Rainy Day People Prints

The kindergartners have mixed the last pair of primary colors... red and blue!  We discovered the way to make purple is by mixing this very combination.  We'll be using our last painted paper to print people, and then use oil pastel to finish our winter scene after reading The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.

Silly Pumpkin Patches

The kindergartners have been painting a bunch this fall.  We've been rehearsing the Primary Color Song to help us remember this bit of information, then using the primary colors to make new colors.  So far, we've mixed red and yellow paint to make orange painted papers, and we've mixed yellow and blue to make green painted papers.  The kindergartners used the painted papers to make a silly pumpkin patch, complete with googly eyes and goofy smiles!

We Are the Primary Colors...

we make other colors...

The kindergartners are painting in full swing.  After learning about the primary colors and singing our primary color song each week, the students are now seeing what these colors can do.  We're mixing two primary colors at a time and making discoveries along the way.  So far, we've mixed red and yellow, as well as yellow and blue.  We'll be using our painted papers for an upcoming pumpkin project before experimenting with our last two primaries, red and blue.

Sunsets in Kindergarten

 The kindergartners recently learned about the primary colors.  After a quick scavenger hunt in the art room for things that are primary-colored and learning my little ditty about the primary colors, the kinders set to work on their sunsets.  Using only the primary colors, the kiddos painted on 9x12" paper, mixing only where two colors met.  They were quick to discover the colors made when two primary colors are mixed, but we'll wait a bit to name these new colors secondary.  Inspired by Tomie dePaola's Legend of the Indian Paintbrush, the students also thought about the things that they like to do and do especially well.  They created drawings of themselves and their gift which they later glued onto their sunset.

The Kindergartners(') Rock!

This week the kindergartners finished painting a pattern on their rocks by repeating lines, shapes and colors.  One class even got so far as painting a thin black line across their rock.  The inspiration for this project is Andy Goldsworthy's artwork made with broken pebbles.  Each student's rock will be assembled together so that the black line links them into a larger, communal work of art.

Rock Hunt

The kindergarten classes had lovely weather this week as we went on a nature walk around the school.  During our travels, the kindergarteners had the important task of finding a suitable rock for our next project.  We've also started talking about pattern, and we've even tested out some patterns using letters, numbers, lines, shapes and colors. 

Pattern- something that repeats

Kindergartners' Completed Cool Cages

A Bird Bath with the Primary Colors

We are creating more birdies with kindergarteners in the art room!  This time our winged friends take flight in the form of a bird crown.  The kindergarteners recently learned the Primary Color Song (a simple, little ditty sung to the tune of Three Blind Mice).  And, we are now experimenting with the Primary Colors, discovering the other colors that can be made by mixing them.

Warm Birds in Cool Cages

Warm and cool colors have been our most recent topic of discussion and exploration in kindergarten.  The little guys cut a curved line at the top of their papers to make a birdcage shape and then, used cool colored chalk pastels to color in their cages.  After cutting and gluing black strips of paper to finish our birdcage semblance, we focused on creating warm colored birds, complete with tail feathers!

Come Swirl With Us

                                                                        

The kindergarteners have been studying the painting The Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh.  The kindergartners have observed how Van Gogh applied paint in thick, undulating swirls.  We identified the warm and cool colors and started painting in swirls of our own, first using just the warm colors, then using the cool colors.  





Birds of a Feather

 Standing outside the school the other day, many students witnessed the numerous flocks of migrating geese returning from their wintertime destinations.  In the spirit of these birds' great journey, the kindergartners have been working on their own bird in flight.  Many of these birds have been "flying" home recently.