Soon you will see what 5th grade has been working on so diligently. For this project we spent nearly a whole day using the visual arts critique/investigation strategy called "See, Think, Wonder". We looked at the artwork of Jen Aranyi and investigated her art, its meaning, and materials. We noticed the only color was always in the sky, we thought about why she only chose subject matter showing nature/woods, and we wondered what led her to only draw/paint skies and nature. These visual thinking strategies guided students to dive deep into why artists create art. We then talked about what an entrepreneur is and about the virtual marketplace Etsy and how it can propel artists to share/promote/sell their art. Finally, we used very nice watercolor paper, created a border using painter's tape, and drew our own inspiration from nature. Lastly, students used analogous colors and a new painting technique to swirl their colors to make their sky look the way it does. I believe this project helped students see just how much beauty can be found in everyday life and hopefully they discovered they can create beautiful works of art just like Jen Aranyi.
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3rd Grade has almost finished their Pumpkins and should be able to take them home for the break. We looked at the artwork of Yayoi Kusama, the princess of polka-dots, and learned about shape and texture. We also talked about complementary colors and created a drawing of a pumpkin inspired by Yayoi Kusama with a complementary color scheme and textured background. I'm really liking these!
check out what 5th grade is working on! We looked at the process of batik and learned how to use everyday items (tooothpaste and lotion!) to create our own batik. Then we mastered our tints and shades and painted in a monochromatic color scheme. We just rinsed then out and will be pinning them up for the backdrop for the 3rd grade performance in December! We will be seeing as a last step and turning them into pillows. Wheh!! This project covers it all! It's what you have been waiting for! 3rd Grade self-portraits are almost complete. We talked about what we wanted to be when we grew up and how to use symbols to show this in our painting. We talked about how authors use words to tell a story and artists use pictures. So each student drew a self portrait from direct observation then included information visually about what they wanted to be when they grew up. WOW!! Our 5th grade students are hard at work. We are also working on our art for the Original Works fundraiser. YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE IT! I am freaking out at how talented your kids are! They truly are inspiring and creative kids. I hope you enjoy this preview of their Tropical Paradise paintings. We talked about using tempera paints and how to blend/water them to create the color/colors we are looking for. We also drew from our imaginations and images to create our own Tropical paradises. You should be very proud of these kids. I do this project every year with Kindergarten, it is one of my favorites! It covers so much! First we read the book "The very hungry caterpillar" by Eric Carle. We talk about the elements of the story and identify characters and setting. Then we discuss colors and the primary colors. Students learn that the primary colors make all other colors of the rainbow. Students get the primary colors and a sheet with a sun, leaves, flower, tree branch, and tree trunk on it. Students learn to mix their primary colors to paint the sun orange, leaves green, and flower purple. Then we talk about how the tree trunk and branch need to be brown. But WAIT! We don't have brown! We mix all the primary colors up to create brown. The kids LOVE LOVE LOVE this part. There are many ooooos and awwwwws. After we paint, we cut everything out and glue it down to blue paper. Then we talk about printmaking and use our fingers and green and red to create our caterpillar. The final step of this project is to give our caterpillar legs and a face. The kids all really love this project and I really look forward to it each year. First grade began the day by watching the reading of the story "Don't let the pigeon drive the bus", you can find the you tube link here. After watching the video, we talked about the characters in the story and the plot. We discussed what happened throughout the story, how the pigeon probably felt, and what happened at the end. We all felt bad for the pigeon; so we decided to throw him a party to cheer him up and show him that he is still loved! Wow these kids knocked these marvelous paintings out in ONE day! FABULOUS! We drew with india ink, painted with watercolors, and drew with crayons...wheh! We talked about colors, lines, and shapes. Finally we talked about how to FILL the SPACE of our paper. What a day and what a fabulous lesson! If you want, here is the lesson plan! Kindergarten learned all about different types of lines in this easy and wonderful one day project. You will find the lesson under my lessons page or here. We talked about how line is the most basic element of art and that there are many different types of lines. We learned about and drew five of them: straight, zig zag, broken, bumpy, and my personal favorite loop-de-loop! After we drew our lines, we learned all the colors of the rainbow in the order they go. We painted our colors in that order from left to right. We connected this direction to when they read a book, they read from left to right! What a fun and easy project!
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