So, hello to any and all that are new to my blog! Welcome - this is where I will post what is happening in the art room at Stoner Creek Elementary in Mount Juliet, TN.
Parents of students -
* If you are not aware already, support classes started this past week now going to a SIX day rotation.
I now will see each homeroom for 45 minutes once every 6 days. If I did the Math correctly that comes out to 7-8 visits with me every 9 weeks IF there is no other thing going on where they miss. (like pep rallies, Bash N Dash, snow days, etc...)
Please keep this in mind that in grades 2-5 it takes us around 4 visits to make a GOOD project. (some take longer or shorter) That means about 2 projects every 9 weeks. I plan to let the kids take some projects home when completed but will have to keep some for art show, exhibits, etc... but ALL will be given by end of year. K and 1st will make more as I try to do shorter projects with them.
* You should have received an art note from me about the website Artsonia. It will have the info you need for the site. Please make sure you go to this site and give permission for your child's work to be published. Include your email address and you will get updates through out the year when we publish work. Some grades will be using this site this year to write about their work and you can also make comments. Best of all - you can go to the Gift Shop and purchase items with your child's work on it! Great for presents for family, friends, etc... AND when you do purchase items - a portion of it comes back to me so I can buy things for the art room! It is a WIN in my book! :)
* Bash N Dash fundraising is in full swing! I have an online auction for someone to win a day with me after school to do a painting of a funny monster! See online SCE website at http://www.scebashndash.myevent.com/
Now, on to what we are learning in Art!
Kindergarten - this 9 weeks we are doing a unit on lines. We have already made a "Larry the Line" snake and learned about lines - vertical, horizontal, diagonal, curvy, spiral, etc... They also have learned my rules for using markers and made lines we learned with my special "smell good" markers. We then learned the rules about glue and made line sculptures. They will continue the line unit as we do paintings. We also will be celebrating DOT DAY on September 15th in Kindergarten. (and 1st grade) Check out more about dot day here: http://www.thedotclub.org/dotday/
1st grade - this 9 weeks is doing a study on color. We began with primary colors - red, yellow, and blue. Here is one of our favorite videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu44JRTIxSQ
We also learned about the artist Piet Mondrian and then made art inspired by him. We discussed the lines, shapes, and colors he used: Check out our art inspired by Mondrian on www.artsonia.com
... and now for 2nd - 5th grades! We are CRAZY for POP ART! Pop art is so POPular!
2nd grade - is learning all about Romero Britto! He is one of MY FAVES for his colorful, bright, fun art! You can learn more about him here: http://britto.com/ I could get in alot of trouble buying things on this site! :)
We began by making 4 colored backgrounds for our Britto inspired Art - each with its own pattern. We had a great time painting with all types of tools to make patterns - like end of round brush to make polka dots and my texture blocks that look like grass!
Now we are choosing to draw either a Britto heart, cat or peacock for our project. We are starting to add color to them this week.... pictures coming soon! (I am trying to load some of our photos and it is not working! Will figure it out....)
Look how fun Britto's work is:
3rd grade - is working on a Keith Haring inspired Pop Art project. http://www.haring.com/
We are doing figures inspired by Haring that also represent ourselves! (and 1 lucky class is getting to turn theirs into Haring HEROES!) While doing this project, we have learned about complimentary colors and watched THE>BEST>VIDEO here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSvkAHvxWr4
Trust me - if you need some videos to bug your kids, I got them! LOL!
This is an example of what we are basing ours off of - I can not wait to see them all finished!
4th grade - is learning about the artist Wayne Thiebaud.
They have looked at his dessert paintings and we are painting ICE CREAM! We have also discussed a lot about colors and their value. I am excited to say that when finished, I am going to choose 5 from each homeroom and they are going to be on display at Chick Fil A during one of our spirit night weeks!
Here is a Thiebaud ice cream painting -
5th grade - is learning about Roy Lichtenstein and his Pop Art using onomatopoeia words. We are making these to go along with our SUPERHERO theme for Bash N Dash. These should make the
walls really.....
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