Pop Art Paintings

This is a first time project for me. I wanted my 3rd graders to get some Lichtenstein-ness in this year, hence this "word art" project. I also get to squeeze in some onomatopoeia with this lesson, which looks nice on paper.


Day One: Discuss Pop Art....and famous artists like Warhol, Lichtenstein, Oldenburg, Thiebaud...
Practice drawing a word with block/bubble letters. Choose an onomatopoeic word to display with a shape reflecting that word's sound effect...
Paint lines in black tempera.

Day Two: We will paint with primary colors...photos coming soon.

2nd Grade Literary Landscapes

I needed a calming project that would keep these kids busy for a few days so I found this project...can't remember where...maybe Artsonia? But anyways it was great and also incorporated some vertical planning into the lesson.

We talked about adjectives and nouns, landscapes, foreground, middleground and background, and marker wash technique. So it was a well-rounded and meaty lesson great for an observation!

I would recommend not doing the marker wash and just coloring in with crayons instead since the 'marker wash' washed away some words...that took forever to write. :)