First Grade Homes
First graders recently created cave art, looking at and imagining stories from the past. For this project, we thought about our own stories, and what is important to us. First graders had many ideas, including their homes and the people, things, and animals inside them!
We began this project by talking about how artists get ideas for drawing. Sometimes, they imagine ideas, sometimes they draw from memory, and sometimes from observation. We used observation for these drawings, looking closely at photos of our homes.
After students had a start on their drawing, we watched a great video about the benefit of revising: Austin's butterfly.
Students talked about their drawings with a partner, and how they could make them even more detailed.
Students then made the pencil drawings stand out by using sharpie, oil pastels and tempera cakes. We remembered that oil pastels resist paint and you can see Charlotte using this technique below.
Finally, after discussing work by artist Aminah Robinson, Ms. Koontz cut flaps in our art and we drew what was inside! We hope you enjoy our interactive art!
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