Spiral Sheep

Step by Step practice with 

Shapes & line. 

The Bigger Project

1. Construction Paper & Crayon

Mrs. Oliver's 1st grade class

2. Sharpie, Crayon Resist with Tempera Cakes

Use a large brush to paint the background with tempera cakes.

When you use the watered tempera cakes over the crayon, it will resist the paint and rise above.

Use a smaller brush to fill in the curly spirally wool with various colors.
Be bold ad brave with your colors.

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Mrs. Bluhm's 1st graders

Aiden, Alyssa M. & Asher (left side)

Olivia & Thomas (right side)

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Inspiration...

Eli Halpin's sheep 

Eli is a Texas artist in Austin. She paints western animals using a very unique color and texture ideas. Students discuss her ideas of color variety vs. real life colors in the sheep. 

http://elihalpin.com

Mutton Busting

Kids are able to ride on the back of sheep and hold on as tight and long as possible to win a belt buckle! This is modeled after the big boy bull rides at the Texas Livestock Show & Rodeo. 

https://youtu.be/Tm_FTC_Za98

Psychedelic succulents

Inspired by the artist Matea Sincovec

I like this lady's style!

Its like a psychedelic cactus.

I love the patterns and colors she puts into her plants.

I want the students to be inspired by her to and appreciate the colors, lines, patterns, textures and time it takes to make such a display of creativity.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/108560222/print-night-cactus?#zoom

INSTRUCTIONS

go her to see how to draw cactus...

http://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2014/09/how-to-practice-cactus.html


Petere Max
He is another artists whose style fits the idea of the groovy colorful look of the 1960's.
His pop art of  yesteryear is bright, bubbly and abstract.
I use his art as a driving force for the ideas for filling in the cacti with designs. 

INSTRUCTION

Students were instructed to draw a desert cactus scene.

Begin with pencil and draw BIG.

Outline with permanent marker. 

Choose either the background of the cactus to fill up

with colorful repeated lines or shapes. 

Whatever they do not fill up with colorful pattern, they are to use

black, white and grey designs to fill in. 

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Images below were created by 5th graders at Krahn Elementary

under the instruction of Tabitha Morgan

Kenut's Drawing

Maisy adding repeating line and color

Jasmine in Maddox's 5th grade

All Images below are reserved by Tabitha Morgan of the LostSock

Begin by Drawing a Land Line or horizon line for your plants.

Draw a variety of cacti with various heights.

Outline with Sharpie.

Mrs. Morgan says,

"draw light til' you know it's right,

then go darker or use marker."

Get this poster for your classroom here at my TPT store...

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/The-Lost-Sock-Art-Teacher

Use markers to design the inside of the cactus with free colorful patterns, lines, shapes, or doodles.

After this step, I plan on using only grey and black marker to make more designs in the background.