Kindergarten hot air balloons

Update: Monoprint Masks

For the last several years, I've done this monoprinting project with students in 3rd grade. 
This year, I decided to use only black paint (instead of the rainbow of paints.)

 We haven't cut them yet, but I LOVE the black and white contrast!
Here's a few after they've been colored w/ oil pastels, colored pencil, or marker!

Jasper Johns inspired Alphabets

For the 2013 Elementary Art Festival, students learned about various Pop artists.  1st grade learned about Jasper Johns.

Here's his original piece:

Students started with a grid, then added letters with oil pastels.
Next, they used watercolor paint on top of the oil pastels for a resist.

Kindergarten Andy Warhol inspired flowers

The 2013 Elementary Art show will be held May 6 and the theme is "P(OP) Art."

Students in kindergarten learned about the artist, Andy Warhol, and the way he used bright colors to emphasize pop(ular) objects. 
We focused on his flowers:

Students used the primary colors (RED, YELLOW, BLUE) to create their flowers, and added GREEN oil pastel to a black background. 

Monoprinting Masks

Students in 3rd grade learned about the printmaking technique of monoprinting.  (Basically, it's making one copy.)
Students started with a 12x18 white paper, then folded it in half the long way (hot dog style.)  Then, they painted with a variety of tempera paints on one side.  They folded on the line before the paint dried to get a mirrored image of their original shape, line, pattern, etc.

Next step was to fill in the negative space with oil pastels.  The bright colors really popped!

Last step was to fold on the line of symmetry, and cut the edges to give some texture.  We stapled the top/bottom to make it look 3D, and the kids loved wearing them around and scaring each other!