Tolerance Murals

This was a collaborative project that emphasized the importance of understanding each others’ differences and accepting those who are different from you. 

O’Keeffe Flowers

Georgia O’Keeffe Inspired Tempera Paint Flowers

Birds

Birds in Nature – Color Pencils

Fruit Bowl

Inspired by American Masters,

A fruit still life created in oil pastel

Winter Cardinals

Winter Cardinals

Rousseau Elephant

Inspired by Henri Rousseau, Jungle elephants created with tempera paint, watercolor paint and oil pastels. 

Lady Bugs

 

We used lady bugs to learn about overlapping and things going on and off the page. Students created this work with watercolor crayon resist and other water techniques.

Underwater Scene

Underwater crayon/tempera resist

Rainy Day Ducks

Rainy Day Ducks

1) Instruct the student on how to create a duck with an umbrella
2) With watercolor paints, paint in the duck and umbrella
3) Add lines of green paint below the duck for grass
4) Add dots of blue paint in the sky for rain

Grazing Bison

Grazing Bison

1) Create a simple background using tempera paint
2) Instruct the student on how to create a Bison using mainly circles and cylinders
3) Color the bison with crayons or oil pastels
4) Cut out the Bison and glue them to your landscape

Picasso Flowers

Picasso Flowers
1) Trace child's hand, open and thumb up
2) Add details like winkles, nails and jewelry
3) Draw 6 stems, above and below the hand
4) Use crayon to color the hand, stems and add a small circle to the top of the stem for the middle of the flower
5) Paint the flowers (I did one for each color of the rainbow) using watercolor paint

Winter Self- Portrait

Winter Self- Portrait
1) Step-by-step draw a portrait with hat, scarf and coat in pencil
2) Outline in crayon
3) Color in, in crayon
4) Paint the background with watercolor paint in any color but the colors used while coloring

Self-Portrait Page: Art Book

Self-Portrait Page: Art Book

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