Kindergarten Artwork Project #1: (Projects #2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 below)
Line Variety Paintings Return to main artwork page
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In art class, our kindergarteners were introduced to this mixed-media
project by first reading the book Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson, a book about a boy named Harold who draws himself a landscape full of wonder and excitement, with his oversized purple crayon. We decided that we wanted to be creative too and make our own line drawings, just like Harold did. We learned about different kinds of lines: zigzag, curvy, curly, wavy, horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines. |
Before experimenting with these lines on paper, we used
our “imaginary pencils” to practice these lines in the air using different body movements. Once we were ready, our kindergarten class of artists used great listening skills to draw specific kinds of lines on their paper with oil pastels. To make our artwork really colorful, we then painted each section of white space on our paper using watercolors. Take a look at our line paintings and see if you can identify the different kinds of lines that we used! |
Ben |
Sammy |
Madelynn |
Mason |
Molly |
Talia |
Ava |
JoJo |
Project #2
James Rizzi Birds
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Our kindergarten artists looked at some paintings by James Rizzi, an
American pop artist who was born and raised right next door, in Brooklyn, New York. Sometimes Rizzi is known as “that guy who draws the buildings with faces,” and more commonly known as “the guy who draws those birds.” We identified some characteristics that Rizzi used to make his birds: solid colors, simple lines and bright white eyes. We were so excited to make our own “Rizzi birds!” We started out by making two big circles for the eyes with big dots for pupils. |
We then drew two dots for the nostrils and a big upside-down letter U
over the head. We drew the letter V for the beak and added a body. Next, we added fluffy feathers on the chest (a wavy line, which we learned in our last project) and finally, stick legs. We chose a solid color to paint our birds, just like Rizzi did, and added a watercolor wash for our background. Look how great our birds turned out! |
Molly |
Ben |
Mason |
Sammy |
JoJo |
Talia |
Madelynn |
Ava |
Project #3:
Warm and Cool Line Collages
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Our kindergarten artists learned about a second, new artist for this
project. We were introduced to the artwork of Wassily Kandinsky, who we noticed used a lot of colors in his artwork. Specifically, we looked at his art which was composed of only straight lines. We had a discussion about why artists use line in their artwork, and how lines make us feel when we look at them. Since Kandinsky used a lot of color in his artwork, we decided to do the same. However, instead of using all the colors in the rainbow, we learned about warm and cool colors, and learned how to limit our palettes. We learned that warm |
colors are red, orange, and yellow, which remind us of hot fire. Cool
colors are blue, purple, and green, which remind us of cold snow and water. Each artist chose their own color palette to work with. Using pre-cut strips of paper, each kindergartener went to work, making their own collage of line designs. We learned what it means to "overlap" in art too. Look closely at our artwork and see if you can decide whether each artist used warm or cool colors, and if they decided to overlap any of their lines! |
Mason |
Sammy |
Ben |
Talia |
JoJo |
Ava |
Molly |
Madelynn |
Kindergarten Project #4
City Landscapes
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Vincent Van Gogh’s painting Starry Night was the inspiration for this
art project. Our kindergarten artists looked at this piece of artwork and noticed that Van Gogh used a lot of “swirls” and “spirals” to paint his sky. Instead of painting a plain background for our landscapes, we painted swirls and spirals, just like Van Gogh did. Each artist chose a time of day that they wanted to represent in their artwork; sunrise (morning), sunset (afternoon), or nighttime. |
Each artist chose specific colors to depict the time of day they wanted to
show. After our backgrounds were painted, we then created skyscrapers and buildings by cutting and pasting black pieces of paper to our artwork. To add more detail to our collages, we then added windows and doors. See if you can figure out what time of day each artist was trying to portray! |
Sammy |
Talia |
Ava |
Molly |
Madelynn |
Ben |
JoJo |
Mason |
Kindergarten Project #5
The Snowy Day
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With the big snow storm we just got, it was only appropriate to create
winter scenes in art class! This project began with Miss Bernabei reading the picture book The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. As we listened to the story, we looked at the pictures closely, to see the many forms and shapes that snow can make. We started off our project by drawing a large tree on our paper with oil pastels. We discussed how the trunk of a tree is thick on the bottom and as the tree grows and gets higher, the branches get smaller and thinner, in the shape of Y’s. Since our scene takes place in winter, we remembered that our |
trees should be bare, with no leaves. We painted snow on the groundand talked about how snowflakes flutter down from the sky and land on
the folds of trees, forming clumps of snow. We also used a different technique using the back of our brushes to add realistic snowflakes to our winter scenes. In the story, Peter always wore his red snowsuit. So, in our artwork, each artist was asked to use their imagination and choose something to color red. We came up with some really creative ideas, like painting a glove lost in the snow, a red cardinal up in a tree, or flames from a fire pit. |
Molly
Madelynn
Mason |
JoJo
Ava
Sammy |
Ben
Talia |
Kindergarten #6
My Many Colored Days
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Our kindergarten artists began this project by watching a short video,
which was a read aloud of the book My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss. As we listened to the words and looked at the pictures, we explored the many different ways that colors make us feel. We learned about the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, who often used many colors in his artwork to show different feelings. When he used blue in his paintings during his Blue Period, his art seemed sad. When he used |
oranges and pinks during his Rose Period, his art seemed much more cheerful. When we looked at some of Picasso’s portraits, we noticed
how his faces were “all mixed up.” Sometimes he painted an eye on the side of the head, or a mouth on the top of the head. Using a collage technique, each of our artists drew their own facial features on colored paper using oil pastels, then cut and pasted them together to make unique, mixed-up Picasso portraits of their own. |
Ben |
Ava |
Talia |
Molly |
JoJo |
Madelyn |
Sammy |
Mason |