May 2016
Art Newsletter
DEVELOPING A GROWTH MINDSET: QUOTE OF THE MONTH
~ Vincent Van Gogh
Lessons
Young Fives
- Van Gogh Artist Study
- Post-Impressionism
- Still Life
- Cutting
- 2D vs 3D
Example below provided by
Handmade Mom
http://handmademom.typepad.com/handmade-mom/2012/04/bugs-and-blooms-a-little-peek-of-my-day-job.html
Kindergarten
Art History: Spring Flowers
- Van Gogh Artist Study
- Post-Impressionism
- Still Life
- Cutting
- 2D vs 3D
Example below provided by
Handmade Mom
http://handmademom.typepad.com/handmade-mom/2012/04/bugs-and-blooms-a-little-peek-of-my-day-job.html
1st Grade
- Henry Matisse Artist Study
- Geometric and Organic Shapes
- Collage
- Watercolor Techniques
- Multi-media art
- 2D vs. 3D Art
Below picture and lesson provided by
Wilder Paint Splatters
https://wilderpaintsplatters.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/marvelous-matisse-cut-outs/
2nd Grade
Cityscape Styrofoam Prints
- Texture is the key ingredient for a print
- Creating texture on styrofoam to create an image
- Transferring multiple identical image from styrofoam
- Landscapes have a foreground, middlgeground and background
- Creating a sense of depth
- Objects in the foreground have more detail
- Objects in the background have less detail
- Overlapping objects
- Printing process
- Watercolor techniques
Below image and lesson provided by
Cassie Stephens
http://cassiestephens.blogspot.com/2016/03/in-art-room-printed-cityscape-collages.html
3rd Grade
- Artist Study: Ton Schulton
- Landscape/ Cityscape
- Value
- Tint
- Monochromatic
- Color Mixing
- Geometric Shapes VS Free Form Shapes
- Painting Craftsmanship
Below picture provided by
http://paintbrushrocket.blogspot.com/2015/10/ton-schulten-3rd-grade-cityscapes.html
4th Grade
- Grant Wood Artist Study
- Regionalism
- Creating a sense of depth
- Overlapping objects
- Diminishing Scale
- Closer objects have more details
- Shadows
- Foreground, middleground, background and horizon line
5th Grade
- Artist Study (student selects artist to study)
- Plaster Mask Making
- 3D art
- Researching
- Planning
- Painting Craftsmanship