Friday Art Feature - Is It Too Early For Snowmen?

We had our first big snowfall of the year last week.  You know what that means - snowmen!  Yards all over the city proudly displayed the first snowmen of the year.  And then, the weather warmed up and the poor snowmen just couldn't adapt.  So I decided to make a safe home for the snowmen in our classroom.  I had pinned these fantastic little snowmen from For The Love of Art (such a fantastic art blog for all ages - I've actually pinned quite a few things from there), and couldn't wait to try them!

We started our lesson by discussing value.  Again, my pinspiration was my inspiration.  I had pinned these fantastic elements and principles of art posters from The ABCs of Art.  I displayed this poster over the ELMO, and we discussed the different ways to show value.  We also related it back to some of our other art projects this year that we have showed value in.  I explained that we would be showing value with tinting and shading.

After we finished sketching our rough copies, we started on our good copies.  We used light blue construction paper and oil pastels.  I LOVE how they turned out!!!
I plan to make a few paper snowflakes to add to our bulletin board to really set the mood.

For my American friends, I hope you're enjoying your Thanksgiving holiday!  I'm enjoying the shopping specials, and have almost finished my Christmas shopping!!!  To celebrate the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, I have placed my TPT store on sale for 20% off from today until Tuesday.  You can also take advantage of an extra 10% off on Cyber Monday.  Click on the banner to see my TPT store.  Happy shopping!!!