Rainbow Gardens

Second graders focused on color during this project! We began by talking about rainbow order and how rainbow order can help us to remember which primary colors to use to make secondary colors! We watched this fun video before painting a rainbow sunset to use as the background for this project! We only used the 3 primary colors of liquid watercolors to create the background. Liquid watercolors are great for color mixing when you layer them!

Next we read "Planting a Rainbow" and added the flowers!

2nd Graders at Forest Grove won an extra clay project because their grade level had the highest percentage of students participating in the Square 1 Art fundraiser (at Bauer Mrs. DeGram's Kindergarten class won). At Forest Grove we talked about symmetry and created butterfly sculptures using Model Magic, pipe cleaners and beads!

Learning Goals: I can...

- Tell rainbow order

- Mix primary colors to create secondary colors

- Create smooth marks with thick paint (flowers)

- Use symmetry to design a butterfly

- Create a 3D sculpture (Forest Grove)

Monet's Waterlilies

First graders created these pretty Model Magic waterlily sculptures after learning about Claude Monet. We read the book The Magical Garden of Claude Monet and learned that Monet was an impressionist artist who was known for his waterlily paintings!

Learning Goals: I can...

- Tell about Monet

- Create a sculpture using Model Magic

- Paint carefully

Texture Frogs

This second grade project had an emphasis on texture.

We talked about two different groups of texture, visual (texture you can see) and tactile (texture you can feel).

Learning Goal: The learner can...
- explain the two groups of texture (visual and tactile)
- name textures (smooth, bumpy, wavy, scratchy, etc)

Students noticed that the frog looked like its belly would feel smooth but the water looked like it would feel wavy.  We added the 3D Model Magic flower so that we had a texture that pops out and begs to be touched!  Everyone's frogs were awesome!

Turkeys

This 1st grade turkey project was a ton of fun. Whenever we use Crayola Model Magic students always ask me, "where do you get this stuff?" I'm always happy to tell them that they can easy get it at their Meijer grocery store! (It's in with the kids' craft supplies). Model Magic is great fun for all ages to use.  It has a great marshmallow feel to it that isn't super sticky and cleans up well.  After the Model Magic dries it holds together well and becomes stiff.

This project was an experiment for me this year.  In past years I haven't been real happy with how the model magic has looked after it is painted. I have been tempted to order the pre-colored Model Magic but  I decided it would be difficult to estimate how much of which colors I would need for the next year's projects.  This year, I decided to try mixing tempera paint into the model magic.  After doing this project I have discovered that it really helps to premix the brown body color and then have the kids do their own mixing for the details so that they get to experience and understand the process!  It was a blast!

The main concept we talk about for this project is sculpture.  I always explain that sculpture is a 3D work of art.  It is meant to be looked at from more than one side.

Learning Goals: The learner will...
- create a sculpture
- learn how to use Model Magic