We've been busy for the last couple weeks in Mrs. Green's classroom. We've covered shape people, drawing settings, and mixing colors, but this post will only cover the shape people.
Shape people:
Since I have two separate Kindergarten classes some of our lessons don't match up. For instance the last lesson with the Frankensteins was specifically for Halloween for Class A, but when it was Class B's turn Halloween was over. So instead of doing a monster, the kids got to choose between kids running, biking, skating, and figure skating. They voted on the running person and we did a guided drawing together so they could see how basic geometric shapes can come together to make a person. They chose the runner and here are some examples of their work:
I only showed them how to do the figure, but as you can see some of the kids took liberties with faces, hats, and even a belly button. :) This lesson was a little difficult for the class, but looking back on it, I'm glad I gave them something challenging because everyone was engaged and trying to figure out something they had never done before. I think in the future I can mix up really challenging lessons with easier ones to keep them on their toes.
One of the difficulties I encountered in this lesson was some kids pushed waaaaay too hard on their pencils. It made it hard for them to erase their mistakes later and muddied up their picture. I think the next time I do this lesson I will have them use mechanical pencils since the lead will snap if the kids push too hard which will give them immediate feed back to whether or not they are pushing too hard. That way they will learn to draw nice and light until they have the line they want, then they can trace over it harder.
These figures look AWESOME! I seriously love this idea... It's very simple, because it focuses on shapes they already know, but they are making really well developed figures. One of the pictures you posted, I don't know if you did, or it was a student's work, but it looks way good, like the same stuff I saw in my figure drawing class in college. Really cool idea!
ReplyDeleteI was also impressed with how well the students did on this project. I am pleased that they have the opportunity to develop their fine motor skills while participating in developing art skills.
ReplyDeleteMy son has never really taken an interest in doing crafty, artsy projects, so when he brought this piece home, I first thought he had accidentally taken someone else's picture. But when he told me all about how you taught him how to use the shapes and such, I realized it truly was his work and I'm very impressed with it. Great job teaching these concepts!
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