First Grade Keith Haring Figures

In first grade, we just finished looking at the artwork of Keith Haring.  We talked about two key ideas for his works, Figures and Movement.  We discussed that figures within art are bodies or other objects.  In Keith's work, his figures lack details and look a lot like cartoons.  The movement within Keith's art is depicted through the black lines around the arms, legs, or heads of the figures.  We discussed the many different types of movement there could be, tying in a great discussion and brainstorm of verbs.

We first sketched eight figures with various movement being shown through the movement lines.  Upon completion of their brainstorming, the students selected four of their favorite figures to use on their final paper.  The students drew their four figures as well as the movement lines, traced them with sharpie to help them pop, and then colored them in with crayon.  I gave the students the option to add a background to their figures, some of them got really creative with their backgrounds and some chose to just stick with creative figures.