Crazy Hair Day Portraits

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     This is a fun lesson to review line and teach portraits. It can be done with any age, but these are done by 2nd graders.

     These are self portraits of our worst hairday!

 

    

Lines ala Kandinsky

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     To begin the school year we review line and color! I do Mondrian with 1st grade to teach primary colors and straight lines.
     In 2nd grade, they review by making a line designs using all the types of line (straight, zig zag, wavy, looped, spiral, and dotted). Then, I give them a palette with just the primary colors and they mix their own secondary colors. They love the color mixing!

 

There are lots of good books lessons on color:

Mouse Paint
White Rabbit's Color Book
Little Blue and Little Yellow
Blue Bug's Book of Colors

Lines ala Mondrian

    

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     At the primary school, I usually begin the year with a lesson on line and color. We learn what a line is and then practice drawing all the types of line (straight, wavy, zig zag, looped, spiral, dotted).
     After we learn about Piet Mondrian and examine and discuss his artwork, we create our own straight line designs. Then, we fill it in with the primary colors.

Primary Color Song 
(sung to the tune of 3 Blind Mice)

Red, Yellow, Blue

Red, Yellow, Blue

I see you

Red, Yellow, Blue!

You are the Primary Colors.

You make all of the others.

Oh, I wish I was a color, like

Red, Yellow, Blue

Good books lessons on color:

Mouse Paint

White Rabbit's Color Book

Little Blue and Little Yellow

Blue Bug's Book of Colors