Happy New Year!

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Welcoming #2020 with @waitsfieldschool #kindergartenart inspired by #jasperjohns

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Little Villages: Folk Art Houses inspired by Karla Gerard

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Thank you to @cassie_stephenz for the inspiration for this art lesson inspired by the #folkart of Karla Gerard. @waitsfieldschool #gradesoneandtwo

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Kindergarten Rainbow Fish

Kindergarten artists read "Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister, and made their own using crayon and watercolor resist and sequins.

Beautiful Hands

Kindergarten artists read "Beautiful hands by Kathryn Otoshi and Bret Baumgarten.  They traced their hands and colored them with construction paper crayons, then painted with liquid watercolors in warm or cool colors.  They observed the watercolor resist technique.

Pysanky Eggs using Watercolor Resist

Inspired by #pesankyeggs #gradesoneandtwo at #waitsfieldschool

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Kindergarten Texture Collages

Kindergarten Leaf Rubbing Collages

 

Kindergarten Artists made leaf rubbings in our Outdoor Classroom last week.  We painted over the crayon rubbings and observed the magic of watercolor resist, when the wax in the crayon pushes away the water in the paint.  Today we used our painted leaves to create beautiful fall collages. 

Leaf collages

Here are our collages made by first and second graders from our leaf rubbings and leaf printing. 

Leaf Printing and Leaf Rubbings with Watercolor Resist

Lines and patterns

Kindergarten students helped make last weekend's "Country Christmas" festive with these colorful decorations. We practiced making different types of lines and patterns and experimented with the watercolor resist technique. 

Kindergarten Leaf Rubbing Collages

Leaf rubbing watercolor resist by kindergarten artists