Concentric Circle Flower Bouquets

Third Grade Art Lesson
3 Class Periods

Concentric Circle Flower Bouquets, Third Grade Art Lesson

Day 1:
On day one of this lesson students drew a vase on a piece of 12 x 18 inch paper.  To make this part a bit easier for my third graders I gave them a stencil I had already designed to trace.

After it was traced we painted the background of the composition.  I had each class use a different color.  The colors I used were blue, green, yellow, pink, and orange.  We added white to this color to create a tint.  Students were asked to paint carefully around the vase.

Next we painted the vase brown.   Student were shown on to create a highlight and a shadow on the vase to help the vase look three-dimensional.

After painting our vase, I had students take a paper towel and dry their brush the best they could...no water...using the dry brush, still filled with a bit of brown paint we dry brushed a shadow under the vase to create the table shadow.

Projects were placed on the drying rack to dry.

Day 2:
We began class with a demonstration on how to create leaves and vines for their bouquets.  I asked students to create 5 to 7 vines and then showed them out to push and fan out their brush on the paper to create leaves on the vine.

Vines and leaves added to the vase.

Once the leaves were in place, we discussed the concept of concentric circles.  Students were shown how to create dots on their paper with paint and then how to paint circles around the dots.  Students were allowed to choose their own palette for their flowers.

Creating concentric circle flowers.

Once the bouquet was filled with flowers, students placed their work on the drying rack to dry.

Day 3:
We used this class period to create another layer of concentric flowers.  I encourage students to make as many as they could so we would have full bouquets.  Overlapping and range of sizes of circles were encouraged.

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