CREATE collaborative upper elementary mural

Jamestown Upper 3rd-5th graders are working collaboratively on a collage mural to decorate our new classroom! What better word than "CREATE!" They are reviewing value as they cut out magazine pieces for the extra large board! We will be working on it on and off as kids finish up other projects and have extra time. We can't wait to see it completed and hanging on our wall!

Third-grade Robert Indiana

3rd graders are studying the art of Robert Indiana. They noticed how he used letters and numbers as art at a time when people did not see those things as such. We used his word love, and other words such as hope and joy in our art. We thought about the use of warm and cool colors and pattern to create these wonderful artworks! 

Learning Goals: 

I can identify the art of Robert Indiana. 

I can distinguish between warm and cool colors. I can emboss metal patterns. 

I can create block lettering like Robert Indiana.

I can create a collage. 

2nd Grade Andy Warhol Portraits Pop Art Style!

2nd Grade artists are learning about the art and life of the Pop Artist Andy Warhol! We looked at how he loved to repeat images and how he used color.

We also added some practice with calligraphy with our name designs while taking about Graphic Design!

This project was adapted from one we saw on pinterest. 

Learning Goals:

I can describe the art and life of Andy Warhol

I can articulate what Pop Art is

I can demonstrate calligraphy with my name design

I can blend colors with crayon

I can identify warm and cool colors

I can describe how color and mood relate 

Second grade travel collage

2nd grade artists have been thinking about how art comes from every part of the world and looks different from different cultures and countries. We compared and contrasted art from all over by looking at a slide show, books about art and culture, and looking at various artworks. We read Dr. Seuss' book, "Oh the Places You'll Go!" and thought about where we would like to go if we could travel to see any art in the world. 

Check out our slide show by clicking HERE

We created these collages of us traveling to those places! We thought about how artists use lines to show movement and where the plane could have traveled. 

First grade Printmaking Architecture

First grade artists compared and contrasted many different types of architecture. We then created our own paper house collages. 

On Day 2 of the project, we looked at how many artists have utilized prints in their art! We used stations and had students paint a piece of bubble wrap with white tempera paint. The bubble wrap was taped to a large table so that when students set their artworks on the paint, it printed a fun snow print blizzard onto our homes! 

*This project inspired by one found on Pinterest

Learning Goals:

I can identify the art genre of artchitecture.

I can create a print.

I can identify the art technique of printmaking.

I can create an architecture collage.

Third Grade Collage Form Birds

Third grade artists looked at different types of collage, the differences between shape and form (2D and 3D, reviewed color families (warm/cool and primary/secondary), and then created our own form collage birds using paper plates, tissue paper, paper towels, string, twisty wire, googley eyes and other various materials. 

We displayed our flock of collage birds in our library!

Learning Goals are that Students Can: 

* Explain the difference between 2D and 3D art

*Explain what a Collage is

*Use a variety of materials to create a 3D bird

*Identify the various color families and use one in their artwork

*Manipulate wire and tie knots with string

Second grade Henri Matisse fishbowls

2nd grade artists are learning about the life and art of Henri Matisse.  We read the book "The Colorful Dreamer: The Story of Henri Matisse" as well as the book, "Henri's Scissors."After admiring many of Matisse's colorful works of art, we were inspired by his "Goldfish" art. We created our own collages and used some of Matisse's signature shapes. 

Learning Goals:

I can discuss the life and art of Henri Matisse.

I can create a cut paper collage.

I can create some Matisse-like shapes.

Second grade Henri Matisse fish collage

2nd Grade artists are learning about the art of Henri Matisse. They learned that he loved color and that at the end of his life, he loved to "draw with scissors!" We did our own paper collage using scrapbook papers, construction paper and a little bit of glitter just for fun! We were inspired by Henri Matisse's "Goldfish" and so we created our own little goldfish bowls!

On the back, we added 3 of our favorite facts about Matisse:

1st Grade Snoval Collages

1st Grade artists have worked hard on their Snoval collages! We used multiple materials like buttons, fabric, wallpaper scraps and other things to create these adorable snovals (oval snowmen). After reading books about snowmen, we talked about been cartoon illustrators as a art career and also reviewed our use of pattern in the scarves.

Learning Goals:

Students can identify a collage

Students can distinguish between art careers

Students know the difference between an author and an illustrator

Students can use pattern in their artworks

3rd Grade Architecture Collage

3rd grade artists studied the art career of architecture. We designed homes that we would like to live in and then created them as collages! We also had fun reading the book, "Iggy Peck: Architect."

Learning Goals:

Students can identify the genre of collage

Students can identify different art career choices

Students can creatively use collage materials

Students can design a residential home

5th grade Hundertwasser Lollipop Trees

5th graders learned about the art of Freidrich Hundertwasser. We read some of the book, "Hundetwasser for Kids" and watched a variety of youtube videos of his work. He was a versatile artist who created architecture as well as a unique painting style. In many of his paintings, he became known for his "lollipop trees" or trees with abstract concentric circles. 

We created a colorful patterned background and used fabric and sequins to create our lollipop trees collage.