1st, 2nd and 3rd Grade Art

We explored the wonderful and messy work of chalk pastels this week. I presented how to apply and blend both warm and cool colors with the chalk pastels and asked the students to imagine a creative sunset inspired background design. The pieces were to be a bright field of color and could be an abstraction or a realistic inspired colorful sky. They all enjoyed the large scale of the work ( 18x24 ) and really embraced the mess of chalk pastels. I feel this may be a good time to remind you to help your child remember not to wear their favorite clothes on Tuesday or Wednesday Art day! They are actually gaining good control of the materials, but messes happen. The next process in this project will involve black India ink overlay of tree silhouettes.