December Projects.

Kinder - Primary Color Painting + Cutting.
Lots of work with blending paint, scissors cutting, and marker outlining.
This is huge to build up their fine motor skills and their comprehension of seeing and doing.


Grade 1-
Penguin Projects -
Paper weaving + Clay Penguin Building!
Then
Wayne Thiebaud + Cupcakes

Grade 2-
Paper woven houses - work on completing
THEN
Polar Bears with Personality!
Values from light to dark to show value in work creating more of a 3-d look to the polar bear
+ personality - collage work on details- hats, glasses, earrings, crowns, ear muffs, party hats, bows

Grade 3-
Radial Printmaking Project 3"x 3" = 6"x 6"
Balance
Clay Frame making for our weaving project

Grade 4-
Glazing. Glazing. Portrait completing... lets just get it all done!
so we can get to this:
Symmetrical Paper Mask-making Project
Balance

Grade 5-
Paintings + Dino-Dragons Glazing. Glazing. Glazing.
then
Mrs. Pep- Guitar Relief Sculptures
Mrs. Kizewski- Op Art Cubes OR Clay Bobbleheads
Mrs. Sonnenberg- Abstract Wire Sculptures

Paperweaving Projects

Video 1.

This explains weaving with yarn on a loom.

We are going to be working on paper weaving...

And creating some different paper weaving works.

warms cools & compliments Portrait Project

Primary Colors that Create Secondary Colors

Grade 1 Polar Unit: Penguins

Penguin Videos: 1 / 2 / 3

Grade 5 - Ceramic Project

Dinosaurs & Dragons.... You Decide... BUT be ready to Work Hard and Be Precise

Dinosaurs- You need to be able to create, label, and identify what your dinosaur eats.

Dragons- You need to be able to create, label, and identify what your dragon protects.

Step. 1

Pinch Pot

Step. 2

Everything Else.

Move from Big Parts to Detail

Kinder Pumpkins

Lots of work with shapes lately and we need to get going on our large Pumpkins that are ready to roll in!

We are going to be working on collage.  Using color to overlap and create layers with our projects.
We are also going to be making Pumpkin Personalities!

What kind of pumpkin do we have?
Happy? Sad? or take is another step further... is it a Monster?  is it a Pumpkin Princess?

Song:  Pumpkin Grows

A Piece of Clay-Cake Writing Re-Cap & Dinosaur/Dragon Re-Cap

Closing up the clay creations....
Goals are to complete the detail work.
MAKING SURE we scratch and wet what needs to stay connected.
Smooth what needs to have a smooth surface and add texture where needed.

Finally- Our Writing Re-Cap                           EX)
1) rough draft   2) final draft on lined paper

TOPIC_________________                          Wayne Thiebaud, painter  + dessert artist  + POP art
                                                                        clay container + ...
                                                                               - What kind of dinosaur inspired you?

Big Idea________________                          First I......How did you construct the clay container?
          Supporting Details                                slab  +  coils   +  scratch and attach  

Big Idea________________                          Then I.... or Next I....  What idea did you design for
          Supporting Details                                your lid/cover/top of cake?  Why did you choose this?
                                                                                - What kind of details made your dinosaur great!

Big Idea________________                           In order to create my design.......  What did you have
          Supporting Details                                 to do in order to make your drawing become a                                                                                          sculpture?

CONCLUSION__________                           Finally..... How did it all work out for you?  If you                                                                                  could do it again, what would you change?  If it turned                                                                            out great, why do you think that is?