All elementary art teachers seem to have some sort of "fall leaf project". In this project, students not only studied organic shapes and texture, but also warm verses cool colors.
Wayne Thiebaud, Cakes
Yummy, Yummy Cakes!
4th Graders studied the artist Wayne Thiebaud. They then made a cake of thier own using oil pastels as thier medium. They were told to layer HEAVILY to get the painterly effect, mix colors and
be creative! Students were also introduced to shading cyclindars to make thier cakes look round. Don't the look good enough to eat?!
Jim Dine, Hearts
This project started as a study of color mixing and making painted paper for our Eric Carle unit. But with Valentine's day right around the corner and soooo many beautiful painted papers we looked at the painted hearts by Jim Dine and then created our own. The results were gorgous and
each one unique!
Kinder's Funny Face Pumpkins
It is that time of year where pumpkins are everywhere! What a better way to introduce a little color mixing (red + yellow=orange) and cutting and gluing skills in Kindergarden.
Kandisnky's Abstract Squares
4th and 5th Graders started thier unit on Abstract Art by studying the father of abstract art, Wassily Kandinsky. In addtion they had a color family review by having to have one square primary, one secondary, one warm and one cool. They used oil pastels and water color as thier media.
International Dot Day
We started this school year celebrating creativity with a whole school activity of reading, The Dot, by Peter Reynolds. We are keeping with the theme of "making a mark and seeing where it takes you" and continuing with a unit on Abstract Art. Every grade level is studying a different famous abstract artist and learning what makes art "abstract" and abstract work "art". Sometimes hard to discipher.
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