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How to Make Colorful Painted Papers for Collage

By Cheryl Trowbridge Leave a Comment

Four colorful examples of painted papers

It's easy and fun for kids to make their own painted papers for collage. The resulting textures, patterns, and color variations will add extra delight to every project. Making painted paper is a perfect "process-art" activity for the first day of school or anytime you need some "art therapy"! What you'll need for making painted papers: 9 x 12 white construction paper, at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Abstract (Non-representational), Abstract Design, Art Therapy, Carle, Eric, Painting, Tempera Tagged With: collage, painted papers, pattern, process art, tempera, texture

Blossoming “Popcorn Trees”

By Cheryl Trowbridge 6 Comments

Spring has sprung, and to celebrate, our Kinders painted trees blossoming with flowers made of popcorn!  This lesson reinforces the color mixing skills we've been working on all year, as well as teaches a basic technique for drawing/painting trees.  Adding popcorn also gives the opportunity to talk about the concept of "mixed media".  And who doesn't love … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Collage, Lessons, Mixed Media, Painting, Seasons, Tempera, Trees Tagged With: color mixing, Kindergarten, popcorn, spring, tempera, trees

Cezanne-Inspired Still Life – a Step Further!

By Cheryl Trowbridge 7 Comments

I was so happy with the results that my Kinders had with our Cezanne-inspired still life paintings, that I wanted to take it a step further with my 1st grade classes....  As I showed my 1st graders some of Cezanne's still life paintings, we noticed that you could often see a dark edge around many of his shapes.  So, this time after we finished "hiding the white paper" we used … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cezanne, Paul, Famous Artists, Lessons, Painting, Post Impressionism, Still Life, Tempera Tagged With: artist Paul Cezanne, still life, tempera

Cezanne-Inspired Still Life for K and Beyond

By Cheryl Trowbridge 6 Comments

Today my Kinders learned about Impressionist artist Paul Cezanne, and painted a still life inspired by him.  This lesson was so successful on so many levels!  First, we talked about how Cezanne's father didn't encourage him in his art (he wanted him to be a banker or a lawyer), but he had a friend named Emil Zola who encouraged him to keep painting.  Emil was a writer so the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cezanne, Paul, Famous Artists, Lessons, Painting, Post Impressionism, Still Life, Tempera Tagged With: artist Paul Cezanne, encouragement, sketching, still life, tempera

Kandinsky for Kinders

By Cheryl Trowbridge 8 Comments

I love this color mixing lesson inspired by Russian artist, Wassily Kandinsky! Kandinsky was an accomplished musician as well as an artist, so it's fun to play music while the students are working. You can do variations of this lesson for just about any grade level. Here is what I do for Kindergarten and 1st grade.... perfect for allowing students to experiment and just have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Abstract (Non-representational), Abstract Design, Color / Color Mixing, Famous Artists, Kandinsky, Wassily, Lessons, Painting, Tempera Tagged With: abstract art, artist Wassily Kandinsky, color mixing, tempera

Cityscapes with Tints and Shades

By Cheryl Trowbridge 3 Comments

Our Kinders are becoming experts at color mixing! This time we added white to make tints and black to make shades as we created these sweet "candy-colored" cities!Materials:9x12 white heavyweight construction paperpencilTempera paint - red, yellow, turquoise, white and blackPaper plates for palettesbrushes and waterVocabulary:Tint - any color plus whiteShade - any color plus … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buildings, Cityscape, Color / Color Mixing, Lessons, Painting, Tempera Tagged With: cityscape, color mixing, Kindergarten, shades, tempera, tints

Rorschach Creatures

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This is a favorite lesson I do with Kindergarten every fall. They love the surprise of opening their papers to reveal colorful designs and the fun of using their imaginations to "discover" unique creatures! I do this lesson in two parts, to give the paint time to dry before adding details with marker.1. Fold a piece of 12 x 18 white construction paper in half. Then open it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Lessons, Painting, Printmaking, Tempera Tagged With: books, color mixing, imagination, symmetry, tempera

Create Your Own Color Wheel

By Cheryl Trowbridge 3 Comments

Nothing teaches you as much about color mixing as creating your own color wheel! Here's some helpful vocabulary and directions for creating a color wheel of your own: Primary colors - red, yellow and blue (colors that cannot be created by mixing other colors) Secondary colors - orange, green and violet (colors that are created by mixing two primary colors … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Color / Color Mixing, Lessons, Painting, Tempera Tagged With: color, color mixing, color wheel, tempera

Monet’s Ice Cream Sundae Party

By Cheryl Trowbridge 5 Comments

1st Grade Ice Cream Sundae...don't you just love kids' art??!This is a FUN lesson in color mixing and mixing tints (a tint is any color plus white). I got this out of an old School Arts Magazine years ago and just simplified it a little. It's a great opportunity to talk to kids about Impressionist painter, Claude Monet, and the scrumptious colors he used! I usually do this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Color / Color Mixing, Impressionism, Lessons, Misc. Subjects, Monet, Claude, Painting, Tempera Tagged With: artist Claude Monet, color mixing, ice cream, tempera

Kids’ Art Gift Wrap

By Cheryl Trowbridge 3 Comments

One of my awesome parent volunteers recently shared a great idea with me that I wanted to pass along.... "Kids' Art Gift Wrap"! She was so enthusiastic about it, I couldn't wait to try it myself. Here's how you do it:Roll out a long piece of butcher paper (down a hallway, sidewalk, or wherever you have room) and provide paints, brushes, glitter, etc. for your students to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas, Drawing, Holiday / Event, Lessons, Painting, Printmaking, Tempera Tagged With: Christmas, gift wrap, holidays, tempera

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