GRADE 1
Making Mondrians
A review of the primary colors led us to the work of artist Piet Mondrian. First graders used markers and cut pieces of red, yellow and blue construction paper to create our own abstract art of straight lines and colored shapes.
Pretty Pointillism
By looking at the paintings of artist Georges Seurat, first graders
learned the basics of color theory by painting flowers
from a still life with the primary colors; red, yellow and
blue. Next, the first graders practiced mixing two primary
colors at a time to create the secondary colors; green,
orange and violet. By painting in Georges Seurat's
technique of pointillism, we were able to create some
beautiful pictures.
Hot Days in the City by the Cold Sea
After learning how important the primary and secondary families of colors were, we began to split colors up into temperature colors! Blue, Green and Violet represent the cool/Cold colors, while Red, Pink, Orange and Yellow represent the warm/Hot colors! Which place would you rather be?
Neutral Colored Animals
First Graders used neutral colored tempera paint to paint natural looking animals!
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