from Mrs. Girbino, Leighton Art
Exciting things are happening at Leighton Art, lots of color!
- Each grade concentrateded on color mixing and composition in January and moving into February. All projects are articulated with the third, fourth, and fifth grade bands in the ODE Fine Arts Standards, and I have also laterally aligned the standards with the Studio Habits of Mind (Project Zero, Harvard).
- 4th graders completed CBabi Bayoc- Mural Style Paintings, and are starting a collaborative mural project extension. Instructions for the January project are posted in each Google Classroom, as well as on my instructional website (https://lgirbino.com/artpalette/). In late February, we will start exploring Origami.
- 5th graders did 4 Views, an oil pastel project using images researched and placed in a Google Doc for reference. By working from photographs, students are trying to be more realistic, and interpret the details of their animal using oil pastel techniques (blending, stippling, sgraffito). Our Clay Tiles have gone home(they were glazed, then glaze-fired after break). Next up is an Adobe Express digital project. Then, in late February, we will build on our art history knowledge base (gained from the Masterpiece Mash-Up project, also recently sent home) and create low relief sculptures based on a masterpiece.
- 3rd graders finished a Wax Resist project that will be completed after break (sent home), and just completed their acrylic painting unit, Color Mixing. They designed and cut out a shape from cardboard, traced and overlapped it, then painted. Some students are learning how to draw in the "Manga" style, too. All classes will be moving into a Pop Art unit soon, building low relief pieces from construction paper.
- Each semester, your student will photograph and upload one art piece, then write an Artist Statement. Feel free to upload more LES art on your own---instructions are in each Art Google Classroom.
- If you want to be a Guest Speaker at Leighton Art and share your skills (it could be in design, crafts, photography, engineering, etc.), please contact me at my school email. In the past, we have had guests that worked in animation, web design, and architecture. Students really love envisioning pathways to future careers and seeing how creative thinking has real world connections.
- The Washington Post: "While studies over the years have underscored the ways that arts education can lead to better student achievement... what have traditionally been lacking are large-scale randomized control studies. But a recent research project done in 42 elementary and middle schools in Houston, which was co-directed by Dr. Kisida and Daniel H. Bowen, a professor who teaches education policy at Texas A&M, is the first of its kind to do just that. Their research found that students who had increased arts education experiences saw improvements in writing achievement, emotional and cognitive empathy, school engagement and higher education aspirations, while they had a lower incidence of disciplinary infractions." The Mind-Expanding Value of Arts Education, By Ginanne Brownell, May 2, 2023
