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Piet Mondrian– Kindergarten

By Marcia Beckett | October 26, 2011 - 10:43 pm |July 5, 2024 artists, kindergarten

Abstract artwork with colorful crayon scribbles and black paper cutouts, creating a geometric and fragmented design.

What are the Primary Colors? Who was Piet Mondrian? The Nest will be looking at artwork by the artist named Piet Mondrian. Some of his artwork was characterized by use of a very simple color scheme (usually the primary colors and black and white). His art had strong, straight lines and repeated use of squares and rectangles. The students will be able to name the primary colors and recognize Mondrian’s artwork. They created their own artwork using the primary colors … Read more… →

Oil Pastel Landscapes– 2nd grade

By Marcia Beckett | March 1, 2011 - 8:28 pm |July 5, 2024 artists, second grade

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Oil pastel landscape drawing with red mountains, a blue river, green grass, trees, and a small brown hut. Ideal for 2nd grade art projects.

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Pointillist Trees

By Marcia Beckett | January 25, 2011 - 7:13 pm |July 5, 2024 artists, fourth grade, science, third grade

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A pointillist painting of people relaxing on a lawn near a river with trees; there are umbrellas and a black dog.

The 3/4s painted Pointillist Trees. They have studied trees in Science. We learned about the artist Georges Seurat by reading Scholastic Art magazine. Students identified and described Pointillist paintings. They created a Pointillist painting of trees showing dimension and form by color mixing. Tips: use the back end of the paintbrush, a q-tip or a small brush. Keep the size of the paper small (9×12″ is plenty).

Grandma Moses Landscapes — 2nd Grade

By Marcia Beckett | January 24, 2011 - 11:43 pm |July 5, 2024 artists, second grade

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A child's drawing of a snowy landscape with houses, a person, a reindeer, a snowman, and mountains in the background. This 2nd grade artwork has a charming quality that brings to mind the folk art style of Grandma Moses.

The goals for this project are to Classify artworks as landscape, still-life or portrait. Identify and use foreground, middle ground, and background in two-dimensional works of art. Use size relationships and simple depth techniques to show space in an artwork. We learned about the artist Grandma Moses and created a winter collage using various materials. We read a couple books about Grandma Moses and looked at her artwork. These are two books about Grandma Moses which are great for this … Read more… →