What's Happening in the Art Room?
Kindergarten
Kindergarten has been busy creating several projects since our last specials newsletter. Students have continued their work with different types of lines and are now moving into creating artworks with shapes. Students created line lady bugs, very busy spiders and are currently working on painting a circle artwork inspired by Wassily Kandinsky.
Line Lady Bugs
Eric Carle-Inspired Spiders
Kindergarten students continued their work with line to create their Eric Carle inspired spiders. Together we read The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle, picking out lines we saw along the way. Students then used their knowledge of line to draw, paint, and assemble their spiders and spider webs.
First Grade
1st grade has been studying the work of Keith Haring and Vincent VanGogh. While studying these artists, students have been recognizing and talking about line within their works. We are now moving into a printmaking project, where students will create a cityscape by drawing shapes.
Keith Haring
1st Grade students have been learning about Keith Haring. We discussed Haring's work, looking at his artworks that focused on people and also his use of line. Students enjoyed practicing drawing each other and making their Keith Haring person. Students completed their person by adding some lines to indicate movement.
Group Keith Haring
1st grade students continued their work with line and created an entire wall filled with Keith Haring-inspired figures. Students enjoyed working together to create their figure. The wall is beautiful and really brightens up the downstairs!
Starry Night-Inspired Artworks
2nd Grade
During the second quarter of school, 2nd Grade students have been busy creating positive and negative space pumpkins and African inspired masks!
Positive and Negative Space Pumpkins
2nd grade students have been learning about positive and negative space by creating pumpkins! We first looked at and discussed the difference between positive and negative space in an artwork. Students then began to create their pumpkins! This is a fun lesson for students to complete around Halloween! The pumpkins look great 2nd Grade!
African Inspired Masks
Students looked at and discussed different types of masks that are made and used all over Africa. Students then created their own masks from, construction paper, using the African masks as inspiration.
3rd Grade
Symmetrical Balance
Students learned about symmetry by creating an abstract symmetrical design. First, students created their design on their paper and cut out the pieces. Next, they created a ‘map’ on their background paper so they knew where to glue down their pieces so their artwork would be symmetrical. Finally, they glued down their cut out pieces to their background paper. The results look wonderful!
Radial Balance
4th Grade
After completing their Bad Hair Day artworks, 4th grade continued their work with the human face. This quarter students have been practicing drawing faces showing different emotions. Students completed a printmaking project by carving their image of an emotional face into a piece of linoleum. They then completed two prints of their images and mounted them on colored paper. The results look amazing! Great job 4th grade!
5th Grade
5th Grade has been learning about foreground, middle ground, and background this quarter. Students created beautiful fall/winter landscapes showing the perspective of foreground, middle ground and background. Students learned to draw different types of trees and were able to brush up on their painting skills by using both watercolor and tempera paints. The paintings are beautiful 5th grade!