Pumpkin Color Blending: 2nd Grade

My second graders have been creating pumpkins focusing on color blending.  This is a great opportunity to review the color wheel & all those color terms that are applicable.  

I also love this lesson because I feel it pushes young artists to work on controlling their media.  Students at the elementary level are often very heavy handed, and giving them opportunities to work on this school is extremely valuable. 

Painting Pumkins: Kindergarten

Over all, my kindergarten classes did very well with painting their pumpkins & mixing orange.  Every year is so different...sometimes every class is so different!! ha ha  The image is 12in x 18in....I like kindergarten to have a large space to paint on.  Painting has enough issues for kindergarten....you really don't want them to work in small spaces!! ha ha  I use the biggy paints...4 colors.  They did great keeping the colors clean as well.  May need to paint a bit more since I feel pretty confident with their skills!!!