Fifth grade students learned about Japanese Suminagashi, a type of paper marbling. Students watched a demonstration of different suminagashi techniques and then created stunning artwork!
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Pumpkin Landscapes
First Grade students created
pumpkins landscapes that included a foreground, middle ground and background.
They learned that objects in the foreground are the largest with most detail.
They learned that as objects get further away, they look smaller with less
detail. Students learned that artists draw landscapes with a foreground, middle
ground and background to show depth and distance in their artwork.
Kusama Inspired Pumpkins
Kindergarten students
practiced their cutting, gluing and painting skills while learning about
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who is known for covering everything she paints,
with dots.
Los estudiantes
de kinder practicaron sus habilidades de recortar, pegar, y pintar mientras
aprendían sobre el artista japonés Yayoi Kusama, quien es conocida por sus
calabazas cubiertas de puntos.
Still Life
Fourth Grade students drew
through observation and used their contour (outline) drawing skills in creating
a drawing of a fall still life that was set up in the classroom. They painted
their still life with tempera cakes. Students looked at a variety of artwork to
learn characteristics of a still life as compared to a portrait or landscape.
Los estudiantes
de cuarto grado dibujaron por medio de observación y usaron sus habilidades de
dibujar contornos (delinear) para crear un dibujo de naturaleza muerta de otoño
que estaba armado en el salón. Ellos pintaron sus naturalezas muertas con
barras de tempera. Los estudiantes miraron una variedad de obras de arte para
aprender las características de una naturaleza muerta en comparación con un
retrato o un paisaje.
Rural Landscapes
2nd grade
students learned to differentiate between rural, suburban and urban landscapes.
They drew and painted rural landscapes with characteristics often found in
rural landscapes, such as farms, barns, and crops. They looked at artwork by
Grant Wood. They learned that Grant Wood liked to paint scenes of farmland
because he was born in a rural area of Iowa .
Los estudiantes de Segundo grado aprendieron a diferenciar paisajes
rurales, suburbanos y urbanos. Ellos dibujaron y pintaron paisajes rurales con
características que se encuentran comúnmente en los paisajes rurales, como
granjas, graneros, y sembradíos. Ellos miraron obras de arte por Grant Wood.
Aprendieron que a Grant Wood le gustaba pintar escenas de granjas porque nació
en una zona rural de Iowa.
Creative Transformations
5th grade
students learned that graphic designers and graphic artists are artists who
make people see everyday items in a new way. They looked at Andy Warhol’s Campbell ’s soup cans and
discussed how changing the colors on the soup can labels could make people
really notice the soup and want to buy it. Students also discovered that there
are artists who create new fonts to use on the computer. They chose one letter
of the alphabet and transformed that letter to look new and interesting. They
used common “systems” that graphic artists use to help them come up with new
ways to look at their chosen letter of the alphabet.
Los estudiantes de quinto grado aprendieron que los diseñadores gráficos y
artistas gráficos son artistas que hacen que las personas vean objetos
cotidianos de una nueva manera. Ellos miraron las latas de sopa Cambell’s de
Andy Warhol y hablaron sobre como cambiar el color de las etiquetas sobre las
latas podría hacer que las personas realmente se fijaran en esta sopa y la
quisieran comprar. Los estudiantes también descubrieron que hay artistas que
crean nuevas tipografías para usar en la computadora. Ellos escogieron una
letra del alfabeto y la transformaron para que luciera nueva e interesante.
Usaron “sistemas” comunes que usan los artistas gráficos para ayudarlos a
pensar en nuevas maneras de mirar la letra que escogieron.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Rhythm in 4th grade
4th Grade students
discussed the meaning of rhythm in artwork and compared it to rhythm in music.
Students learned that rhythm can be shown in artwork when the artist repeats
lines, colors or shapes. Students used strips of paper, cut into patterns and
arranged their composition (artwork) in a way that they thought showed the
rhythm of a particular song. The titles of their artwork are the songs they
were thinking of that inspired the rhythm they showed in their artwork.
Los
estudiantes de cuarto grado comentaron sobre el significado del ritmo en las
obras de arte y lo compararon con el ritmo en la música. Los estudiantes
aprendieron que el ritmo se puede demostrar en el arte cuando el artista crea
un patrón de líneas, colores o figuras repetidas. Los estudiantes
usaron tiras de papel, cortaron en patrones y ordenaron su composición (obra de
arte) de una manera que ellos pensaron que demostraba el ritmo de alguna
canción. Los títulos de sus obras de arte son las canciones en las que pensaron
que inspiraron el ritmo que demuestran en sus obras.
"I am broke" |
"Firework" |
"Harlem Shake" |
"Rolling in the deep" |
"Spin me round" |
Yayoi Kusama Inspired Pumpkins
1st graders were inspired by the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and then created pumpkins in her style.
Andy Goldsworthy Inspired Art
Third Grade students watched a youtube clip of artist Andy Goldsworthy using natural materials to make art. Students also looked at a book of his work. Then, inspired by Goldsworthy, students used sticks, rocks and leaves to create their own natural artwork.
Circle Weavings
Third Grade students
learned to weave on a cardboard loom. They discussed the many purposes for
making art and that most weavings are made to be used in some way, whether as
clothing or a blanket. Students learned that the loom is what we weave on, the warp
strings are what we weave through, and the weft
strings are what we weave with. Students used pattern and repetition in their
weavings, as most weavings utilize these two elements of design.
Los estudiantes de tercer grado aprendieron a
tejer en un telar de cartón. Ellos hablaron sobre los muchos propósitos de
hacer arte y que la mayoría de los tejidos son hechos para cumplir alguna
función, como para ropa o una cobija. Los estudiantes aprendieron que el telar es donde tejemos, urdimbre
son las cuerdas entre las cuales tejemos, y trama son los hilos con los que tejemos. Los estudiantes usaron
patrones y repetición en sus tejidos, ya que la mayoría de los tejidos usan
estos dos elementos de diseño.
1st Grade creates lines
First grade students can
make 9 different kinds of lines.
Los estudiantes de primer grado pueden hacer 9 lineas diferentes.
We Are El Sol / Somos El Sol
Students drew a
self-portrait and colored it with one color. They learned that when we use only
one color in our artwork it is called monochromatic.
Los estudiantes dibujaron auto-retratos y los pintaron con un solo
color. Ellos aprendieron que cuando usamos solo un color en nuestras obras de
arte se llama monocromático.
Kindergarten Kissing Hand
Kindergarten students read the book, The
Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn and discussed some feelings we had on the first
day of school. They learned that artists can use lines to show feelings.
Then they read My Many Colored Days by Dr.
Seuss. They learned that artists can use colors to show feelings too. Then they
traced their hand and filled it with lines that expressed how they felt on the
first day of school. Then they colored their hand with colors that showed how
they felt.
Los
estudiantes de kinder leyeron el libro Un beso en mi mano por Audrey
Penn y hablaron sobre algunos sentimientos que tuvimos el primer día de
escuela. Ellos aprendieron que los artistas pueden usar líneas para demostrar
sentimientos.
Luego leyeron Mis muchos
días de colores por Dr. Seuss. Aprendieron que los artistas también pueden
usar colores para mostrar sentimientos. Luego trazaron sus manos y la llenaron
de líneas que expresaban como se sintieron el primer día de escuela. Luego
pintaron su mano con colores que mostraban sus sentimientos.
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