First grade students learned about the importance of the Cherry Blossom tree in Japan. Sakura, or cherry blossoms, symbolize renewal, birth, and spring. Every year in Washington DC, people from all over the country come to celebrate the blooming of the cherry blossom trees. These trees were a gift from the country of Japan to symbolize friendship between the US and Japan. Students used watercolor paint to create a sunset, using the wet on wet technique to blend colors. Students then added cherry blossoms using tissue paper. The Japanese character for Sakura was added using black sharpie. The top and bottom of the scroll is decorated using a Seigaiha pattern.
1st grade students learned about the abstract artist, Jim Dine. They created "Heart Art" inspired by Dine's heart series. Students started with a heart stencil and black sharpie to create puzzle- like pieces. Next they used cool colored oil pastels to fill in the areas around the heart. Students practiced blending different cool colors. Next students used warm colored tissue paper to fill in the heart and give their artwork texture. First grade students learned about the abstract artist, Wassily Kandinsky. Students looked closely at his paintings and discovered that he loved to use lines, shapes and colors in all of his works. Students used Kandinsky's, "Squares with Concentric Circles" as inspiration for their project. Students used oil pastels to create their brightly colored concentric circles.
1st grade students created Jim Dine inspired artwork. They used cool colored oil pastels for their background and warm colored tissue paper to create texture for their heart.
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