Plains Indian Teepees
Second grade has been studying the Plains Indians. The students loved drawing buffalo and thinking about how the indians used every part of them. They loved drawing teepees and thinking about life on the prairie and the symbols on the teepees. When it was time to think about a painting project, the students agreed... teepees.
Here are some finished paintings.....
Plains Indian Teepee Paintings
Student-written Process
"We
were studying about Indians in our classrooms.
In art, we drew a teepee, a buffalo,
and a pueblo. We really liked the
teepee. We looked at a lot of pictures
of teepees. We thought teepees would be
cool to live in and we loved the symbols on them. The Plains Indians liked animals and so there
were a lot of animal symbols on their teepees.
We
needed a plan for painting. We thought
about our sketches. The sketches took a
long time, because they were easy and hard at the same time. The teepee triangle was easy and the animal
symbols were hard.
We
learned how to make a painting, step by step.
We sketched the teepees with pencil very lightly right on the
canvas. We painted the teepee
first. Then we painted the
background. We all had different
backgrounds. We had to add more painting
layers when we messed up. We painted
the entire canvas including the edges.
We came to the art room 3 or 4 times.
We made sure all the paint was done before we did the designs on the
teepees. The symbols were so fun, some of us did too
many. We couldn’t stop."
artist statements
“As an artist, I liked it but it got a little hard when you
had to draw stuff over or paint over. It
was frustrating but it turned out kinda cool.
It looks really good hanging on the wall.”
“It was a good project.
I like being a good artist because it’s creative. We got to add our own details so they weren’t
like everyone else’s.”
“This was amazing because we made cool symbols that we wanted
on the teepee.”
“When you get to do your own detail, it feels relaxing.”
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