Hello Langston Families,
Here are updates for this week:
K- Kinders have finished our Observational Drawings with building blocks. This lesson was great because the students built a sculpture (review) and then practiced closely observing each block and how it actually looked. We discussed how artists make art from observation and imagination.
1st- Because the Chinese New Year is coming up on February 8th, its a great time to practice cutting and gluing with these Chinese Dragon Collages. Dot-Dot-Not-A-Lot has been my motto this week!
2nd- Second graders are learning more advanced clay techniques this year with Ceramic Penguins. They are practicing the 3 S's (slip, score, smooth). Some of the penguins' beaks and wings have fallen off-- what a great teachable moment on why scoring is very important when connecting clay. :)
3rd- We are done with our Aerial Snowmen (Now on display) and we are moving onto Tissue Paper Snowflakes. 3rd graders drew snowflakes using radial symmetry with crayons, then using wet tissue paper on top to create a brilliant watercolor resist!
4th- Fourth graders are FINALLY done with their Winter Birch Trees. This was a great opportunity to show how well the students understand depth of field. Now we are comparing characteristics of artworks with a fun Star Wars parody painting-- they loooove it.
5th- Just finishing up our Space Scenes! They look phenomenal and the students really enjoyed having this art connection to what they are learning in Science right now! Our next project will be Personal Pop Art, in which students choose an everyday object to represent someone who is special to them and draw it with texture and value.
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