Category Archives: 1st Grade

Look here for updates on what the 1st grade students are doing in art class.

1st Grade Proportional Portrait Practice Drawings

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The first grade class is studying how to draw a person’s face using proportion and measurements.  Students discussed the various shapes they see in a face as well as relative sizes and positions of these features.  You will notice guidelines in the drawings that helped students position features on the face.

This exercise in proportion and looking at the details in a human face are in preparation for self-portrait collages they will be starting soon using construction paper.  Please enjoy a few examples from Ms. Clark’s class.

1st Grade: Myself in a Beautiful Place: Finding Lines Everywhere

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The first grade artists have been creating pictures of themselves in a beautiful place.  We began by finding different kinds of lines in the room around us and created collections of these zig zags, dashed, swirly and invented lines, perhaps, never seen before.  Students used the creative process to explore different ways they could incorporate at least 5 different kinds of lines in their project that included themselves  and a building or house  that they find most beautiful.  We looked at the work of Austrian artist, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, for inspiration.

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Painting

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Apartment Buildings

Students used the following steps in creating their artwork:

  1. Draw in pencil.
  2. Trace in Sharpie.
  3. Color with crayons.
  4. Add a water color wash.
  5. Mount to background construction paper.

Nice job1st grade artists!

Ms. Meyer