An issue that always comes up in class is copying. “Ms Ale.. so and so copied my flower, my tree, my house, my idea!” Is this something you hear in your classroom? Now that it’s the beginning of the school … Continue reading
Creating abstract art has been incredibly popular with all my grades this year. I gave my grade three students the opportunity to paint yet another abstract but this time using acrylic paints or watercolors. The result was stunning! I gave … Continue reading
Check out these gorgeous Van Gogh inspired sunflower pots grade four drew recently. After looking at Van Gogh’s sunflower paintings, the kids were eager to create their own. I encouraged my students to add different flowers to their pots in addition to sunflowers and to color in their art work with cool and warm colors since this is what we were talking about in the first place. The flowers, part of the pot and the table were colored in with oil pastels and the rest with chalk. My kiddos are huge fans of Vincent and I am a huge fan of their art work! 🙂
Cool colored flowers with oil pastels
The pot and the table is next
Blending chalk pastels for the background
I absolutely LOVE the result! What do you think?
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