1st Grade Cupcake Pop Art

Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes... who doesn't love cupcakes?

For a fun mixed media project, students in the first grade learned all about artists who use food as themes in their art as well as the Pop Art movement. Students loved looking at images of giant ice cream sculptures and paintings that made the desserts look actually frosted!

 

 

First graders created their own 2D cupcakes using a variety of materials. For our backgrounds, students created patterns using crayon and watercolor paint. We 'frosted' our cupcakes by creating our own puffy paint using shaving cream, glue, and paint.

These came out so delicious looking! Check out the student work:

Fantastic job, friends!! 

7th Grade Hand Contour Drawings

In this mixed media drawing unit, 7th graders learned about contour drawings (drawings that focus on the basic outlines of an object). We practiced different types of contour drawings using various props, such as manikins, rubber ducks, and soup cans! For our project, each seventh grader created a contour drawing of their hand!

For the background, students were able to experiment with different watercolor techniques. This was fun and messy! Students were able to add salt to their wet watercolor paint, create a watercolor-crayon resist, wet on wet blending, or even use eye droppers to add a splatter effect to their paper. 7th graders were so creative and spontaneous during this portion of the art making process!

Check out our cool contour hand drawings!

 

 

 
Great job, 7th grade!