Spring is finally here!

Spring has arrived at last, and we have already begun to draw inspiration from this renewing season in the art room.  Here is a look at the activities of the ICSJ art room for the week!

*But first, thank you to our art room volunteers this week, including Mrs. M. and Mrs. Hakala!  We are so grateful for your presence and support.*

Kindergarten

Kindergarten learned about unique artist Georgia O'Keeffe and how she looked at the world, particularly nature, through a different perspective. After examining her paintings of poppies, students created their own poppy paintings, complete with a 3-D effect! (Note: Some kindergarten classes will finish next week due to differences in scheduling over the past couple weeks.)

First Grade

First grade students either completed their "Gerald the Giraffe" painting from last week or created symmetrical butterlies in oil pastel!

Second Grade

Second grade, also has been affected by schedule changes or days missed for PD; therefore, students either concluded their emphasis sunflower drawings or their watercolor turtle paintings.

Third Grade

Third grade created their own original scratch art paper by first putting down crayon thickly and over their whole papers before painting black on top.  This was a messy process, but it will be fun and entertaining as students create scratch art designs on Monday!

Fourth Grade

Fourth grade continued their folk art Chicago landscape, inspired by Faith Ringgold, by adding in city buildings in cool colors and warm lights shining from them.  Next week, we will conclude after drawing ourselves soaring over the night sky!


Fifth Grade

Fifth grade learned about the process of art criticism, and in particular self-reflection, in order to best learn from their experiences in creating their self portraits in profile.  Then, they applied their new knowledge on analysis to a reading and viewing about early American art by John Singleton Copley.  Further, students learned that early American art encompasses not only the colonial artists but also Native Americans.  Here is a look to their work on display. Great work, 5th grade!

Sixth Grade

Sixth grade students continued to work on their mixed media self portraits with photographs.  Students opted to use a variety of materials and learned what media works best together in the process.

Seventh Grade

Seventh grade continued to work on their Chuck Close portraits, which have quite a bit of detail!  This has been a good exercise in expressing ourselves in different ways, as no two portraits are quite alike!

Eighth Grade

Eighth graders continued their careers in the arts presentations.  This week we learned about book authors, interior designers, architects and more!  Great work, 8th grade!