3/7-3/11

K- Kinders have finished their Overlapping/Contour Line Collages and are now working on their Assemblage Self-Portraits. Hanoch Piven is our artist inspiration for this project. He is an Israeli artist that uses found objects to create portraits. We used various objects around the art room to create self-portraits. It's fascinating how some of these actually look like the student!

1st- First graders are finishing their Poppies in Perspective, in which they learned about Perspective in art. They were also introduced to foreground, middle ground, and background. We also practiced using shades and layering to create more depth. Now we're moving onto Gumball Machine Collages!

2nd- After learning about positive and negative space in Art, 2nd graders created a warm or cool colored tie-dye background using markers and then a design on black paper. The students traced and cut out their hands, then glued the negative space of the design on one side, their hand on the other to create a graphic example of positive and negative space.

3rd- Third graders are finishing their lesson about Aborginal dot painting. The students have each created a Dreamtime story using symbols. Students hid their dreamtime story symbols within their dot paintings like the aboriginals. This project involved hard work from the students, but the work paid off-- these are gorgeous!

4th- Fourth graders are learning about the artist Kimmy Cantrell. Cantrell is an African American sculptor that creates ceramic masks in Cubism style, which students became familiar with in 3rd grade. They have been practicing the 3Ss of ceramics (slip, score, smooth). Next week, we will finish building and hopefully have them fired to add color with oil pastels and tempera paint.

5th- Fifth graders are making fantasy exploration maps. The students learned about the artist, Allison Murray Whittingston, and the maps she creates using pen and ink. These maps show so much of the students' creativity and personality.