Haystacks

Monet Haystacks

Fifth Grade Art Lesson

3 Class Periods, 45 minutes

Monet Haystacks, Fifth Grade Art Lesson

My fifth grade artists tackled this lesson on Claude Monet.  We specifically examined several of his haystack paintings as well as learning factual information about the artist.  Did you know that the Monet created 25 paintings of this specific subject matter?

Using a pencil we lightly planned the main objects in the composition and together we used oil pastels to color in the details of the artwork.  We discussed parts of a landscape, texture, color blending and complementary color schemes.  

This was my first time teaching this lesson to my students.  After seeing these GLOWING results I will definitely be putting this on my lesson plan agenda for next year!

Student Examples:

Mona Lisa Holiday Coloring Sheets

I recently made these fun holiday Mona Lisa coloring sheets for my classroom.  I always begin my school year teaching students about Mona Lisa.  I use "Mona"..."Lisa" as a way to get classroom attention as well having students get ready for dismissal, "Look Mona Lisa Ready."  Knowing how much my students love learning about the Mona Lisa, I thought it would be fun to create some holiday parodies of Mona.  I plan on using these as part of my monthly free choice coloring sheet option for students who finish work early. If you think these would be cool to add to your classroom or you would like to support my Teacher Pay Teacher Store click on this link:  Crazy Busy Art Room Store. Thanks in advance for any support you may give by liking my store, making a purchase or writing a review.  Have a great weekend friends!

Henri Matisse Inspire Underwater Paper Cut-Outs

 Third Grade Art Lesson

2 class periods

50 minutes each

Henri Matisse Inspire Underwater Paper Cut-Outs

Third grade artists did a fantastic job creating these fun construction paper masterpieces inspired by the cut-outs of Henri Matisse.  Concepts taught: positive space, negative space, overlapping, organic shapes, cut-outs.  This lesson could definitely be taught to upper elementary and middle school students as well.  For lesson plan, handouts and rubric check out the link to  Crazy Busy Art Room Store on TPT.  Thanks for the support!  

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