November - December

After clay for 4th and 5th grade we begin our annual Snowman Collage.

In 4th and 5th grade we learn to design our own because at this point we are on year 5 and 6 of our snowman scaffolding adventure.

https://video.link/w/PTqQc The Snowman   

https://video.link/w/VWqQc The Snowman and the Snowdog

Kinder - traditional snowman making

1st - snow-elves

2nd - snow dog and cats

3rd - snow animals

4th - DYO Snowfriend - focus on paper layering

5th - DYO Snowfriend - focus on detail, paper manipulation

SOOO FUN!

Grade 3 - worked on a leaf pattern using warm and cool oil pastels, finished their Hokusai works, and also did clay pinch pot birds

Grade 2 - finished their warm and cool paper collage trees

Grade 1 - finished their Klimt spiral tree paintings

K - finished their scarecrow paper collage and their leaf color mixing paintings

October - November

5- The Great Dino-dragon Making!

https://youtu.be/zBkjFGYKMhA - Rexy goes to Mama

https://youtu.be/-GfNEDs3ERw  - Rexy and the Volcano

4- Dia De Los Muertos  mini project and then Clay Bobbleheads!

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/top-ten-day-of-dead-mexico

Video - https://youtu.be/-v4-1wFEzM0

Bobble heads - link to post

3- Hokusai and Picasso

2- Warm - Cool - Contrasting Tree making - Pics to come...

https://youtu.be/w6K08wrI9dA - warm and cool colors with kids

https://youtu.be/htN1VJW3ePo - warm and cool color song

1- Mondrian Spider Webs and then Gustav Klimt

Primary colors + Web Design

Mondrian - https://youtu.be/k_t8eAca9CU

Spiral Lines!

K- 5 little pumpkins on a Gate directed drawing then Kusami Pumpkin Painting

https://youtu.be/cm1qvX1ygOo - 5 little pumpkins on a gate

Kusami + Dotted Pumpkins

https://youtu.be/GUoDUhsWJL8 - Book read along 

https://youtu.be/JAPFH-hgfEI - Pumpkins draw along 

September

Art Room Rules

1. Be Respectful

2. Be Responsible

3. Be Safe!

 5- Neon Tigers - Drawing and painting adventure.  Color Mixing with neon paints, blending and texture. 

4- Multi-step artmaking project!  Texture rubbings, resists, marker work, paint and movement.  Transitional to radial collage background, eye and nose creating for dog or cat. 

http://elementaryartfun.blogspot.com/2017/11/collage-animals.html?m=1

3- Landscape Drawing and Painting with Grant Wood

Drawing - Foreground, Middle ground, Background

Add in rounded trees, road, river..

https://youtu.be/6REE0gi0xoI

2. Keith Haring!  The man of movement and color.  Let's learn about this great artist!

'Art should belong to everyone and that it should be free to the public'

Book - The Boy Who Kept Drawing

K-1 - Stations work.  Coloring. Cutting. Stitching. Texturizing. Tracing. Building.

Books - Too Much Glue - The Dot - The Ish 

Neon with Black Light

 How to draw a ROBOT!

1. Draw a rectangle body.
2. Add a rectangle head and neck lines.
3. Draw two matching legs and feet.
4. Draw two curved arms with hands.
5. Add details to the head and neck.
6. Add lines to the arms.
7. Draw details on the body.
8. Add lines to the legs.

OR

https://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Robot

Multiple ways to draw a robot!

OTHER inspirations!!

Digital Portrait complete... now what?

 1. Finish Digital Portrait in Brushes Redux.

2. Go to upper right corner and tap the arrow over - Add To Photos

3. Leave Brushes Redux.  Open Photos App.  Find Photo.

4. Tap on Upload Symbol - Arrow Up

5. Tap on Drive Symbol  - Howe Art

6. RENAME THE IMAGE - Tap on IMG_#### and when it turns BLUE you can type your name.

First and Last Name.

7. UPLOAD

I will now be able to print them.

Thank You!

When you're done you can work on the Ipads or Build.

Digital Portraits

Picture layer.

Contour Line layer.

Paint layer.

Overlay.

VanGogh!

 

Mati and Dada - https://youtu.be/9lGEvm1Lve0

Bright colorful flowers.  A big vase!  Collage at it's best!

Farm Animals!

 Pablo Picasso and The Rooster!

Video to watch - https://youtu.be/7xi5C59pgYw

Lets Start!  

Up next.. Pigs and Cows!

Circle Stitching

 Gr 4

inspired by art teacher cassie stephens

What is our goal..IN LIFE....to be inspired by people that make us happy and continue to better ourselves... no, this isn't about simply stitching... but in this world sometimes you stumble across people that are so inspiring and willing to share that you can't help but want to do the same!  

RADIATING LINES 

ROTATING SQUARES

SPECTRUM

CREATE YOUR OWN

Lets do this.  And... thank you Mrs. Stephens.

https://cassiestephens.blogspot.com/2014/09/in-art-room-string-stitched-dot-for-dot.html

Video 1 - background and stitching intro

https://youtu.be/N0OAMCr620Q

Patternmaking & Romero Britto

Using the Amaziograph app we have talked about creating patterns using symmetry.  This has helped in our understanding or patternmaking.

Romero Britto...

Video 1 - https://youtu.be/YQO2l2nbftc

Video 2 - https://youtu.be/vpo8pKNe1d8

A fun interview by Sasha!  https://youtu.be/oHJVM_TxNXs

Grade 2: Our spin off will be a Romero Britto project. We will be doing Teddy Bears!

Grade 3... will be doing dogs and cats!

Grade 5... will be doing digital portraits!