Here's another fast and easy Valentine's art project with an art history component.
I saw this on an Instagram reel from @scholtenart. I altered the last time a bit.
This was the first project I did with a new set of Grade 4-6 students. Honestly, it was easy for alot of the older kids, but the boys, especially, needed help and reminders with cutting and gluing and all those fine motor skills that boys sadly seem to lack compared to girls. This took my classes one 40 minute period to complete.
This is the first year I've tries tempera paint sticks and they are fantastic! It's like drawing with a really slick, smooth, colorful glue stick!
I pre-cut heavy white paper into squares (9" x 9") and then pre-cut coloured photocopy paper into squares that would fit onto that in 4th (I can't really explain math, lol)
Students covered the white paper with patterns using paint sticks.
Then they chose two squares of a colour, stacked them and cut out a heart shape.
Review positive and negative space.
Glue stick these onto the background like so. Then we used black and white pencil crayons to add some shading and highlights to the hearts.
I love how fun and colourful these turned out!
