More Amazing 3rd Grade Abstract Landscapes

 Here are more of the 3rd grade abstract landscapes.  I love how they are all so different! The kids really made them their own.  There are a couple I'm not sure about the landscape"ness" of their work, but they still look amazing & work well as an abstract. I have more info on this project in the first post.  Just look down a few posts & you'll see it! 

3rd Grade Abstract Landscapes

 We had to take some time to talk about abstract landscapes.  We looked at several different artists, and looked at how they "deconstructed" a landscape in their work.  It was an interesting discussion, and I feel a majority of my students "got it".  

THE BREAK DOWN

On Day 1 students looked at and discussed abstract landscapes.  They drew out their pictures, and used paint sticks to begin to fill them in.

On Day 2 students finished "filling in" their pictures using paint sticks.  Next they used liquid black tempera to add a thick black line around their images/colors.  

CHECK OUT THE BEAUTIFUL RESULTS!!  

Draw A House With Me!

Here is one of my online lessons I did with my 1st graders.

I'm trying to get my students to work above the bottom of their paper(young artists will often draw out of the bottom of their paper eliminating the opportunity for foreground) and to create an environment.

Can We Talk About Wayne Thiebaud??

I'm so inspired by Wayne Thiebaud!!! 

 I usually see people using his early work. It is lovely & so accessible for young artists as inspiration.  However, that is not the work to which I'm referring.  I love his landscapes. They have such amazing color and atmospheric perspective.  I feel like I'm flying over his world as I view the paintings. If you are not familiar with the "newer" work of Thiebaud...hop on-line and do a search!
You will have a "new/old" artist to add to your landscape units!

Did you know I interviewed Wayne Thiebaud? YEP YEP!! Here is the link to that post from 2014.

https://www.artwithmre.com/2014/05/mr-e-asks-3-wayne-thiebaud.html

Gnome Landscapes: 4th Grade

This is another project possibility for my spring all school art show (we create several pictures within a theme using different media/techniques & then the students select their favorite work out of those works).  This project took two class times for students to complete.  The first day they drew the toadstools & ground, and then they colored their pictures using watercolor pencils.  I demonstrated coloring with watercolor pencils and showed them how they mix once painted.  On the second day, students finished up coloring their work, and then painted the pictures.  After finishing that....the students created gnome versions of themselves to add into their pictures.  They used colored pencils for this part of the project.  I'm really enjoying the results!

 SO FUN!

This gnome looks very grumpy....so cute! 

She said her gnome was grass surfing! ha ha 

This one didn't finish the gnome yet...but loved the background!

Mixed Media Landscapes: 3rd Grade

I'm working on possible projects for our spring all school art show.  The theme is COLOR EXPLOSION! I've been working on landscapes with 3rd grade, and thought this could be a fun "possible" project for the show.  We looked a many examples of mixed media & abstract landscapes.  The students started by doing a simple line drawing of a landscape. I had them paint(watercolor) each layer a different color or combination of colors.  Then I had them use black tempera paint to outline and create a tree in their foreground.  The following we the were allowed to selected metallic and regular construction paper to create the leaves for their trees. I think they are pretty fun.  I'm kicking around the idea of the students adding patterns into the work as well with colored pencil.

New Project for Teaching Landscapes: 1st Grade

I had come across the artist Tom Schulten. 

 I loved the color & pattern of his abstract landscapes. 

(Check out his site here ->  http://www.tonschulten.nl/galerie/ )

I wanted to jazz up my tired landscape lesson with 1st grade....so I thought I'd use Tom Schulten's as inspiration.  We started by selecting five colors of markers to draw horizontal lines across our page. I then had the student draw in a simple line drawing for foreground, middle ground, and backgroud using black crayon. Students then used a thick paint brush with water to go over the whole page(painting in a horizontal direction).  After the work was dry, we used construction paper crayons to highlight certain parts to define the areas.  I think they turned out pretty cool!  Even if the students didn't realize it was something new/different...I sure enjoyed it!

Breaking Down Mixed Media

This is the first step for my third grade Mixed Media piece.  Thinking through what you want to accomplish within a nine weeks(or whatever your break down is) could yield an interesting mixed media work.  They can be new elements your introducing or skills you are revisiting.  So many times mixed media projects at the elementary level are lacking because some are afraid of the time commitment or how to challenge students to create meaningful & magnificent works.  If you break down the elements you can assess each aspect as well as the whole.  Stay tuned as my kiddos take these to the next level!! 

LION LANDSCAPES: 1st Grade

We're working on our landscape skills in 1st grade.  With my African theme right now, I thought it would be fun to have a lion as the center piece of the landscape.  Even though I showed the students how to draw a lion...I loved how diverse they came out!  Love my creative kiddos!!!!