Mixed medal fruit bowls

Kindergarten and 1st graders learned about one of my favorite artists, Henri Matisse, and his eclectic style. 

 They used a texture plate to separate the wall from table, then cut paper (so e of it was also textured) into fruit and designed a bowl. 

Mouse Paint! Color mixing at its best

One of my favorite books is Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh.  It's a great way to explain color mixing. 

Students started by painting one part of their paper red, one part yellow, and one part blue.  When the colors mixed, they made orange, green, and purple!

Then we ripped mice out of paper.  Kids loved them!

Kindergarten & 1st grade robots

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!

Collograph printing

Students learned a printing technique called collograph, taking things and adhering them to a board, making a collage.

Students used a variety of materials: cardboard, yarn, burlap, rubber bands, buttons, and more!  After the plates were dry, students painted them, and made a few prints.