September

Since Fall is just around the corner and many people are out and about picking apples, I decided to start off with an mixed media apple lesson. 

Key Objectives: Apples are a round, circle shape

           Because apples are round and have shape and form, we need to show highlight and shadow to make them look realistic

Materials: pencil, crayons, tempera cakes

First Graders from Mrs. Powers class learned about the artist Piet Mondrian.  Piet was a Dutch painter famous for his simplistic and bright colored artwork from the 1900's.

Key Objectives: horizontal and vertical lines to create simple squares and rectangles, Primary colors to limit the color range and keep it basic and bold

Materials: pencil, tempera paints

Sunflowers are a big, beautiful flower full of texture.  This time of year they are standing tall and plentiful in gardens all around us.

Key Objectives:  circles, triangles, horizontal lines and ovals, understand visual texture

Materials: pencil, tempera paints, q-tips for texture dots