Drawing & Painting - 8-Color Watercolor Pans by the 3/4 Artists

 

Organic Abstracts

 

ORGANIC/FREE FORM SHAPES vs. GEOMETRIC (K-2)

Creating our own Organic Shapes inspired by Nature

Children designed their shape on heavy weight paper.They then cut the shape out and used it for tracing on watercolor paper. They experimented with OVERLAPPING and ROTATING their shape before it was traced. Once the drawing was balanced, the final step was adding color with Watercolor.

ORGANIC: shapes, often curvilinear in appearance, that are similar to those found in nature, such as plants, animals, and rocks. GEOMETRIC: any shapes and based on math principles, such as a square, circle, and triangle.

Some examples of organic shapes include leaves, clouds, and mountains. A leaf is considered an organic shape, and it has defined lines, though it is not geometric or mathematical. It could be drawn in any number of ways and would still be an organic shape of a leaf.

We also read oooh! MATISSE

Cityscape Watercolor Paintings

Cityscape Paintings~Inspired by Paul Klee

By the First and Second grade Artists

“The Red Balloon” and “Castle and Sun” from Paul Klee’s magic square series

In Paul Klee’s “Magic Square” series, Klee creates cityscapes that use a rhythmic repetition of mostly geometric lines and shapes, in colors that either trend towards the mostly cool or mostly warm. The resulting composition is balanced, harmonious and abstracted. 

We observed and discussed these characteristics, especially how Klee’s use of shape and color affect pattern, balance and rhythm. 

Student work:

 

Monochromatic Silhouettes

MONOCHROMATIC SILHOUETTES

Silhouette Paintings using Value and Monochromatic Color

Students in fifth and sixth grade began this project by creating a color they loved, and using only white+the custom color to create a sky. We began with white at the light source, gradually adding tints of color circling outwards.

Students explored perspective and created their Silhouette in the foreground of their painting.  

 

Ceramic Owls by the First and Second Grade Artists