Western art projects

Krahn Elementary's Rodeo Art Winners and District Finalists GOOD NEWS! These talented cardinals will be on display for the 2017-18 Klein ISD Rodeo Showcase! We also have been so blessed to finally have the first (in my 4 years here at Krahn) to move to the finals for the Houston Livestock Show this February as well! The talented 5th grader, Kenut will have the opportunity to attend the awards ceremony this year at the Rodeo. WINNERS from KRAHN Vivian and Jordan in Mrs. Wycopen's Kindergarten…

Students in grades 4-6 created these fun mash-ups that combine Southwestern Native American design with the skull paintings made famous by Georgia O'Keeffe. We began by looking at examples of Southwestern Native American designs on rugs, clothes and artwork. We noted the use of colors (mostly warm and natural colors with some blue accents), the geometric shapes and the use of symbols. Students then divided their papers up into sections using rulers and created similar style designs. Next, we…

Indian Blankets Painting by Aren Dummer

Fauvist Cows ~ water soluble pastel LEARNING INTENTIONS: Students will explore the Fauvist movement by drawing a cow and and colouring with bold, bright colours. To follow a guided drawing of a cow’s head and use bold colours, like the “Fauves”. SUCCESS CRITERIA: I can follow directions to draw a large cow’s head that fills

Read the Biography of Colt Idol

Create a unique bison art project using coffee grounds and simple painting techniques. This easy animal craft for kids uses recycled supplies and a printable bison template. Perfect for preschool crafts, classroom art projects, art camp, park programs, or forest school. Learn how to make a colorful plains-inspired craft with eco-friendly materials. | Yellowstone craft | National park craft | Wild west craft | Buffalo craft | Bison Craft for kids | from barley & birch

This lesson will be done with Kindergarten and First Grade. I started out this lesson with books to look through for comparing night and day desert. We compared what we thought it was like at both times and why. The two books above would be great resources if available. I may order them for next year, but I just used the ones located in the library with pictures as our reference material. The previous assignment we worked on was focusing of cool colors only. See Previous lesson here, the…