April 2016 Art Blog
Transitional Kindergarten: Spring Flowers In this lesson TK students were introduced to two different art media: watercolor and oil pastel. Students explored the difference between watercolor (wet medium), and oil pastel (dry medium). Students noticed that the wet medium spreads and bleeds, on the contrary, the dry medium does not. Students painted a large paper flower, experimenting with each of the two media. Students were also introduced to the art element of texture. They placed green paper over textured surfaces, and rubbed with crayons to make the texture appear on the paper. Students cut leaves and stems out of the green texture paper to complete their spring flower piece. Kindergarten: Oil Pastel Flower Vase Still-Life There are crayons... and then there are pastels! In this project, students were introduced to the American photorealist Ben Schonzeit. Students practiced flower drawing techniques. While depicting t...