Wax Resist Landscape

      Students learned about the feature of a landscape. We brainstormed the details we could include and made a rough draft to plan our composition. Student revised their drafts and made their landscape using crayons. Students then investigated the differences between warm and cool colors and instances to use these color scheme. Choosing one scheme, students painted on top of their crayon landscape, creating a Wax Resist Landscape.

Art Crit

An important component of instruction is assessment but that may look very different in art. A formal art critique gives children the forum to demonstrate their understanding of the assignment, learn how to explain why they like or dislike something, and take and give appropriate feedback.

I was unsure of how a critique would look with kindergarteners but I was extremely impressed. They were excited to have the power to call on their classmates. As the crit continued students ran the class, asking and responding to questions and feedback about their artwork.

Students got out of their seats to point to specific details on their classmates paintings!

If you want to see more, please check out the main office bulletin board!

Bulletin Boards

Say goodbye to old and hello to new! With a new semester starting and our unit on color ending, it was a perfect time to change up all of my bulletin boards.

While I'm sad to see this rainbow go, I'm excited to show off all of our new projects. 

This was a quick one day project with the Artist Co-op, displayed just in time for Halloween! Students learned about Day of the Dead and made their own "calaveras"

This is a preview of the one I put up today, still needs a few finishing touches. Our kindergarteners worked so hard on their Wax Resist Watercolor Landscapes that I wanted to share the process they went through. 

       We brainstormed features of a landscape in the fall, made rough drafts and sketched our drawings in crayon on a new paper. We then learned about warm and cool colors and students used watercolors to paint over their crayon landscapes. Afterwards, students participated in their first "Art Crit" as they shared their paintings and listened to suggestions and compliments from their peers. Finally, students took a mini assessment where they identified warm and cool colors and described which they chose for their paintings. 

Two more boards will be up hopefully by the end of the week, stay tuned!