Kindergarten frogs

Kindergarten artists watched the youtube clip of the song/book "5 Green and Speckled Frogs." We noticed how the artist made the eyes super big to make the frogs look cuter. We drew our own frogs and used the dark and light values of green to color them. On the frame, we used a dashed line to show the flight path of a big that is about to be eaten!

Learning Goals:

* I can describe light and dark values

* I can use shapes to draw 3 or more frogs

* I can use a dashed line to show the movement of a fly or bug

1st Grade Movement and Line Bugs

1st Grade artists read the book, "The Straight Line Wonder." We looked at the way the illustrator used lines to show the direction that something had already moved, where someone was looking, and to show mood. We were inspired by springtime and drew bugs using line to show their flight path! Then in the frames, we used various types of lines to decorate our beautiful artworks.

3rd grade Dancing Giraffes with Movement

3rd graders are studying movement and how cartoon artist and illustrators create the illusion of movement in their work in a variety of ways. For example, by creating movement lines, repeating a part over and over again (like a swinging tail), and by using a lot of diagonals. We read the book "Giraffes can't Dance" and looked at the ways that the artist made the animals look like they were dancing. We then painted our own dancing giraffes who are moving like crazy!

People in Motion!

Fourth grade artists have been studying the work of the French artist, Edgar Degas.  We discovered that Degas liked to paint people in motion, especially ballerinas.  The fourth graders learned how to create figure drawings to show people moving in various ways.  Next, they used patterns of color to surround their people to create an illusion of movement.  Here are some of their masterpieces: