I love first graders! They had so much fun learning about mosaic tiles. We talked about how many sides a square has, where you would see mosaic tiles, etc. Students had to create a border around their paper with colorful paper. Then they had to draw the letter of their first name in the middle. We discussed cutting squares that are similar in size and gluing them so they didn’t touch.
This bulletin board is a combination of the third grade’s Starry, Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and the six grade’s black ink square designs. I got the Starry, Starry Night example from my friend and fellow art teacher, Michelle Osborne. We looked at Van Gogh’s artwork and discussed lines, emotions and color. The kids loved creating the sky portion of this project.
Sixth grade created a composition of overlapping squares in black ink. They had to create a pattern, but never repeat it. This project helped a lot of my six grade ARTalympic students. Students had to also incorporate their name somewhere into the composition. I liked both of these projects so I decided to hang them together.
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