Unit Overview: Students studied abstract portraiture using images of art by Pablo Picasso in order to create an abstract portrait painted using primary and secondary colors. I decided to have some fun with my first grade students. I introduced them to Pablo Picasso's portraits. They laughed at the funny faces, were shocked by the crazy skin colors, and were shocked with the long necks, strange eyes, and strange posture. Despite all the bizarre things Picasso added to his pictures, he still made his faces look like people. There were no floating heads, hairless people, or dismembered body parts.
With this, students drew a face and facial features, first in pencil, then traced in sharpie. Next, we studied color. Students were given the primary colors, and were encouraged to experiment and create their own colors by mixing. However, students were warned that mixing complementary colors would result in strange looking browns and grays. Students were also given a palette to share. I find that doing this holds one student accountable to another for mixing carefully, and not blending the paints sloppily and ruining hues. With that, these are the results! (As always, I have students re-trace their work with sharpie to bring back out the dark lines in the painting).
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Unit Overview: Students designed their own personal pies using video instruction in order to celebrate "Pi Day". Happy "Pi" Day y'all! The best part about being an art teacher is the ability to reach beyond our subject and show how art influences math, science, literature, history, etc. Also, I'm married to a nerd, and must celebrate this "holiday" with some pie drawings. Because, who doesn't like pie? |
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