So much Fall Art at Fayston School!

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#watercolorresist #leaves by #gradetwo at @faystonschool #elementaryart #liquidwatercolor #warmandcoolcolors

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First Day of Fall Paintings

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#firstdayoffall #liquidwatercolors paintings by #gradeone at @faystonschool

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Thankful Leaves

Kindergarten Leaf and Nature Collages

 

Kindergarten artists created collages using photocopies of leaves on colored paper and oil pastels.  This lesson helped practice our cutting, gluing and line drawing skills.

We also made leaf rubbings with crayons, then painted over them to experience the watercolor resist technique.  We added these leaves to our collages.

On yet another beautiful fall day, the kindergarten class headed outside to collage objects from nature for our moveable nature "collages."  We shared our materials to create temporary nature collages, which we photographed on the iPad before dismantling. 

Our nature collage station:

Faux Leaves Stained Glass by Grade Three & Four

Third and fourth grade artists looked at several examples of leaf artwork, including Georgia O'Keeffe. We also examined  Stained Glass Windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany.  Then we went outside to collect fallen leaves to inspire our work.  Artists traced their leaves on the paper to create a balanced composition. Then they traced their lines with black glue (glue+black tempera paint). When the glue dried (into a giant black puddle on my art room floor... oops!), they used warm and cool color groups to paint their leaves and backgrounds. We used liquid watercolors.

 

 Stained Glass window by Louis C. Tiffany and Leaves by Georgia O'Keeffe.

This lesson was inspired by Crayola Lessons

Kindergarten Leaf Rubbing Watercolor Resist Paintings

#kindergarten #leaf #watercolorresist #autumnart at #faystonschool

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Leaf printing and leaf rubbings

Mrs. Morse lead kindergartners and first and second graders in making leaf prints and leaf rubbings. 

Getting ready for our Community Thanksgiving Luncheon

Kindergarten, first and second grade artists made leaf and turnkey table runners for our annual Thanksgiving lunch. We used Sharpie markers to practice drawing with simple shapes and lines, then painted with liquid watercolor paints.