Second-grade Tom Otterness sculptures

GSecond graders had a blast learning about the contemporary artist Tom Otterness. We talked about the differences between two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes. We also practiced converting a shape into a draw on the form. We then colored our time Otterness sketches using value and oil pastels. Then we created our Otterness sculptures out of my magic! What fun and how playful!

Lesson Objectives:

I can learn about Tom Otterness' life and art

I can draw 3D shapes

I can use value to shade my sketch

I can create a Otterness style sculpture

Third-grade Laurel Burch pattern cats

Third Grade artists learned about the life and art of Laurel Burch. They learned about how she had the bone disease osteopetrosis, had more than 100 bone breaks in her life, how she made jewelry out of metal trash that she pounded with a hammer in her kitchen pots, and how even though she had a very hard life, she didn't make her artwork about complaining, but instead about sharing JOY with others!

Lesson Objectives:
I can learn about the art and life of Laurel Burch
I can list 3 of my favorite facts about her on the back of my artwork
I can draw a colorful cat in her style
I can use patterns in a creative way

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:

Kindergarten springtime bugs

Kindergarten artists are getting into spring!

Third grade Native American pendants

Third-grade artists are learning about Native Americans! We discussed some of their history, art styles, and way of life. We also looked at many different art forms and each design our own Native American style necklace pendant. We tried to use geometric patterns, warm colors, and neutral colors.

3rd Grade Jim Dine Heart Plaques

3rd grade artists learned about the life and art of Jim Dine. They looked at the themes of his work and thought about why he chose them. 

We also had a lot of discussion around a slide presentation all about Jim Dine. After this, we created sketches of our own style heart art using shape (2D) in preparation for our 3D (form) clay collage sculpture! We talked about how to ensure that our heart stood out from the background using color schemes and added patterns to sculpture for added interest.

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We glued popsicle sticks and jewels together for our base and used twiteez wire and beads to create a hanger! We had a blast!

Kindergarten Jim Dine Hearts

Kindergarten artists studied the art of Jim Dine! We looked at the colors, shapes, and textures in his artwork and talked about why he might have created heart art. We then drew our own heart art in time for Valentines's Day and practiced our use of warm and cool colors!



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Our kindergarten artists had fun thinking about who they were going to give their heart art to for Valentine's day!