Kindergarten artists are working with texture now. We looked at pumpkins and drew 4 different pumpkins on their paper. We are tracing the lines with black sharpie so we can see them better. Then, students will fill each shape with a texture rubbing using our texture plates.
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5th grade artists have been working with shapes in creative ways. This project started with a folded square of tracing paper. Students then drew a few different lines and shapes. We traced the lines to both sides of the tracing paper and then opened it up. Students transferred their design to a piece of foam. Then we started the printing, which is always a fun thing to do. Students made a mark on one corner in the back so that they could make the same design go around the center point. 4th grade artists are learning how their beliefs and values can be expressed through art. We are looking at how Christian art expresses beliefs and values through Bible stories. Students are creating a paper-cut lantern inspired by a Christian Bible story. We are working with X-acto knives and tissue paper so that the light shines through. Here are some of the lanterns in progress.
3rd grade artists painted their clay loom and started the weaving part. It was so fun to see the color on the clay. This week we warped (wrapped) the loom with one yarn and started weaving over and under. Students are remembering their circle weaving from last year. It will be fun to see the colors of yarn on their clay looms!
2nd graders have enjoyed learning about Pablo Picasso and Walt Disney as influential artists. They finished painting their clay Picasso inspired head. They also designed and colored their own creative theme park. It was so fun to see the new rides and places that students dreamed of for their own special park. Walt Disney said, 'If you dream it, you can do it.' 1st grade artists are learning how they can create art with shapes, lines and patterns. For this project, we focused on lines. Students got to use something new, a bingo dauber with ink, to make the big black lines. Then they practiced lots of different lines and drew different lines in each of the shapes. We used neon oil pastel colors. Students are so excited that these glow in the dark with a black light!
Kindergarten artists learned about the artist, Henri Matisse, and how he created paper-cut artworks later in his life. Students saw how he overlapped colors and shapes in his artwork. Students cut out larger shapes and then smaller shapes to create their own art 'drawing with scissors'. We learned how to fold paper to cut some special shapes like hearts and circles. We also tried cutting some really tiny shapes to overlap on the bigger shapes. Here are some of the works in progress.
It is fitting that I am writing this blog post on the Homecoming dress-up day for Crazy Hair at the elementary! Kinder artists created a drawing of their face and added crazy hair! Students were working on changing the paper in different ways to make the hair.
1st grade artists have been working with shapes to create art. We looked at the work of Wassily Kandinsky and his concentric circle painting. We used his circles as inspiration for the leaves on our trees. Students stamped the paper with a circle pop lid and then traced and cut out their hand as the tree. We used different circle shapes to trace and make the colorful fall leaves.
2nd graders are learning about influential artists. For this project, we are focusing on Walt Disney. Students loved learning about Walt Disney, his life and his dream of making a theme park. Walt Disney still inspires young people today with his creativity, passion, and dreams that did become a reality. Students designed their own creative and new theme park. Here are a few examples of works in progress. Here is an animation we watched in class to learn more about Walt Disney and his creative work. |
Mrs. Prevot
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December 2021
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