Alexa - 1st grade
my experiment
Since I only see my classes for four weeks now, I really try to combine lessons when possible. So my Northern Lights with Polar Bear Portraits was a great combo lesson. We made our polar bear portraits first on blue construction paper with white pastel and charcoal. Next we created colorful Northern Light shows with chalk pastels on black construction paper and then pine tree silhouettes were painted with black tempera. Before adding our cut polar bear portraits, the last touch was a smattering of snow fall dots using the end of our paint brushes dipped in white tempera.
These pieces were created by 1st and 2nd graders.
These polar bears are adorable.
ReplyDeleteI love the silhouette trees.
You can never go wrong with chalk pastels; beautiful colors.
These are gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing with us.
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic, love the colors! I'm inspired to do these with my kids!
ReplyDeleteTina
Mary - These are really amazing! I love the soft colors, the shaded polar bears and the colorful touch of the hats on some. I would have guessed that they were done by older kids -- this is really skilled work from "little ones"!! Bravo!
ReplyDeleteWow- Mary, your little students did a fantastic job! Love soft, wintery scenes like these.
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful. Thanks for sharing. I have been looking for an idea to try with my second grade students using a winter theme. I just might give this a try.
ReplyDeleteMary they take my breath away, they are so incredibly beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWOW. Very sophisticated work for such young kids. I'm so impressed. GORGEOUS!!
ReplyDeleteMary, these are stunning. I wish I could take your art class. :)
ReplyDeleteThese are awesome! I have tried using chalk pastels many times with my kids but I have so much trouble trying to keep them from smudging. Do you have any advice?
ReplyDeleteOh my! Thanks so much for all the nice comments!If you're like me, you never quite know what New projects will hit and which will miss.
ReplyDeleteSuzie K. - Thank you! Chalk pastels are of course by nature messy and smudgey. So they naturally might be difficult for some projects. But this would be a perfect choice for that medium. I honestly showed some pics of Northern Lights on Pinterest, made a few suggestions about using light pressure and blending with one finger in a singular motion and then stepped back. I did not over direct this lesson.
Incredible.
ReplyDeleteThese look amazing! 1st and 2nd grade!? Love the shading with charcoal on the polar bears :]
ReplyDeletethese are incredible! the kids did a really wonderful job. i adore the little polar bear faces. i tend to shy away from shading because it is not a strength of mine, but that is not fair to the kiddos....so i might have to steal this! LOVE IT! thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSO nice! mystical, even.
ReplyDeleteI just finished these with my 5th grade! They came out awesome!!! Thank you so much for such an inspiring lesson idea! Your students' work is great!
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