Any tips on artists to study in Kindergarten and art projects we can do on them? I would like ones that might inspire us to produce a piece of our own. We have already looked at Kandinsky Concentric Circles, Van Gough Sunflowers and Monet's Poppies. Thank you
We always do Starry Starry Night and I ask them to give their version in the same style but make it Sunny Sunny Day (we've done Snowy, Snowy Night too but I think it's late in the season for that). Picasso-fold the paper in half make a 1/2 face on one side and flip it over making a 1/2 face on the other and when they unfold it the paper looks like one of his lopsided faces. I also like to do Mondrian and cover the primary colors-they can make their own using pre-cut black lines and squares. I always wished I was brave enough to do it, but I read on a site once where they did Michelangelo and then taped butcher paper to the underside of their tables and had the kids paint like he painted the Sistine Chapel.
Thanks KinderCowgirl, some lovely ideas to try out, I really like the idea of the Sunny Sunny Day and I love the Sistine Chapel idea!! I think I will try the Sistine chapel with group a day during center time. Thanks for them super ideas
Georgia Okeefe and watercolor flowers. Pollock and action painting. Christo and wrapping Calder and wire mobiles Degas and ballerinas Walter Anderson and Animals
Super I'm getting a great list of things to try. My kids will be super exposed to artist Could you tell me about what you do with the wrapping? Did a google search on it there but just wondering how to go about getting the kids to create something inspired by Christo's work. Thank you
Historical and intellectual pursuits aside, you might be able to equate his work to gift wrapping. I'd think that maybe having them wrap something larger than themselves as a group project would work. I'd like to see a video of it if you do it that way. The principles chair. A toy from home, any found objects that might create an interesting form. Truthfully, I don't know the reasoning behind Christo's work but the actual presentation could be as simple as equating it to gift wrapping. Wrapping paper would make an excellent cheap material.
When doing our unit on artists, we have "studied" and "duplicated" the following artists: Henri Matisse Piet Mondrian Jackson Pollock Wassily Kandinsky Claude Monet Mark Rothko Andy Warhol Sonia Delaunay Georgia O’Keeffe Vincent Van Gogh The unit is good for addressing several of our Preschool Content Standards and our Art Gallery Opening with student guides was awesome!
I like to use different illustrators for inspiration too. David Shannon and Eric Carle are favorites. For Eric Carle we make tons of papers that are all different patterns but only one color on each page (different shades). After we have mad many pages we cut them into forths or so and use them to make collages.
Good point! Since I have my students for two years, I do the Artists unit one year and Eric Carle the next year! There are so many cool activities that you can do with his books!
Thanks everyone!! I will give wrapping a shot, sounds like fun. They would love wrapping big things! Gimet thanks for your list. Tasha your right there are some lovely illustrators to work from.
I haven't done artists specifically, but last week I introduced my pre-kers to still life art. I pulled up pictures of still life fruit and flowers, and then gave them a choice to draw either a bowl of (fake) fruit from our kitchen, a bouquet of flowers that I had received, or our spider plant. We talked about making what you see and trying to make a still life look like real life. The results were FABULOUS and they are hanging in my hallway in our Pre-K Still Life Gallery!
