4th Grade
Students were introduced to the new art form called "Zentangle." Students practiced their own zentangles, analyzing space, line, and shapes. Drawing were made with sharpie marker, so if students made a mistake they were told to "go with the flow" and work with their mistakes!
1st Grade
Students were introduced to symmetry, looking at symmetrical shapes and forms they see in their daily lives that are symmetrical. Students worked from instruction to fold and cut out their symmetrical turtle shells using construction paper. On the second day, students were taught how to properly paint using water color (is your brush having a bad hair day?). Students worked on a symmetry drawing and will complete their symmetrical turtles on day 3.
Grade 3
Students were introduced to artist Laurel Burch. We discussed topics such as Laurel's mythical cats, pattern, osteoporosis (which the artist suffered from all her life), and analogous colors. Students created a drawing from instruction and will choose analogous colors using crayola markers to make their cats stand out from any other car they've ever seen!
Grade 6
Students were introduced to the art form collage using warm and cool colors. Students had to chose from one of the two groups to create their own tissue paper collage. On the second day students created a step by step drawing of a bear. We talked about symbols and analyzed space, line, point of view and shapes. Students will complete the collage by coloring their bears the opposite color (warm or cool?) and gluing them to their tissue paper collages.
Grade 5
Students compared and contrasted real life owl photographs and owl drawings. Students discussed pattern and drew an owl drawing from step by step instruction. Students looked at different types of pattern to represent the feathers of an owl. After talking about theories of color to enhance the pattern of their owls students used crayola markers to personal their drawings. Students will use water color for the background to finish the composition.
Grade 2
Students were introduced to the proper techniques of painting. On day 2, students were introduced to the idea of imagination through an exercise which allowed students to imagine visual images in their minds from a poem called "The Prince Frog." Students discussed aspects of the poem and were inspired to draw their own frogs using step by step instruction. Students analyzed the space between lines and shapes and finished their collage art works by using imaginative colors to give these frogs some extra pizazz!
(Picture to come soon!)
Kindergarten
Students were introduced to the proper ways to paint using water color. As a class, we also discussed different ways to make marks! (What materials can you use to make a mark? What do marks look like?) On the second day, students used their fingers instead of paint brushes to stamp and drag their flowers after discussing the parts of a flower.
