Monet's Japanese bridge.

 

 

Fourth grade did their own version of Claude Monet's Japanese Bridge.  Monet had a backyard full of landscaping that he loved to paint.  Some kids like practicing basketball, soccer, football etc. in their backyard....well this guy practiced painting!  These are awesome.

The year of the goat.

 

Fourth grade learned about the Chinese New Year and how 2015 is the year of the goat.  We looked at some Chinese inspired ink drawings of goats and characters and then did our own version using black tempera and a brush.  The students were into it.

Piñatas for Piñataville!

 

 

Third and fourth grade collaborated with each other and Music to create some serious piñatas for their upcoming musical.  Paper Mache was all over the place.....it was awesome.  The students also learned about culture and the art element of form.

Dia de Muertos.

 



Grades 1-5 learned about the "Day of the Dead" and a little bit about the culture of Mexico.  I like teaching about this because it brings out the idea that when you lose somebody you love you can always and forever celebrate their life.  It is a very positive lesson.  This is the sugar skulls that the Fourth and Fifth Graders did. 

 



It's all about perspective.

 

Fourth grade did a color study where they had to paint a sunset.  We discussed how this color order makes sense.  They showed good use of space as they painted the sun first and then added the other colors in order from there.  We then talked about perspective and how we want to make our composition seem like we are looking up.  We painted ink trees from different angles and diluted the ink to create ghost trees that appear further back.  Fourth grade got it!  

 

Focal point.

 

Fourth grade learned about focal point and emphasis.  They showed me they knew how to make a certain part of a composition stand out.  Here they emphasized the iris of an eye.  We also, dabbled in design and how this could be a career path.  I like to share possible "Art" jobs they could pursue when they are older.

Animal boxes.





Fourth grade had a hoot with this one.  They drew a blueprint of there box with a pencil and designed all sides of their cube.  They even wrote footnotes to help with their construction of the box.  It is nice to have a little writing component every once in a while!  The students used the score and slip method to put thier boxes together.  Great results in the end. 

Sock hop baby!

The whole school will be participating in a Sock Hop next week.....so my job as the Art Teacher around here.....socks!  We are dying them using tempra paint and water.  These are some from the fourth grade.  These will definitely help the students get their "hop" on.  

Who are you project.

Fourth and fifth grade did a spectrum study that involved personality.  The students simply used marker with this one.  They had to discover several positive things about themselves in order to complete this project.  Amazing how much you can learn about a person by looking at their art.

2014 Year of the Horse.

My fourth grade students learned about the Chinese New Year and how it is the year of the horse.  We celebrated by doing some ink drawings of none other than, well, a horse.  I tried to teach them to be free flowing with their brush strokes.  They also demonstrated that they could ink "horse" in Chinese.