Blow Painting Aliens

This is one of my go to 'end of the year' projects for any grade. Currently, 1st grade is experimenting with blow painting to create aliens. 

Day One: We create the blow painting. 

Day Two: We will add eyes, accessories and details with collage and markers. 

Day Two: Adding Collage Details and Lines/Designs to Create Alien Forms

Van Gogh Inspired Sky with Collage Cityscape

2nd Grade

Our buildings are made from paint samples...free paper!

Kindergarten Painting Shapes

Using oil pastels again, the kinders made a variety of shapes on day one. We read the story "When a Line Bends, A Shape Begins"...cute story! Anyway, the next day we filled each shape with a different pattern. This was a great opportunity to review different kinds of lines: vertical, horizontal, zig-zag...etc. I also stole an idea from a blogger art teacher about using your arms to teach vertical, horizontal and diagonal...the kids loved it! We were "yoga birds" practicing our different kinds of lines.

Soooo, the next day we painted inside our shapes with contrasting colors using tempera cakes. The oil-pastel resist was the 'magic trick' of the day! Here's some paintings in progress...I'll have to take some more pictures tomorrow of the finished product.

we talked about 'blotting' the big puddles

keeping the colors 'clean'

the next step is painting the background!

Enjoy!

3rd Grade Analogous Aliens!

These are super fun and especially great at the end of the year. We used tempera cakes and straws to make these awesome blow paintings. The kids were encouraged to create an alien-like blob. The next class, we added eyes and accessories to our aliens and tried to give them some personality.