Here is what we've been learning and exploring in each of our grade levels during art class.
Thank you to all who have been voting (through 11/30) in our Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Contest.
We hope to be in the top 20 so we can move to the judge's round.
Here is the link for voting:
http://curiousclassroom.hmhco.com/votes/36
What is Art?
http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?project=996841
Students used the primary colors to mix secondary colors in these little abstract paintings. They named their masterpieces and posed before green screen pretending to study their own framed artwork.
View my post for more resources:
http://drydenart.weebly.com/fugleblog/what-is-art
Kindergarten Landscapes
http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?project=1036014
Students explored the secondary colors with these beautiful pumpkin patch landscape collages. They mixed paint to make purple and added wind to their mysterious sky. They mixed to make green for grass, orange for lines that curve down the pumpkin, and brown for stems and leaves. Notice all the overlapping as they placed a pumpkin in the foreground, middleground, and background.
Some only have a speck of horizon line showing, but that was important too.
View my lesson and resources here:
http://fuglevision.wikispaces.com/Kdg-lesson3
Apple Still Life
http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?project=1028862
First graders learned to create a still life inspired by Paul Cezanne as they overlapped apples to create depth. They painted the wallpaper and tablecloth with line, shape, and color pattern.
Learn how we made these and view some photos of students working on my post here:
http://drydenart.weebly.com/fugleblog/apple-still-life-by-first-graders
Symmetrical Butterflies
http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?project=1019486
Second graders are learning how to draw on the iPad with styluses to create symmetrical butterflies filled with color in the sketchbook app.
They posed and layered their own bodies into their drawing using the superimpose app.
Learn more about symmetrical butterflies from my post:
http://drydenart.weebly.com/fugleblog/symmetrical-butterflies-with-ipads
Blue Dog
http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?project=1035650
Third graders worked on a Blue Dog image in the style of George Rodrigue. These dogs were painted in a monochromatic color scheme (view
our monochromatic Fugleflick to learn what this means). Then the backgrounds were painted with color, line, and shape pattern balanced from left to right.
View my post to see students working, the book they listened to, and information on how this was created:
http://drydenart.weebly.com/fugleblog/blue-dog-thats-not-necessarily-blue
The Scream Collage
http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?project=1026645
Students studied the most famous art work of Edvard Munch, The Scream.
http://drydenart.weebly.com/fugleblog/thank-you-very-munch
They then created a spoof of his piece with their own scream, ice scream, or scream with ice scream pose.
Light Up Robots
http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?project=1033262
Students designed a creative 3-D looking robot and made it light up with paper circuits. This project was made possible by donors who supported our classroom via
Donorschoose.org
Learn more about how we made these here:
http://drydenart.weebly.com/fugleblog/how-to-make-a-light-up-robot
See some light up here:
https://vimeo.com/145215597
and here:
https://vimeo.com/145473833
View our Donor's Choose grant proposal
here.
