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Chalk and Oil Pastel Landscapes using Stencils

By Marcia Beckett | December 8, 2024 - 2:57 pm |December 30, 2024 abstract, drawing, fourth grade, landscape, third grade

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Two childlike chalk pastel landscapes: one with a purple sky, sun, birds, tree, and waterfall; the other with a red sky, birds, trees, a river, and mountains.

Are you looking for a highly engaging art project using chalk pastels? I must admit, chalk pastels are not my favorite. The dust, the crumbles, the mess… and not to mention that chalk gives me the heebie-jeebies (as one kid said at school!) But, this project, the kids LOVED! They thought it was so exciting. And I love this project because it allows for a lot of creative freedom. It also give students the chance to see the difference between … Read more… →

Line Windsocks for Kindergarten

By Marcia Beckett | October 10, 2013 - 5:21 pm |July 5, 2024 kindergarten, sculpture, Uncategorized, watercolor

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Last week, I posted about line drawings that my kindergarten students made with oil pastels and watercolor paints. To finish these off, my students glued paper strip lines (folded to make zig zags, curled and pleated) to the bottom of the page. The students reinforced their learning of types of lines and were introduced to paper manipulation techniques. Then, we rolled and stapled them at the top and bottom to create a hanging windsock. A little bit of double stick … Read more… →

Kindergarten Matching Mittens Painting with Oil Pastels

By Marcia Beckett | February 17, 2013 - 1:27 am |February 15, 2025 drawing, kindergarten, painting, Uncategorized, watercolor

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Kindergarten Matching Mittens Painting with Oil Pastels

This art project is an oldie, but a goodie. I’m not sure where I first saw this project. I think maybe one of the other art teachers taught this lesson in one of my previous school districts. I have seen some lovely variations of this project online. Here is a beautiful one from Pixels and Paintbrushes. It looks like we were both working on them at the same time. 🙂 We began by tracing mitten templates on a piece of … Read more… →