Pablo Picasso & Cubism FREE coloring pages

I absolutely love teaching my Pablo Picasso lesson!  Pablo Picasso allows children to express who they are as artists without having to do 'perfect' realistic drawing and/or painting.  I have created some free coloring pages illustrating the basic idea of cubism. I hope you enjoy these in your classroom. 

These free coloring pages are part of a complete Art SMART lesson, featuring the artist Pablo Picasso and the technique of Cubism! This lesson includes background information on the artist and the art technique of Cubism. Student practice sheets are included to review the information presented. Then, students will design and create an EASY to teach hands on art activity/project. Using magazine prints or calendar prints, scissors, and glue students can create their own Cubism masterpiece. All activities are organized with the simple to use EDCRO process. Explore the artist & technique, Design your art, Create your art, Refine your art and Own it by sharing it with others and reflecting on your process. This is the second in a series of 'Get and Go' ready to use art lessons for any elementary teacher.  If you are interested in the complete unit Click Here! 

Medieval Times; 1000 Years Back Project

Donna's 2nd & 3rd grade Medieval Class is messy business...We constructed our version of wattle and daub, peasant homes to begin our replica of a medieval village. This is one of many activities to address our project driving question... "How do we as historians educate our community about what life was like 1000 years ago?" This village will take some time to complete, but with nearly 30 peasant homes we certainly have a good start. Traditional wattle and daub is a composite building material used for making walls, in which a woven lattice of wooden strips called wattle is daubed with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw. Our homes were made of popsicle sticks and a mixture of soil, straw, moss, and glue.

Picasso Faces

These Picasso Faces were painted by 2nd and 3rd grade students. We focused on using color and shape in abstract art to convey emotion.

Pop Art Tribute

Our principal retired this year and I decided to create a Pop Art Tribute to Tom!
This wall was created by taking a single photograph and converting it to a black line master.  You can do this here:  http://online.rapidresizer.com/photograph-to-pattern.php

After I had the black line master of the photograph, I taught my students about Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe Pop Art.

I enlarged the black line master and students used watercolor paints to creatively paint their interpretation of Principal Tom.  Finally I put all the paintings together to display in the front hall of the school.  This project is an amazing way to honor a member of your community.

Kandinsky Circles

Second grade students used warm and cool colors to create a Kandinsky Circles Tree! We used pastels so our colors would be bright. This is a wonderful collaborative art activity to start the school year.

Pointillism + Georges Seurat + Q-Tips = Art!

Second Grade Art at it's best!  This year we learned about Georges Seurat and Pointillism. After learning some art history about Georges Seurat, students created their own original art.  If you would like to teach some art history this year and wrap it up with a very simple art activity you can download the unit at DVD's Creations.