1st Grade: Mouse Paint Color Wheel

So I had seen a couple of other art teachers do a lesson on Mouse Paint and thought they were so cute. I have been wanting 1st grade to do more coloring mixing so I thought it would be a cute idea to create a Mouse Paint inspired color wheel.

First, we read the book. I also created a power point that went over Primary, Secondary, Cool, Warm, and Complementary colors.

Then, I showed them how to draw the mouse. As a guide with the size they folded a piece of paper into 8 parts.

They drew six mice and cut them out.

I went with the Deep Space Sparkle painting technique using a plate with the primary colors. The students paint their primary colors.

Mixing up some green. Just a little bit a blue is enough.

Paint the Secondary colors.

Glue the mice on the paper.

I had them finish by adding tails and painting the ears. You could even have a title at the top.

Enjoy!

Kindergarten: Paul Klee Inspired Portrait

Recently, I had kindergarten study Paul Klee and his painting “Senecio”. We talked about portraits and how there are all types of portraits. Some realistic, some that are abstract. I had the students look for basic shapes that form parts of the face.

You can see where I am using the Document camera to draw the face and I have Paul Klee’s painting right next to my drawing. That way the students can see how I am creating a portrait like the “Senecio”.

These are a couple of examples I showed them. The students loved them and thought they were so funny.