Lesson Ideas for Grade One!
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Rudolph
NEW! Santa's famous helper!
RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

"Sunshine & Shadows"
Peanut Butter Bear

'Sunshine & Shadow' colours, shapes galore and adorable bears!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:

1.5hrs

Sledding Snowkid
NEW! Whooooosh!
RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs
Rabbit
NEW! Hippity hop!
RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs
Sunflower

NEW!
Summer Sunshine!
RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs
T-Rex
NEW! ROOOOAAAAAAAR!
RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

Robin's Nest

Robin mom with eggs!
RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

Great Blue Heron

Wetland paradise!
RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

Toucan

A terrific Toucan! Lovely shading & colour project! These toucans look fabulous and they fit in beautifully with rain forest units.

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:

1.5hrs

Koi

A flippy fishy!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Pen & Wash:

1.5 hrs

Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

Self-portrait

A favorite of my regular Grade One teachers! I love overhearing the older kids ooohing & ahhhing over "little kids'" artwork! This project is best in oil pastel or pencil sketching.

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Pencil/Oil Pastel:

1.5hrs

Tree Frog

Green, orange & white!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

Snail

Snail but not so slow!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5 hrs

Garry Point Lighthouse

Garry Point park in Richmond!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Watercolour or Oil Pastel:

1.5hrs

Beachscape

Can't wait for summer? Try a beachscape with a pretty little sailboat!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:

1.5hrs

Cartoon Characters

(What kid doesn't love cartoons? But do they know how they're drawn? Younger students will love to create their own character using basic shapes and features.)

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Pencil, Pencil Crayon & Felt

1.5hrs

Little Chicken

This little chick is a very quick and easy introduction to watercolour. Easy to draw shapes will let us spend more time on painting! Grade 1's will love this little spring chick!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Watercolour:

1.5hrs

Chilly Penguin

(A cute alternative to the always popular snowman! Learn basic drawing & shading skills. Grade 1's work quickly and are usually finished by the end of the workshop.)

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/
Pencil/Watercolour:

1.5hrs

Pumpkins

(We drew many pumpkins last October! A veritable field of the jolly orange orbs! This lesson can also be done without the face. Excellent for oil pastels, tempera painting or watercolours. We can even make spiffy clay pumpkins if you like!)

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:

1.5hrs

Snowman

A whole glacier worth of snowmen are created every winter!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:

1.5hrs

Pacific Dogwood

(Grade 1's will learn basics of drawing realistic flowers, leaves and branches! B.C.'s Provincial Flower... well, it's actually modified white leaves surrounding a tiny blossom cluster but we can draw it! Paint it, too! Oil pastel is lovely.)

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/
Pencil/Watercolour:

1.5hrs

Owls

These owls are AMAZING! Learn shape and colour! (And really big eyes!)

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

Monkey

MONKEY! Everyone loves a playful monkey! This lesson is challenging... please allow the full 1.5 hours.

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:

1.5hrs
Butterfly

Fabulous Butterflies! Amazing colour! Pastel blending in the extreme! Beware... this project is more challenging than it looks! Allow for the full 1.5 hours.

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:

1.5hrs

Santa

The jolly old elf himself! Create your version of Santa... how do you imagine he looks? Grade 1's will create a more basic Santa.

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Charcoal/Pencil:

1.5hrs

Autumn Maple Tree

Autumn leaves, shaded tree trunk and a beautiful background scene!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:

1.5hrs

Fawn

Out of the vault by popular demand! She's a very quiet litlle fawn.

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

Waterscape

A really good introduction to watercolour painting. Younger artists will create a simple version of this project using basic lines to give the illusion of distance.

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:

1.5hrs

Blossoming Cherry Tree

Feel the softness of the petals as they drift gently in the spring breeze. Learn to paint or draw a cherry tree in full blossom. The simplicity of the subject allows more time to explore detail and colour!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:

1.5hrs

Easter Bunny

The Easter Bunny has a great big delivery for your class! An 'egg'cellent shading lesson in a variety of bright spring colours. Cute & Simple to draw. Grade 1's will LOVE this bunny! (Bunny can hold flowers for students who don't celebrate Easter. )

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:

1.5hrs

 

 

 

 

Sculpture
Only available when all classes do clay that day!

 

Sculpture
Animal Masks

A cute puppy or kitty... or a fierce tiger! Any animal you can imagin can be created in mask form. (These masks are not for wearing.) An excellent introduction to "low-relief" sculpture & building with slabs.

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Sculpture:

1.5hrs


Sculpture
Birds

(Birds are a nice simple intrduction to working with clay or other sculpting mediums. Kids love them, too! Works well with clay, air dry clay or plastiscene etc. Only a small amount needed per student.)

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Sculpture:

1.5hrs

Sculpture
Animals

Animals are a great introduction to sculpture. Works well with clay, air dry clay or plastiscene etc. Only a small amount needed per student.

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
1.5hrs

Sculpture
Pinch Pot Fish

It can also be a fancy fish or a pretty fish or whatever kind of fish you can imagine! In fact... it might not be a fish at all!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
1.5hrs

 

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