Kindergarten Paints Lines with Kandinsky!

      Well, my kinders are following directions well so far this year! I've also learned how to let go of some expectations, and just let the art happen...because it's going to, no matter how much I try to control it!

      I've been cramming tons of vocab into these little sponges and here's a list of what I'm pretty sure they KNOW:

Line

horizontal, vertical, diagonal, zig-zag, spiral, wavy, free form

Shape

circle, square, rectangle, triangle, oval, octagon, star, crescent

Pattern

Variety (ooh la la)

Contrast (yes, i know...)

Watercolor/ Paintbrush/ Water cup/ Painting

KANDINSKY!

and....

ABSTRACT ART

  {   Like I said, I've been cramming these words everyday and they are saying them, so I'm assuming they know what they mean at this point.  :o) }

Here they are painting using watercolors...

painting contrasting colors over oil pastels...using a variety of colors
{oil pastel resist}

     Here's some of their finished line paintings and I'll add some of the shapes with patterns soon! They are getting painted this week!

Zander

Gracie-Mae

Angela



1st Grade RAINBOW FISH!

We recently read the story "Rainbow Fish" and it's also avaliable on the best website ever: http://www.storylineonline.net/

Anyway, the kids created a fish...we echoed the steps together and they outlined the fish with a variety of colors using crayons. Then we painted them using liquid watercolors...the colors are so great. Then, to tie it in with the story, we added one shining silvery scale because the rainbow fish was only truly happy when he shared his beautiful scales with his friends.

It was a lot of fun!