Pop Art Quilt

Last year we had the blessing to have our first of several AMAZING student interns, Mr. Strawn.  He chose to teach a unit to 3rd grade about Pop Art and Andy Warhol.  Then we did some printmaking using freezer paper, acrylic paint, brightly colored cloth, and a common theme (this one is cats/dogs).  Once the students were done, I had a fabulous grandparent of one of the students in this class volunteer to make a quilt out of the blocks.  The quilt now hangs in the hallway at school.  Love this group project!

Featured Art around school

We have an amazing, art-rich culture at our school.  There are so many creative, wonderful teachers here.  I wanted to take a moment and highlight some art created in the GT classroom.  They do a whole unit on art, artists, movements, etc.  Here are some from their "museum" exhibit.  NOTE:  the way my flash was working I had to turn it off to get rid of the glare.  These are a bit blurry.  Sorry!



 

"Silver Leaf" fox and panda with foil and Crayola Construction Paper Crayons





Beautiful Van Gogh Starry Night collages

Mosaics



Scarecrows

In Kindergarten we have been creating Scarecrows.  We got the idea from this post (PINTEREST) but had to make a few changes to it.  Since we made ours a tad too big, sadly, we had to leave out the birds.  But that's okay - they still turned out cute.  And we finished them just in time to hang them in the hallway leading to the Kindergarten classrooms for Parent Teacher Conferences. 

African Landscapes

 In 4th grade we have been doing some complex artwork.  Students made these African landscapes using basic atmospheric perspective and proportion concepts.  We first watched a video about the Wildebeest Migration (3 minutes) then looked at some proportions/sizes of the major animals compared to a 6-foot man and each other.  We studied images of African landscapes.  Then we drew our own landscapes, colored them, put them in a sheet protector and traced in sharpie, and finally made a border.  Our borders contain complex patterns, not simple ones, and we used Adinkra symbols in the corners.  Art is hard work!

Lines and Shapes make Patterns

2nd graders have been focusing on the Elements of Art - Line, shape, color, texture, value, space, and form.  We studied how we could combine lines and shapes to create patterns, and also the difference between a simple pattern and acomplex one.  Then we used these ideas to create these awesome patterned leaves - we got the idea from this Artsonia exhibit. 


First we looked at my Prezi on our smartboard about lines and patterns. 

 I also gave students this worksheet to inspire them to create more complex patterns. 

Kindergarten Chicks

 

In my Kindergarten class last week we tied into their theme, farm animals!  We created these cute chicks out of a Tagxedo made of the song Old MacDonald.  Then we added feathers, beaks, legs, and eyes.  These are sticker eyes put onto pom pom balls.  They loved making them!

Art Show

Art Show

Our end of the year art show!

Beginnings

As the school year ends, I am starting something new, a blog!  Thankfully, nobody knows of this endeavor and will read my test materials.  I hope this can be an appropriate way to let my students and parents keep track of what we are doing in art.  This is devoted and dedicated to all my wonderful students!  Coming soon....end of the year art show!!! Complete with pictures!