We have been painting & talking about color, color mixing, blending..etc. I thought it would be fun to try to transfer the ideas into an oil pastel pumpkin. We used paint sticks for the background & oil pastels for the pumpkin. I told them they had to use the background color in the pumpkin as well.
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!
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!!
Today my students created a character using paint sticks ( Sargent Art ) & collage. Since we've been back in person, I've really tried to do projects that use supplies we just weren't able to use during virtual. They LOVE the paint sticks. I had them create a "character" and simple background using the paint sticks. They could use food items, objects around home or school, or even clothing items. I told them not to make the face though. We would be creating the face and any additional items using collage. I think their pictures turned out super cute.
