Fish Prints

Second Grade students discussed the difference between printing and painting. They learned that prints can be made multiple times. Students designed their own fish print by drawing a fish on a piece of styrofoam and then colored it with markers. Students then printed those fish by spraying a piece of paper with water and blotting the paper with paper towel. Then they printed their fish on that paper. Students were able to make multiple prints.

 

Los estudiantes de Segundo grado discutieron la diferencia entre imprimir y pintar. Ellos aprendieron que las impresiones se pueden repetir varias veces. Los estudiantes diseñaron sus propias impresiones dibujando un pez en un pedazo de unicel y luego lo pintaron con marcadores. Luego los estudiantes imprimieron esos peces rociando una hoja de papel con agua y secándola con toallas de papel. Luego imprimieron su pez sobre ese papel. Los estudiantes lograron hacer varias impresiones.

Kente Cloth

First Graders learned about a special fabric called Kente cloth that comes from Ghana, Africa.

Students looked at patterns common to Kente cloth and learned that this cloth is worn for special occasions.

Using paper weaving techniques, students created their own version of Kente cloth.

Los estudiantes de primer grado aprendieron sobre tejido especial llamado tela Kente proveniente de Ghana, África.

Los estudiantes observaron los patrones comunes en la tela Kente y aprendieron que esta tela se usa para ocasiones especiales.

Usando técnicas de tejido con papel, los estudiantes crearon su propia versión de tela Kente.  

Kindergarten self-portraits

Kindergarten students learned to identify portraits from other types of artwork like landscapes and still lifes. Students first drew their portraits and then painted them with tempera paints.

 

 

Paper Mache Bowls

Fifth grade students created paper mache bowls. They splatter painted them with jazz gloss paints after studying Jackson Pollack's artwork.

 

 

4th Grade Reduction Printing

4th grade students tried reduction printing. They chose an animal to carve into a piece of styrofoam. Then they printing the entire styrofoam with their first color. The next week, they cut out their animal and printed it again with their second color. The results were fantastic!

 

 

Cave Paintings

First grade students learned about some of the first artwork ever made; cave paintings! When students came to art, the room had transformed into a cave. The tables were turned on their sides, with brown paper taped to them. Then students took a virtual tour of the cave at Lascaux, looked at photos of the cave paintings, and read the book, "The Cave Painter of Lascaux" by Roberta Angeletti.  Students drew their own versions of the cave paintings and then ripped and tore their brown papers to make their paper look like the cave wall.

Wayne Thiebaud cakes

4th Grade students looked at artwork by Wayne Thiebaud and also watched a video clip of Thiebaud explaining why he paints cakes. Students created their own cakes and colored them with oil pastels. Students learned how to make their cakes look more realistic and 3-D by using ellipses to create the shape of the cake. They also learned how to make it look like a slice of cake had been removed to make it look more 3-D as well.