1st Grade: The Dot Group Painting

"The Dot" Group Painting 

For the students first project, we read the book "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds. This book helps to stop students from thinking they are not an artist. It shows that all it take to create art is to "just make a mark and see where it takes you".(Peter H. Reynolds)

We talked about how to create art like the girl in the story, using only dots and circles. The students started with a single dot and went from there. The project also provided the young first graders a chance to practice working together. they worked very well in sharing their paint colors and well as their art beginning to touch or overlap to create one large painting.