Week of 1/15/24 - UTK, Kindergarten and 1st grade Part 1

 UTK and kinders looked at the heart artworks of artists of Jim Dine, James Goldcrown, Romero Britto and Chris Uphues and we had a class discussion about what was same and different. It is always interesting to hear what every class has to say and at this point in the school year even those students that have been quiet start speaking up to share their observations which is just precious!!

UTK students traced a giant heart on to a piece of white poster board with pencil, outlined it with a black Sharpie and cut construction/ paper into small pieces to glue them inside the heart to create a mosaic effect. Most students filled half their heart with paper pieces and I saved their works to continue next class.

For kindergarten, I traced lines using pencil on a 12"x12" black card stock so it was divided into 4 boxes. I gave each student a small heart template that they used to create a heart inside each of the 4 boxes using a pencil. We used a different media inside each of the 4 hearts - first with oil pastels to create a face, 2nd with paper pieces to create a mosaic, 3rd with yarn and 4th with paint + cotton swabs outside the 4th heart!

  1st graders created clay monsters - each student first created a pinch pot by making a sphere out of the clay I gave them. We used the heel of our palm to make the pointy parts of the clay smooth and then rolled it on the moist canvas to create a rounded surface. We then made a hole by pushing our thumb in and pinching and turning and repeating this until it became uniform. We then turned the pinch pot sideways which would be the opening of mouth. Students then added details like teeth, eyes, eyebrows, nose and horns using the slip and score technique and added textures to complete their works.

I can't wait to fire these and have students paint!