Castlehill Art

1st Grade ARt

 

Mannequins- A lesson in how to draw bodies in motion              

and create movement in a picture.  Warm and Cool                 

color scheme using watercolor crayons and sharpies.                

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outer Space- A fun multimedium exploration using

paint splatter for the background and chalk

pastel for the foreground.

 

 

 

 

               

                                                                                 

 

 

 

First graders created African mask sculptures

complete with stylized and elongated features.

Model Magic clay and wooden base.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A study of the art of Canadian artist, Ted Harrison, and his

simplified landscapes.  He was mostly famous for his

paintings of the Yukon and his use of color gradations.  

Oil pastel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A study of Claude Monet and impressionism led to                   

these beautiful renditions of his famous waterlilies.                    

Students learned to paint in the wet-on-wet watercolor

technique and painted the flowers like an impressionist!

Watercolor and acrylic                                                      

 

 

 

 

 

 

After completing the Monet lily paintings,

the first graders made ceramic waterlilies with

"special effects" glazes!

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A type of traditional Mexican folk art called a bark 

painting was the inspiration for these colorful pictures.

They were based on the artwork of the Nahua artisans of

Mexico who paint intricate birds, colorful plants, and

whimsical animals on paper made from the bark of fig

trees.

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These fun watercolor pictures started out as a weaving

lesson.  In first grade, the students learn to weave on a 

round weaving and then progress to harder weavings and

more advanced fiber arts in the older grades.  After

completing two weavings, the students used their two 

circles and turned them into a fun and creative painting!

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Henri Matisse was the inspiration for these fishbowl

paintings.  After learning about his style and seeing

his famous fishbowl painting, they had to use simplified

shapes, patterns, bright and unrealistic colors as part

of their "Matisse" painting. 

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