Third graders have been learning about the action paintings of American artist “Action Jackson” Pollock. Here’s a peek at their action paintings – can’t wait to show them the next step of this project! Stay tuned!
Action Jackson
Action Jackson Portraits
Third grade artists have been learning about the abstract work of “Action Jackson” Pollock. We began by creating a background that resembled Jackson’s “thrown paint” pieces. Our backgrounds were made by dipping string in paint and tapping the gooey string on the paper. Lots of fun!
Action Jackson at work
Preparing the background for printing
Printing with string
Our portraits of Action Jackson are my third grader’s first attempt at drawing a realistic portrait, using drawing pencils and value shading with blending stumps. My kiddos loved using the blending stumps and enjoyed creating a REAL portrait.
Completed Action Jackson Pollock portraits.
Action Jackson Project
Third Grade artists began learning about “Action Jackson” Pollock this week. We read Action Jackson by Greenberg and Jordan, and looked at several reproductions of Pollock’s action paintings. Everyone was excited and energized by Pollock’s abstract expressionist paintings!
So we got busy with our Action Jackson project by creating a textured background with warm color crayons. This was a great review of warm colors as third graders sorted out the pink, orange, yellow, and red crayons for their texture rubbings. Next week…string printing on the textured background!
