Week 5 In The Art Room

Another week and an other amazing bunch of artist were selected for Artist of The Week....

5th graders (for the past 4 weeks) have been working on making "cubism" art. We started this project by learning about an artist named Paul Klee. We looked at and discussed some of the paintings he painted using a cubism style. We also discussed complimentary colors and the difference between organic and geometric shapes. Students first drew an animal of their choice, then drew a grid like pattern on their paper, and then colored their art using colored pencils. The challenge of this project was they were only allowed to use a total of 4 colors for the entire picture (2 for the animal and 2 for the background). They had to make their art look as if they used many different shades and tints. They remind me of patchwork.

Free Draw is not a word you will hear often in my art class, but the students love to do it. 5th graders had the opportunity to "free draw" this week.... well, at least they thought they were "free drawing". They got to draw what they wanted (kinda), but had to draw a pirate theme and the drawing is for the yearbook cover contest - I guess that isn't really free draw (but don't tell them, they were excited that I let them" free draw" for this project). Stay tuned for some cover art!

Bottles and vases galore. For the past 2 weeks, 3rd graders have been busy creating vases, bottles, and bowls. We discussed symmetry and balance in art. We also talked about making objects look rounded when drawing on a 2d surface. This project was a challenge for many. I heard many students say "I didn't know that drawing a vase was so hard". The project was a challenge, but the art they produced was well worth the hard work!

2nd graders learned about artiest Piet Mondrian this week. We discussed his famous piece of art called Trafalgar Square. We talked about the spaces and colors in Mondrian's art and then created our own Mondrian art... Mondrian style horses. We first drew these, then colored them, cut them out, and lastly added a horse mane using red and white yarn..

Lastly, Kinders and 1st graders were busy learning about another artist: Laurel Birch, Birch is know for her cat drawings - so of course we created cat drawings. I have to admit, some of these turned out looking like bulldogs :) We first drew them, cut them out and then glued them to black paper...

Here are the 1st graders cats...

Here are the kinder cats....

4th grade started a new project this week. They are creating a landscape picture, but not just any ordinary landscape. They are making a "Patterned Landscape". We discussed different types of mountains, hills, lakes, and regions before we started the art. We also talked about patterns and how they can give the appearance of texture. Pictures will be uploaded soon.