Name projects Part 2 - grade 1

This project really has me cracking up - the results are SO darn CUTE! I had my first graders lightly print their names, and then trace around them with a Sharpie. Then we added some Sharpie lines radiating out from the letters to the edge of the paper. Some kids caught on, others... well, they interpreted it in their own unique first grader way!

In case you can't find the names, it's Makayla and Viviana (above); and below is Amelia, Braiden; Andrew, John; then Wesley, Aleya; and finally Gracie, followed by the display of a bunch of them together.

We filled in the spaces with all sorts of designs and patterns.

Some 1st graders have gotten so into the details they put them away to work on again in a third art class! I was amazed at how they got so involved filling every little space with some sort of design. I'm very proud of them.

Name projects Part 1 - grade 5

I've started the school year with some quickie name projects, to get us up and running. Not much instruction to these lessons - the point was mostly to get the brain juices flowing and get the kids back into art mode after a summer off. My 5th graders stacked the letters of their names (or nickname) and thickened one side for a 3-dimensional effect, similar in spirit to the stacked shapes lesson of Tisha Smith at http://artwithmrssmith.blogspot.com/2010/08/stacked-shapes-op-art.html