I know many are wanting to know who I picked for Art Club... but it is not Tuesday yet as I type this so you will have to wait! ;)
I want to say I was amazed at all of the students who tried out for art club. We really have a lot of talent at our school. If your child did not make it please know all were taken into consideration. If your child is younger, keep working and know they are welcome to try again next year! If your child is a 5th grader and did not make it - - - I might have a few opportunities this year for some other things they may get to do. More details to come.....
Artsonia - Has your child brought a note home about this yet? (3rd and 5th have not but will this week) I am so excited at how many parents are already on here! I think we are already ranked 15th in the state! PLEASE take time to get on this site (www.artsonia.com) and give permission for your child's work to be published. The kids love it!
What we are doing in Art:
Kindergarten - Last week I was really amazed at how well they did this lesson. I taught them how we treat a paintbrush like a ballerina - "she dances on her toes." We then watched a video of a ballerina and looked at how she danced to "lines" we have learned. We also listened to the music and felt how the music made certain lines on our paper. After I showed them once how to do it while listening to the music and watching the video - the kids then used their paintbrush and made it "dance" to the music. I loved when they saw her dance like spiral, diagonal, and heard dot, dot, dot.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz_f9B4pPtg
This week we will finish our paintings by adding the primary colors to our negative space. (white area)
1st grade - Last week we continued our lessons on Joan Miro and watched an animated video of the Garden. We looked at shapes and how he used the to make "animals/silly monsters" in the picture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDWPOkrJ0B8
We then drew our own "Miro inspired shape silly monsters." I love some of the pictures:
This week we will be making our silly shape monsters come to life with clay and pip cleaners!
2nd grade - They finished their Matisse inspired collage with their names. Photos were taken and put on Artsonia. I had a few not finish but I do plan to start a new lesson this week with them. (they can finish week of Sept. 15th) New lesson this week will cover the element of art - value. We will be painting "value rings" around the moon and then adding an owl silhouette.
3rd grade - We are not done with our name in radial symmetry BUT they WILL finish this week. (or will have to do it later as I will be finished this week...) Pictures will be taken this week of them and put on Artsonia. I will post some here on blog next week also.
4th grade - We finished our "hand art" and pictures are on Artsonia. (again a few not done who can finish later) We will be starting a new lesson this week on form. We will be watching a video on artist Giacometti. We will be making foil shaped figures inspired by him using pipe cleaners and foil. I can not wait to see how these turn out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48WFwpdc1DQ&list=PLzmFIgbBToK0YpDeYE4kBJfa3KouNpUcd
5th grade - We will be finishing up our Andy Warhol inspired art. Students will "frame" them and have picture posted on Artsonia. Here is one finished. Isn't it COOL? (Do people still say that???)
If time, we will look at our new lesson which extends our study of pop art and incorporates some language arts! These look like a lot of fun and I am going to be using BUBBLE WRAP for our dots! :) Sneak peek of what they will sort of look like:
Whew! On top of all of that..... be looking for news from me on INTERNATIONAL DOT DAY on SEPT. 15th !
http://www.thedotclub.org/dotday/
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