Glue, Pastel and a Pumpkin

2 Part project:
looking at pumpkin forms, students practiced drawing step by step. Working with white glue, students drew pumpkins.

After glue had dried students colored the pumpkins and stems with chalk pastels.

Warm and Cool folk inspired landscapes

Warm and Cool folk/pattern inspired landscapes. Exploring composition, perspective, shapes and patterns.
Drawing with pencil then sharpies, colors warm and cool/ground and sky, using markers and and color pencils. Beautiful pieces, allow time for detail work.

Autumn Still Life

This project takes several sessions to complete but is very engaging to students and presents new skills while reinforcing techniques. 

Supplies: tempera paint (with sponges and corks) water color, oil pastel, crayons, ruler, card stock or heavy watercolor paper, scissors and white glue

Part I painted paper

Part II draw with crayon and ruler then watercolor table and wall

Part III - look at still life elements, draw, cut, arrange and collage pieces using oil pastel for details, shadows and highlights.