September Studies- Circles

I used an art project to practice circle cutting, as I have in the past. This year, we combined that with a "following directions" exercise over the span of four 15 minute sessions. We started with the background in cool colors, drawing the brush "top to bottom, top to bottom" repeated until a whole page was covered in blues, greens, violets. Next, we used warm colors to make swirls and waves over and over until that page was covered. The 3rd session involved cutting various sized circles from the sheet painted in warm colors. For some Pre-K students, this was their first time handling scissors, and was a perfect opportunity to discuss the correct way to hold scissors and give one-on-one instruction. Lastly, we glued parts together to make a collage of flowers that resemble a Hundertwasser painting. And even though they are all alike because it was a "following directions" exercise, they are also all individual, and I really like how they turned out.