While we are out of school, I am so curious to see who will make art at home. I want to see! So here is a challenge. I have set up a website that you can upload your artwork to, it's called Artsonia. The students who upload the most artwork during the time school is closed will win a prize and I will announce the winners on BSEN. In addition, the FIRST student to upload artwork will win a PRIZE and a SHOUT OUT on my blog! Lets get started, here are the steps. 1. Have your parents email me, they will need to get your SCREENNAME and PARENT ACCESS CODE from me for Permission (They will need to go into the Artsonia App or Website under parent to give permission) 2. Download the Artsonia App on your device with your parent's permission 3. Select student 4. Scan the CLASS QR code (below there is a picture) or type in School access code: WFTX-DTPR 5. Select your grade 6. Select your name (First name last initial, if you have trouble finding it, email me) 7. All the projects I post on my blog will also be on ARTSONIA 8. At the bottom, click 'Projects' 9. Select the project you are uploading (instructions for the project are also there) 10. Press the plus sign to add a picture of your art project 11. It will ask you to crop and rotate your picture. if you want you can play around with that, when finished just press NEXT and SUBMIT 12. You can title your artwork if you would like
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Wow! What an interesting turn of events this year has taken! Who would have ever imagined you would be sitting there at home, teachers at their homes, and learning still happening! I hope everyone is safe and healthy! I will only be posting to the blog part of my website once a week but check out the AT HOME RESOURCES tab under the Students tab. I will be updating several times a week with projects, research topics, and links to virtual museum tours! So make sure you are checking the At Home Resources tab regularly. Also if you need to reach me my office hours are 9-11am. To reach me you can email me. I will answer immediately! You can also reach me throughout the day between 8-2 also via email. Click HERE to email me, my address is [email protected]
Happy Art-ing! Wow it's been a busy month here in art at big shanty. We had our art show and have been working on weaving and sewing projects. You should start to see 3rd grade stitching projects coming home if you haven't already.
In 4th grade we are starting to take home our Kumihimo woven bracelets. We learned that Kumihimo is a Japanese form of braided cord. The Samurai used these cords to bind their armor together. We...made bracelets :) 5th grade is currently in the final stages of weaving a tapestry on a loom. Just this week we finished weaving and are learning how to create pom poms/tassels to add to our tapestry. Next week we will assemble it all together so it can hang on the wall. I'm hoping you will start seeing those come home next week! 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. OMG I am so excited for this project. I have never taught Kumihimo before and I am hooked. Kumihimo is a Japanese art form of braided cord. It literally translates as 'gathered thread'. Kumihimo was functional art, the Samurai used it to bind their armor together. We are learning Kumihimo and will use the cord to make a bracelet. Below you will find pictures of what is happening right now. Everything is prepped and ready to go! I hope your student enjoys it and that some of you get a nice present :)
This project turned out incredible! For this project we explored the process of Gelli printing. Students selected two analogous colors as their base, printed, selected two more totally different colors, added stencils to the paint, and then printed a final time. The result is this really cool negative effect! I love love love these. Hope you enjoy the pictures.
5th grade talked about what a composition in art is. We compared it to compositions in music and in writing. A composition has a main idea, supporting detail, and it flows together nicely combining all the necessary elements. Students were told their composition needed to feature a pumpkin as their main idea, the rest of the details were up to them to create from their imagination, and the pumpkin itself needed to be collaged and contain highlights on the raised part of the pumpkin. Check out the pictures below! These are coming together better than I ever expected! Such creativity!
This is our 3rd grade project for the first Art Room fundraiser! We learned about two contemporary artist; Kandinsky and Klimt. Then we talked about the process of collage and created a tree. Finally we discussed filling the space to create interest. Hope you enjoy a few pictures!
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