Meanwhile, Down In the Art room…

Kindergarten artists begin the year learning about color. Exploring the mixtures of primary to secondary colors can be quite magical.

The first project of the school year was a smoosh painting. With a bag filled with red, yellow and blue paint, students got to push and smoosh and mush their bag of paint until they had all of the colors of the rainbow represented – all without getting a drop of paint on their hands! Here are just a few selections:

The next method of color exploration was impressionism. Kindergarten students learned about Monet, and his unique way of applying paint to blend colors together. Students used q-tips to dot and dab their paint on their paper, mimicking the style of brushstrokes Monet used, to create vibrant, colorful paintings. Here are a few selections:

Coming soon: Kindergarten Retrospective continued… Matisse collages! Pinch pot fish!

Smoooooooosh!

After reading Mouse Paint, by Ellen Walsh, Kindergarten students were excited about the idea of mixing colors together to create other colors from the rainbow.

Kindergarten artists got to experience a real treat of a project, as they smooooshed primary colors together to create secondary colors – in a bag!

Each student received a bag (a closed and very securely sealed bag) containing red, yellow and blue paint – the primary colors! We looked at the bag together, and talked about the different ways to use our hands in order to get the paint inside to smoosh together and mix. Some students used the soft pad of their fingers, others used their nails in a very careful way. Some students made their hands into fists and kneaded their baggies until their paints mixed together.

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Students knew they were finished smooshing when they saw their primary colors (red, yellow & blue), AND their secondary colors (orange, green, purple) represented in their baggies.

These colorful paintings can be seen hanging on the second floor, outside of the main office!