4th Grade artists studied the art and life of Mary Cassatt. They noticed how she loved to paint people, especially children! We drew our own portraits onto leftover laminating film and glued them to these warm or cool painted abstract designs.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
5th Grade Georgia O'keeffe and Native American Textiles
5th graders studied the life and work of Georgia O'keeffe. They learned about how she found beauty in unusual things in nature life bones that had dried in the desert of New Mexico. Our artists practiced with the art element of value to shade their own drawings of skulls. Then we looked at the origin and legend surrounding the craft of weaving in Native American Textiles.
4th-5th Grade Dale Chihuly Sculpture
Last year's 4th graders started this grandiose project that was inspired by Dale Chihuly. They finished it this year with the help of some of the other grades making this truly a collaborative work! Chihuly is a famous glass sculpture artist whose work can even be seen at Frederick Meijer Gardens! We took water bottles (also known as junk!), colored them with permanent marker in either warm or cool colors and then cut them into spirals. After each was cut, kids strung like colors on a string and then tied and taped the strings, assembling them onto our large black pole. When the sunlight comes through the window, it is truly breathtaking!
3rd Grade Van Gogh Snowmen
3rd Graders have been studying the life and art of Vincent Van Gogh. We looked at Starry Night and noticed the swirly brushstrokes in the sky. Inspired by our snowy weather, we drew snowmen on a windy Van Gogh night!
4th Grade Edgar Degas Figure Drawing
4th graders studies the art and life of Edgar Degas. Degas liked to draw subjects in movement like ballerinas and horses. We studied how to draw people with correct proportions. We then chose a figure in movement with correct proportions, showed blending, value and space, and painted with watercolor. They are all so unique and make a wonderful collection in our hallway!
Sunday, February 3, 2013
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!
5th Grade Jim Dine
5th Grade artists are studying the life and work of the artist Jim Dine just in time for Valentine's Day! They looked at how he used pattern, repetition, form, and the shape of a heart.
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