Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Fluorescent Picasso Portraits

    My second graders just finished learning about Matisse, so Picasso worked perfectly as the next lesson.  We started by reading/watching the book When Pigasso met Mootisse. I used the video on Storyline Online (  http://www.storylineonline.net/).  The kids seemed to really enjoy this story.
   Next, we looked at some Picasso paintings and began our silly faces.  Once the faces were drawn, we used oil pastels, including fluorescent (a tip from a fellow teacher), a colored the whole picture.  Lastly, the kids outlined their features with black oil pastel. 
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7 comments:

  1. Your students' work looks incredibly happy!!

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  2. How fun! My 4th graders did a similar project with oil pastels. Thanks for the tip on the video!

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  3. Love these! Which fluorescent pastels do you like?

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  4. One of my favorite books!!! It's a true teaching story. Your students' work is wonderful! I love to use online stories too. Best, Vicki

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  5. I used Gallery Fluorescent Oil Pastels. I ordered them from Sax.

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  6. Wow, I've never seen fluorescent oil pastels. I want to get some!!! (Are they expensive?)

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  7. I love this book! Your students did justice to it

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