The Big Self Portrait Poster Project

As a thank you to parents and the school for supporting me in my Square 1 Art fundraiser, I am going to give the gift of art to everyone. My students are creating self-portraits in various forms. I am going to have grade level posters made of the portraits to give the students. Each student will receive a poster that has their art along with their entire grade level on it. I am also having a mural created with each portrait on it to hang up as a permanent art installation in the school. I varied the types of self portraits the students created. Kinders created Roger Hargreaves inspired "Little Miss" and "Mr. Men" portraits. 1st grade created abstract portraits. 2nd-4th grade created realistic portraits that showed their individual personalities and 5th grade concentrated on their eyes. Some grade levels did my "2 Stars and a Wish" critique after completing the art. They gave great feedback to each other. 

Here are some photos of their incredible and awesome art. 

I love this students interpretation of the eye focused project. He said it didn't show the eyes yet it was all about the eyes. What an amazing thinker. Some students didn't get it but I totally get it. I told him it's an "artist-thing".

3rd Grade Low Relief O'Keeffe Flowers

These are the first four students to complete our O'Keeffe Flowers. There were so many steps and directions to my project but my 3rd graders met every expectation I had. They actually exceeded my expectations. They mixed their own tempera paint colors for the leaves and petals and mixed their own watercolors for the background. Their craftsmanship of cutting the petals and leaves was awesome! Next I will have them bend their petals and leaves slightly to make them pop. I also connected this project to science as we discussed the parts of a flower. 

Beautiful!

Carolyn Braden's Fifth Grade: Quilling

My fifth grade is working on a quilling lesson. We focused on symmetry, balance, line, and shape with this lesson. We studied the history of quilling and how it's a type of folk art. (Passed down from generation to generation). Students will take a quiz next on the concepts learned and assess themselves on creativity, craftsmanship and more.

First Grade Vincent Van Gogh Scarecrows

The original idea for this project came from www.deepspacesparkle.com but I changed it up a little. I added a little touch of texture from Vincent Van Gogh.

Second Grade Fish and Butterfly Weavings

Second Grade Collaged Bugs: Science Connection!

More Third Grade Rizzi Birds! I love this project!

Loving my third graders creativity of this narrative art project.