolor washes and they used that in their background.

Fruit and Veggie Portraits

Second graders learned about artist Guisseppe Arcimboldo who is famous for his portraits made up entirely of fruits and vegetables.  The students created their own fruit and veggie friends using crayon while focusing on shapes of basic human features.

Kingly Kanines

Kindergarten’s viewed various images of dogs and brainstormed characteristics.  We then looked at portraits featuring kings and queens and brainstormed characteristics. Then we  created our own kingly kanines using black marker and crayon!