3rd Grade - Eric Carle Collages

3rd Grade students learned about the author and artist, Eric Carle.  They painted A LOT of paper to use in their animal/creature collages, just like Eric Carle did!  In the process, they learned about several watercolor painting techniques; wet-on-wet, wax resist and adding salt to the wet paint. 

The following week, students used the painted papers and created a real or imaginary creature, animal or insect.  They drew backgrounds for their collage with crayon. 



4th Grade - Picasso Portrait Paintings

I decided to change up a lesson I did last year with the 4th graders.  This year, they still learned about Picasso's abstract portraits, but instead of coloring the portrait with tissue paper, they painted it.  Also, instead of painting a full background, they drew a patterned border with markers.  They're just about done, and I love how they came out!

Art Word Wall

This year I'm trying out something new with a bulletin board.  I really wanted the students to see just how much they learn about art throughout the school year, so they're keeping tabs of all the vocabulary words, art processes, media and artists they learn about during the lessons on a Word Wall.  I keep blank index cards on or near the board so anytime a student suggests a new word to add to the wall, they can grab it, write the word, decorate it, and staple it up.  So far, they've been very good at pointing out words they can add on! 
Here's pictures of the word walls at each of my schools: