Kindergarten
Kindergarten students made colorful leaf rubbings this week after learning about Fall and how this season is full of unique lines, shapes and colors! Then, students cut out their leaves and pasted them onto tree trunks they cut themselves. Finally, students added details, such as one friend who drew a "cavity" in his tree for six owls to take shelter! Students did a great job cutting carefully and applying only a small amount of glue.
First grade friends learned about Piet Mondrian, a Dutch painter who loved to use vertical and horizontal lines and primary colors in his artwork this week. We looked at a PowerPoint to identify similarities in his different pieces and guess his favorite colors. Then, students melded a bit of their own creativity with Mondian's style in creating Mondrian-style animals! Check back soon for photo updates.
Second Grade
Second grade learned that in collage, an artist can combine a variety of materials to create a beautiful artwork! Students began drawing wheat fields in oil pastel. They noted that in a picture, the lines of wheat appeared smaller and closer together as they were farther away. Students applied this principle in their own work and then painted lovely wheat field colors. Next week, we will begin layering the collage components to create our Fall Scarecrow Collage!
Third Grade
Third Grade finished their Shadow Line drawings this week by adding color, erasing lines and backing these lively artworks on black paper, like a frame. Next week, we will begin a very well-loved project learning about Chuck Close!
Fourth Grade
Fourth Grade began the very messy process of applying bleeding tissue paint to their contour line drawing backpacks! Ask your fourth grade child to describe the process to you.
Fifth Grade
Fifth grade did not meet this week. Check back soon for updates!
Sixth Grade
Sixth grade students did a wonderful job completing their "Zentangle" still life drawings. Students squinted at their projects to get an idea of whether the patterns in the background were balanced or not, and they adjusted accordingly. Photos to come soon!
Seventh Grade
Seventh grade students did a wonderful job creating three dimensional cities from a 1-point perspective aerial view all on their own this week! Students remembered important concepts of parallel lines going off into the distance meeting at a vanishing point. They also made sure their rectangular prism city buildings had the same shape on the base as on the top. In doing so, they had to make sure the base lines were parallel to the top lines. Excellent work, 7th grade!
Eighth Grade
Eighth grade learned the distinction between real and applied texture with the help of a lesson in found object collographs! This very fun and tactile project involved students making cardboard "plates" with real texture of bubble wrap, corrugated cardboard, and textured foam in order to create implied texture next week when they print with these objects. Eighth grade was very focused in creating unique designs on their plates, both representational and abstract (throughout the class). Well done!
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