Mono Leaf Prints

Our Kinder artists created these beautiful print. Students placed large stems from a tree on our playground onto a large piece of paper. Then students chose 2 colors of red, orange, yellow, and brown. The fist color was sprayed on and around the center of the leaf and the second color was sprayed around the outside edges of the leaf. The two colors overlapped to create a splatter effect. In printmaking a mono print is the relief of what is placed onto the paper, this process left us with a white outline of our nature print.

Printed Fall Trees

These fall trees were created by our Kinder artists. For this project we did not use any paintbrushed! Instead we used the edge of cardboard pieces to print lines for our tree trunk and branches. Next we used a Q-Tip to create dot prints of red, yellow, orange, and brown to represent fall leaves.

Itsy Bitsy Spider Prints

Kinders had a blast creating spider webs with thumb print spiders. Love this time of year!!

Fall Leaf Watercolor Print

This project showcases the beauty of the leaves in fall. In class student pretend to be a bug on a leaf as we explore the lines and shapes that nature creates. Students then explore outside to find a variety of leaves to use in thier artwork. Students then use the backside of thier leaves under thier papers and the side of a wax crayon to create a rubbing or print of thier leaves. Students them outline the leaf with a marker and them use watercolors to blend around the leaves and fill in the background. To culminate this project students write a haiku about the experiece of being a leaf falling from a tree.