Big Beautiful Bright Flowers!
Kindergarten Finger Painting
by Shelley Schoby, K-2 Art Specialist
This week in art, kindergarten students studied the Mexican artist Diego Rivera. Mr. Rivera is a mural artist that painted, Girl with Sunflowers. Kindergarten was introduced to bright colors. Students identified these colors as happy, light and bright like the sun. When asked if they could show Mrs. Schoby a sunny face, all shared a bright happy smile. Then bright colors were compared to light and dark colors and they were located in both of the paintings. Students began their artwork by drawing a large geometric circle in the center of their paper. Then they added many more shapes to complete their flower picture. Finally, bright colored finger paint filled the flower. To accompany this lesson students listened to the story, Sunflower House by Eve Bunting and sang, “This Little Light of Mine" as well as “This Bright flower of Mine" and "Mr. Sunshine".
