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

Stained glass windows... In progress!

As part of our school-wide celebration of our school's 50th birthday, fifth and sixth graders are creating these stained glass windows. They will be a permanent installation in our school. Each window represents a different aspect of our community that makes it unique, including the Mad River and outdoor recreation, gardens and vegetables, animals and farms, maple sugaring, a historical school house and Sugarbush and Mad River Ski Areas. We used cut plexiglass and glass paint to create these windows.