Kindergarten Shape Monsters

Kindergarteners thought about the art element of shape and we used shapes to create some fun and silly monsters! We watched this "Monster Boogie" video, and sang and danced the song together:

Click HERE for the Monster Boogie Video

We used Primary Colors to create the big three shapes of the monsters! We watched this Sesame Street youtube video to see how primary colors mix to create Secondary Colors.

Click HERE to see the Primary Colors video that we enjoyed!

On Day 2 of the project, we sang and danced the Monster Boogie again, and read this book about Textured Monsters to get some ideas about what details we could add to our own Shape Monsters.

Learning Goals: 
I can draw and cut a variety of shapes.
I can name basic shapes.
I can make my monsters have different expressions.
I can list the primary colors.
I know the difference between primary and secondary colors. 

Fourth grade Wassily Kandinsky Abstract art

Fourth grade artists are learning about the art and life of Wassily Kandinsky.  We viewed a powerpoint about his life and art, did a "turn and tell" with a friend to review the most interesting points about his life and art, and then began our own artwork based on Kandinsky's famous artwork with concentric circles.

Students divided up their papers by folding them into eighths and then chose a shape or two to use in their concentric shape pattern.

On day two, we painted using only the primary colors in every other box. Then we mixed our own secondary colors for the remaining boxes. 

The final step of the project was to design an abstract background for our artwork. Our papers are so big that sometimes a few of us need to work on the floor!

 

We used a concept map on the back of our artworks to share 6 facts that we learned about Wassily Kandinsky. This helps kids to have some discussion points to talk with their families about when they take their artworks home.

Learning Goals:

I can recognize the art of Wassily Kandinsky

I can tell some facts about Kandinsky's life and art.

I can create an abstract artwork.

I can use concentric shapes.

I can mix primary colors to make secondary colors. 

Second Grade Architecture Birdhouses

We began this lesson by brainstorming about what job we could have if we wanted to grow up to be an artist. We looked at posters like the ones below to help guide our thinking. Some of the jobs are: Photographer, Art teacher, Interior Designer, Fashion Designer, Fine Artist, Graphic Designer, Industrial Designer and of course, Architect.

2nd grade artists read the book, "Iggy Peck, Architect," which is about a boy who LOVES architecture and happens to be in 2nd grade! 

We thought about various types of architectural elements like Iggy did and created our own architecture in 3 birdhouses. We practiced our knowledge of the color families and chose one for each of our houses.

Finally, we drew birds for our houses and colored them with oil pastel, cut them out and glued them to their houses. What happy little birdies we have! :) 

Learning Goals: 
I can list a variety of art careers.
I can design architecture.
I can use the color groups: primary, secondary, warm & cool.
I can blend oil pastels.
I can create a collage.

5th Grade Pop Art

5th Grade Pop Art

Last week, 5th graders learned about the pop art movement and the artist Roy Lichtenstein whose art was inspired by comics. We read a book about Roy and learned how he experimented with many different kinds of art but his sense of humor and precise style of painting made him most well-known for his comic strip paintings. He would often use word bubbles and expressions that looked like something you would see in a cartoon. He used benday dots to create a pixelated style. The students were interested in the concept of pop art because it deals with themes of media and pop culture! We discussed what Roy might paint about if he was still painting today like Oreos or The Justice League! 

Final products!

Kindergarten artists Piet Mondrain Spiders with Primary Colors!

Kindergarten artists have been learning about primary colors and Piet Mondrian!

Kindergarten Takes a Ride on the Primary Color Train!

Kindergarten artists read a book about Colors which showed how you mix the primary colors to make secondary colors. We also looked at the artist named Piet Mondrian and his artwork called Broadway Boogie Woogie. We noticed how he used only primary colors. We took a ride on the primary color train to his primary color world!

4th grade Kandinsky Abstract art

4th graders are having fun creating abstract art in the style of Wassily Kandinsky! They learned about how his art is different from realistic art and interesting facts about his life.

Each artist chose their own color scheme such as: warm, cold, primary, secondary or neutral colors. They started with free flowing lines and when they finished, we had fun "seeing" things in our abstract pictures. After adding patterns and tracing, we will be done!

1st Grade Color Scheme Owls

First Graders have been studying color schemes and have used lines, patterns and shapes to create these adorable owls! They had to choose from the following list of color schemes to color each owl: warm, cool, primary, or secondary. 

1st grade Color Mixing Birds

1st graders learned the primary and secondary colors songs while we discovered what colors mix to make other colors. We also read the book "Mouse Paint." We painted either cool or warm colored backgrounds for sky. We then mixed our own colors and drew patterns into the paint. The next day, we cut and glued the secondary color panted papers into a beautiful bird with googly eyes and feathers!

2nd grade Dump Trucks

2nd Grade artists read a fiction book called "I Stink" about dump trucks and we noticed how the illustrator used primary and secondary colors in his illustrations. We drew our own dump trucks and are using primary colors to create secondary colors in our work.