Autumn: Sunset Silhouettes

We continued our study of color with this Autumn Silhouette project. First we reviewed warm and cool colors. Then we created sunset skies using only warm colored paint. While the skies dried, we cut black construction paper to create autumnal scenes. Having just visited a pumpkin patch, many learners chose to set their scenes there.

Elements of Art: Shapes

With this project our focus was on shapes. First we read the story Iggy Peck Architect and talked about architectural blueprints and what they do. Then we made our own versions, stamping various everyday objects such as corks, berry baskets, toilet paper tubes, pieces of cardboard, and plastic lids dipped in white paint. Afterwards we had a gallery walk where we talked about the shapes that showed up in our art: rectangles, circles, squares, triangles...even ovals and trapezoids.