Wayne Thiebaud Bulletin Board

This is officially the last board I needed to set up for the art show!

Time is running short and I'm starting to feel the crunch of getting the rest of the art matted, labeled, and hung on the walls. I hope the rest of you who host your art shows in March are doing well!

My first, second, and third graders all do a project inspired by Wayne Thiebaud. We discuss shapes vs. forms and how to create the illusion of form by adding light and dark to our object. On this board I only hung up the first grade ice cream cones and second grade cupcakes. Third graders had created popsicles, for your own reference. Enjoy!

The title.

At the top of this photo you'll notice a small blurb I wrote about Thiebaud as well as posted some of his artwork.

The whole board, this thing is massive!

Winter Bulletin Board

I had posted my fall bulletin board a few months ago, and in December I changed it to a winter theme. 'It's Snow Secret: GES has amazing artists!'

The board has projects from Kindergarten, Second, and Third grades.

Kindergarteners did the finger painted Christmas lights, second grade did the snowmen having an introduction to value and shading, and third grade did the landscapes using tints and shades.

I'm going to try harder to remember to take pictures during the actual art making process instead of just the finished displays. It will make for a much more educational blog, don't ya think?

If you'd like to know more about an individual project leave a comment below and I'd be happy to help!

Dale Chihuly 'Macchia'

I did this project back in October but did not get around to posting it.

My second graders learned how to draw Dale Chihuly's Macchia series using an organic shape to start and then used crayons to create a pattern and filled in the white spaces with watercolors.

My Kindergarteners used pattern and markers to create their coffee filter Macchia. They simply created the design and I stayed late rubber banding them over yarn cones and spraying them with spray starch (check out this post for a picture). I then mounted them to thick, colored mounting board that had a label with their name and class on it.

I created an arrangement with both projects to put in the glass display case in front of the library. The school is brand new, in its second year completed, so the display case houses an American flag, ribbon and scissors from the ribbon cutting ceremony. We are not allowed to remove it, so I worked around it.

Fall Bulletin Board: Pumpkins and Owls

Here are pictures of my completed fall themed bulletin board. It contains Owls from my first graders (idea borrowed from here) and Pumpkins from my second graders. The owls were created by using circle tracers, chalk pastels, white and black liquid tempera paint, sponges, and paint brushes! The pumpkins were created with chalk pastels.

I created this handout to guide my second graders after the demonstration. I'll scan in the sheet soon and add a downloadable version!

Here are some pictures of the finished bulletin board. I've received a lot of compliments so far :)

Kandinsky and Mondrian Bulletin Boards

My second graders' first project of the year was with the artist Wassily Kandinsky. They learned about his abstract compositions and the geometric and organic shapes he used in his compositions. They drew out their own Kandinsky inspired compositions using pencil, traced over their design with Sharpie and then used watercolors to fill in all the white spaces. Here are some pictures of the bulletin board I created to display these pieces:

My first graders' second project of the year was inspired by the artist Piet Mondrian. We talked about his use of vertical and horizontal lines that created squares and rectangles which he then colored with primary colors and black. We also talked about what abstract art is and how his paintings apply. My first graders practiced using rulers to draw their lines and then Sharpie'd over them. They used markers to color in the squares/rectangles. Here are some pictures of the bulletin board for this project: