Dr. Seuss Activities

I copy a favorite page for the children to look at as they draw.

Pre-k children copy the master of the Wet Pet.

I teach the group how to draw this very slowly on a dry erase board. 

The Famous Surrealist Miro

Love, Love Miro for Children!   I always make a master for the kids to observe and copy.

Please feel free to copy any of these ideas for your class.

Mondrian

Painted, collage, or crayon...we love Mondrian!

Famous Artist - Wayne Thiebaud

 Sheldon Art Gallery in Lincoln, Nebraska displays paintings that one would like to lick.

Wayne Thiebaud is known for his delectable baked goods done in thick, rich paint.

Here we pay tribute to an artist of pastry.

  

Famous Artist Paul Klee Head of Man

Klee's original painting that is copied.

Four and five year old can handle this just fine. I might help some with breaking the face into shapes for them to color with crayons. Head is cut from white paper, shoulders from brown paper and then glued onto orange. This is an education for the parents as well who are not familiar with art history.

I always image google the work to get a black and white image to attach so the parents understand 

the origin and the name of artist and time period.

http://www.abcand123learning.com/

Buffalo Art Project

Our art museum has "Art Trunks" for classes to rent. In this trunk from Joslyn Art Museum, artist Bob Haozous, had a flat, steel sculpture. I traced it to make a template and a project from it.

The cardboard template is traced onto brown paper.

4 and 5 year olds copy Indian symbols around the buffalo.

Design paper is colored and added.

 The younger children, who cannot draw the symbols, did this easier version.