1st Grade Arts

Invented City Scapes

First grade artists learned how buildings can have different types of windows, doors, domes, and roofs. They each designed one building stamp by drawing into Scratch Foam and enjoyed sharing their stamps to create their own printed, invented cityscapes.

Clay Owls

After reading Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, 1st grade artists made clay pinch pots, attached slabs of

clay and used tools to add texture to create their own owls.

Laurel Burch Inspired Cats

Artist Laurel Burch is well known for her abstract cats. First graders learned how to draw a cat in the style of this artist and used the sgraffito technique by scratching the back of a paintbrush to make

designs in the wet paint