Primary colors art lesson

Kids Abstract Art Lesson - Piet Mondrian

First students identified and labeled a 12 part color wheel using crayons. Then they painted the primary, secondary and intermediate colors onto a larger color wheel paper which they divided into 12 equal parts using a ruler. After their papers dried, students cut out a large white circle for the sclera, their color wheel for the iris, and a small black circle for the pupil. Then “skin” was glued on top with the addition of black eyelashes.

Last week's second grade art lesson was all about shape. Facts about shapes: they are flat, they are made from "closed" lines, some have names (triangle, square, circle). Shapes that have names are called geometric. Shapes that don't have names are called organic or irregular shapes. Then I introduced the kids to Piet Mondrian, Dutch

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This has been my go to beginning of the year lesson with first graders. I first saw the idea on pinterest but have tweaked it a few times based on classroom experience. It took me a few tries to get...

This has been my new favorite Kinder project this year... one I pulled out of a hat 10 minutes before they were coming. You know... one of those days you're sure they were not finished with the last project, but.. the were! I fast... pre-drew a curve at the bottom of the papers for the sun and made it work! First day, we talked a lot about primary colors and the color wheel. I showed them the three Lichtenstein paintings below and we outlined the sun in blue and painted the rays. That was…

Amanda Shaw on Instagram: “Primary Color Mixing Popsicles, created by 1st grade. #elementaryart #artteachersofinstagram #kidart”

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Mrs. Lynes on Instagram: “My functional skills class has been learning about the primary colors! They also learned about sculptures and made @cassie_stephenz line…”