Favianna Rodriguez inspired Butterfly

Project Description: Students created a butterfly inspired by Favianna Rodriguez’s “migration is beautiful” printed butterfly and learned about the migration of monarch butterflies.

Concepts explored: Immigration, transformation, symmetry, warm and cool colors

Techniques used: Drawing, painting with glue, water color

Materials: 9”x12” paper, pencil, black glue, water color, water trays, brushes

Grades: K-5th grade

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The lesson modified the video tutorial. Instead of creating a butterfly print, students painted it with black glue and watercolors.

Yayoi Kusama inspired Flowers

Project Description: Students learned how Yayoi Kusama uses repetition and form in her abstract paintings, then students created their own, teacher-directed, flower inspired by Kusama’s flower forms.

Concepts explored: Form, abstract, repetition, pattern, color

Techniques used: Tempera painting

Materials: Paper plate, tempera paints, water trays, stamp brushes, scissors, pencil

Grades: 1st-5th grade

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Berthe Morisot inspired Flower Vases

Project Description: Students learned how Berthe Morisot used value in her impressionist paintings, then students created their own, teacher-directed, flower vase.

Concepts explored: Value (tints), impressionism

Techniques used: Tempera painting

Materials: 9”x12” paper, pencil, tempera paints, water trays, brushes

Grades: 2nd-5th grade

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Georgia O'Keefe inspired Landscapes

Project Description: Students learned how Georgia O’Keefe used space to create abstract landscapes and created their own, teacher-directed, mountain scene.

Concepts explored: Abstract, space, foreground, middle ground, background, value (shades)

Techniques used: Drawing and watercolor painting

Materials: 9”x12” paper, watercolor, pencil, crayons

Grades: 2nd-5th grade

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