I must say, it's great to be back at school!
I started all my classes out with a portfolio design lesson. Each grade had a separate design, but all included their name or initials. Here's an example from each grade:
1st Grade; Made a patterned "frame" around their painted first initial
2nd Grade; They first wrote their initials, then filled in the spaces the letters created with various patterns, using marker and/or colorsticks (and using only warm or cool colors). When finished, they painted over their initials.
3rd Grade; Students started by writing their name in block or bubble letters. They filled in each letter with a different pattern or design. The backgrounds were colored with colorsticks.
4th Grade; Students learned about the "layering" style of Jasper Johns by looking at the painting "0 through 9." They layered their initials, outlined in oil pastel, colored some of the spaces in with crayon and watercolor painted the rest.
5th Grade; They created radial designs around their names using sharpie and watercolor painted it in.
6th Grade; They had their first lesson in one point perspective drawing to write their names. They used white colored pencils to outline and metallic crayons to color them in.
Kindergartners will be making their portfolios in the next couple weeks. Stay tuned! :)
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