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1st Grade Projects

 

Quarter 1 – Line/Shape

 

Line Design Turtles (2 class periods)

  • Paint with tempera paint

  • Experiment with lines

  • Create competing textures using lines

  • Identify lines, shapes and colors in artworks

 

Continuous Line with Geometric and Organic Shapes (2 class periods)

  • Draw using markers

  • Create and identify organic and geometric shapes

  • Identify the different between a shape and a line

  • Use contrast to create emphasis

 

Line Design Clown (2 class periods)

  • Draw with crayons and use watercolor resist technique

  • Experiment with lines, shapes and proportions

  • Identify lines, shapes and colors in artwork

 

Paper Bag Scarecrow Sculptures  (3 class periods)

  • Use competing textures

  • Use found object sculptures

  • Use competing textures

  • Create art to use in celebrations

 

Quarter 2 – Color/Texture

 

Native American Puppets  (2 class periods)

  • Examine Native American culture and symbols

  • Examine how art tells a story of the past

  • Use lines, shapes, color to create balance, rhythm, unity and contrast

 

Color Bugs (2 class periods)

  • Paint using tempera paint

  • Collage with paper

  • Create a realistic environment

  • Classify primary and secondary colors on the color wheel

  • Mix secondary colors using primary colors

 

Warm and Cool Colors Weaving (2 class periods)

  • Paint using watercolor techniques

  • Weave with paper strips

  • Identify warm and cool colors

  • Define work based on the processes and media used

 

Newspaper Kitten Collage (1 class period)

  • Experiment with lines, shapes and proportions

  • Use competing textures

  • Use contrast to create emphasis

 

Found Object Sculptures  (2 class periods)

  • Paint using acrylic paint

  • Create a found object sculpture

  • Use competing textures

 

 

 

Quarter 3 – Proportion/Size

 

Me as a Giant  (1-2 class periods)

  • Experiment with lines, shapes and proportions

  • Create drawing of self

  • Experiment with photography

  • Show proportion using varied sizes of similar objects

 

Red Poppy Painting  (2 class periods)

  • Use tempera paint

  • Show proportion using varied sizes of similar objects

  • Use lines, shapes and colors to create balance, rhythm, unity and contrast

 

Reflection City with Markers  (2 class periods)

  • Draw and color using markers

  • Create a monoprint

  • Create a realistic environment

  • Experiment with lines, shapes and proportions

  • Use Organic and Geometric Shapes

 

Family’s Favorite Meal (2 class periods) 

  • Create portraits of family

  • Sketch to plan

  • Show proportion using varied sizes of similar objects

  • Identify realistic works of art

  • Examine how art tells a story of the past

  • Examine significant artworks (Norman Rockwell)

 

Dry Pastel Flower Vase  (1 class period)

  • Use dry pastel to create blending

  • Create and identify a still-life

  • Experiment with lines, shapes and proportions

 

Quarter 4 – Realistic, Abstract and Non-Objective Subjects

 

Monet Bridge with Watercolor Resist  (2 class periods)

  • Create a realistic environment

  • Use drawing and watercolor techniques

  • Sketch to plan

  • Examine significant artworks

 

Mondrian Compositions (1 class periods)

  • Use Primary colors

  • Paint with tempera paint

  • Sketch to plan

  • Identify shapes, lines and colors in artworks

  • Examine significant artworks

 

My Monster is Feeling…. (2 class periods)

  • Draw using a variety of drawing materials

  • Use color to show emotion

  • Use lines, shapes, colors to create balance, rhythm, unity and contrast

 

Large Fish Relief Prints  (2 class periods)

  • Create a relief print

  • Create a realistic environment

  • Use competing textures

  • Show proportion using varied sizes of similar objects

  • Define work based on processes and media

 

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