First Grade - Love

Love Prints

Check out these LOVEly art projects created by the first graders!

In these art projects students learned the process of printmaking. Students created a stamp using foam. With a pencil, the foam was indented creating a pattern. A pattern is a design that repeats and never changes.  Then students used a brayer to roll ink across the stamp. Once inked the stamp is pressed onto a paper. Student repeated this process several times until they successful printed four pages. Students then collaged their prints and patterned letters onto a background paper.

Third Grade Mattise Bowls

Henri Matisse Shape Sculptures

Check out the incredible sculptures created by some of the 3^rd grade artists!

In this project, the 3^rd grade artists learned about the artist Henri Matisse. Henri Matisse was a French artist, known for his use of color and shape. 

In class, we discussed the two different types of shapes, organic and geometric. After choosing one kind of shape to draw, students cut out their shapes from construction paper. Then using an armature (framework on which a sculpture is molded) the students used paper mache to create their bowl sculptures. The students had a choice to create a bowl on a table, a hanging planter bowl, or a chandelier-like bowl. Some even wore their sculptures as hats!