Kindergarten Lines

Posted by admin on Sep 18 2009 | Painting, student projects

Kindergarten students are beginning the year by learning about different types of lines and the emotional qualities associated with them. After practicing making different types of marks in their sketchbooks, students filled in a life size outline of their bodies with as many different types of lines as they could think of. The kids are in the process of painting their projects with tempera cakes. Below are some images of the work in progress.

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6 Responses to “Kindergarten Lines”

  1. # david

    Those are great photos! They make me miss teaching elementary school! :)

    18 Sep 2009 at 11:13 pm

  2. # Denise

    That is so awesome! What a creative way to teach line use. How did you get them to draw their outline. Did they trace one another?

    07 Oct 2009 at 10:22 pm

  3. # admin

    Hi Denise,

    I’m glad you like the project. The kids loved being able to work on something so large!

    As far as the outlines, as the kids were practicing drawing lines and painting in their sketchbooks my TA and I called them over one by one and we did the outlines. You could have them trace each other though. I imagine it would turn out pretty similar.

    Kim

    08 Oct 2009 at 2:06 am

  4. # Beth Siminski

    Hello,
    I am surfing the Internet and art blogs and found your kindergarten lesson. I teach K-4 elementary art. I love this lesson. Were all your kdg. children able to remain engaged throughout the lesson? That is a lot of painting! What a great idea!

    Thanks for sharing,
    Beth Siminski

    31 Jan 2010 at 12:40 pm

  5. # Beth Siminski

    Dear Denise,
    I have looked more closely at your blog and your lessons are delightful. I would be happy to share some of my lessons with you but I’m not sure how to do that. I do not have a blog or a web page however, I have an abundance of pictures of my student’s work. What do you think?

    Thanks again,
    Beth

    31 Jan 2010 at 12:52 pm

  6. # Kim

    HI Denise-I was wondering how many students you have in a class? I love this project…it looks like a lot of fun! I would like to do this with my class but, I don’t know if it is pheasable with 27 students. I don’t know if I would be able to keep 27 children on task. It looks like they worked in the hall. I can see my class getting a little loud. Can can tell me how long it took to complete?

    KIm

    26 Jun 2010 at 10:06 am

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