Raccoons

These raccoons are the cutest things!  We read a very cute book about Raccoons and shared different facts the kindergartners knew about Raccoons.  Then using permanent marker, the students drew raccoons and pasted them in a forest.

Dr. Seuss Cakes

As part of our continued celebration of Dr. Seuss, sixth graders created cakes as an ode to Seuss!  I was so impressed with how many great illustrators we have at Marlatt!

Decorative Names

Being into Zentangle lettering myself I found it a great time to teach the kids the art of lettering.  We looked at different examples of hand lettering and the sixth graders used names/nicknames to create artistic writing!

Case of the Stripes

Kindergartners read the very cute book, “A Case of the Stripes” and then created a self portrait of themselves with stripes!  They used permanent markers for the self portrait and then layered strips of tissue paper of them!

Wild Things

After reading the classic book “Where the Wild Things Are” kindergartners created their own wild things.  We brainstormed different characteristics a wild thing might have on the board and then they went to town creating these very unique, wild things!

Warm/Cool Hands

Third graders had their hands full with this project.  They first traced their hand onto the paper.  Then they had to choose a shape to repeat until it went off the page.  They traced those lines with black sharpie.  The students then had to choose to paint the hand with warm colors or cool colors and then did the opposite in the background.   Many key terms were used in creating this project.  Line, repetition, geometric, concentric, warm colors, cool colors!  It was jammed packed with vocabulary!

Glue Pumpkins

Second graders drew pumpkins on a horizon line using white  glue.  The following week we watched the classic movie, It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown while we worked!  We discussed the differences between the Charlie Brown cartoon and current cartoons such as Spongebob, as well as the evolution of cartoons and animation. The second graders used sharpie to outline their glue lines.  They then used wet on wet watercolor techniques to fill their page.

Line Design Animals

Sixth graders were allowed to choose any animal they wanted and had to draw a simplified version of it.  They then filled it in using ink patterns.  Students then used watercolor to finish their piece.

Hokusai Zentangle

Fifth graders participated in a critique of the famous woodblock print “The Great Wave” by Kaksushika Hokusai.  They used this image as a starting place for their own wave images.  They used ink to create zentangle patterns in the wave.  They then chose a neon color tempera paint to fill in their background.

Line Bugs

Fourth graders reviewed the vocabulary words line, rhythm, repetition, movement, and emphasis.  Students chose a print out of a bug, cut it out and pasted it anywhere on the paper.  Then using only line they were to create a piece of art that used the vocabulary words.