Today I want to share our art from this week. I saw this idea posted on facebook and thought it would be a fun quick project to take on.
I pulled up some pictures of snowflakes on google images. After we studied the snowflakes, the students had to draw them using white oil pastels. When they were done they painted over the paper using a watered-down paint mixture. Note: the paint didn't resist as much as I had hoped over the oil pastels - I think I should have added more water to the paint. Some of the students went back over their snowflakes with the pastels to really make them stand out.
In keeping with our "poetry tied to art theme" this year, I had the students write a haiku on their art. Beautiful, easy, and quite timely considering the snowfall we have had lately.
Happy Friday!!!
Jen
These are really beautiful ! You must be in Northern Ontario.....still very green here in the Golden Horseshoe.
ReplyDeleteLove it if course! Quick and easy, great for the before break crunch!
ReplyDeleteStephanie
So pretty!
ReplyDeleteBarbara
Grade ONEderful
Ruby Slippers Blog Designs
Very Pretty!
ReplyDeletekaren
LittleSecond-GradeSomebodies
These are absolutely beautiful, and I love how you added in a haiku with these. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteKrista
stellar-students
So pretty! I bet your room looks so festive! :)
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Thank you again for sharing! I needed a quick little seasonal project - I only have a 40 minute art class once in a five-day cycle, so I was worried that I would not be able to squeeze in a winter/holiday project. And no, you are not the only on feeling overwhelmed...at times the word is an understatement. :-)
ReplyDeleteugh, you are not alone. I am totally and completely overwhelmed right now.
ReplyDeleteI love this project, it is beautiful! Thank you Jen! :)
Lovely! I'm featuring this post on Bagels and Blogs tomorrow. :)
ReplyDeleteDonna
Math Coach’s Corner
I love this project! Very pretty!!
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Amanda and Stacia
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Love these ... we're doing snowflake science. Snowflake Bentley is a wonderful picture book about the first person to take microscope-photographs of snowflakes. He started as a 10 year old boy at the turn of the century. There are some beautiful short videos about him on the Jericho County Historical Society site . We're getting our first snow today in Wisconsin. Thanks for your continued inspiration.
ReplyDeleteI came here from Bagels and Blogs. What a great project, and simple to do! Thanks for sharing! (I agree with Kari above, Snowflake Bentley is a great book about the science of snowflakes, and would be great match for this project!)
ReplyDeleteSally from Elementary Matters
So beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWOW eager to do this!! Will read "snowflake Bently" (think that's the title)
DeleteWhat type of paint? Acrylic or oil or another kind?
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