In 2nd grade we have also been focusing on color for the first few weeks of the new semester. For this project students also learned all about contour drawing. A contour drawing is when you draw just the outline or just the edges with no shading. We had a fun day of drawing and learning about continuous contour drawing and the always popular blind contour and blind continuous contour drawing. A continuous drawing is when you do not lift up the pencil from the paper during the whole drawing. A blind drawing is exactly as it sounds, you must look at the subject you are drawing and are not allowed to look at your paper or your drawing until it's finished. After that students created their own contour drawing of a shape and broke apart their paper into many different sections to be painted like a stained glass window effect. They had to choose which part to be warm colors and which part to be cool colors.
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In 4th grade we integrated some math concepts to talk about tessellations. Students explored the art of M.C. Escher, particularly how he incorporated tessellation concepts and interlocking images like the one below. We then made sliding tessellations and created a repeating pattern with our shapes.
Our new 1st grade class has been exploring color and different color schemes. We made color wheels and created cool color nightscapes and have now made these awesome abstract artworks using only warm colors. Students made a line drawing with different shapes and lines and traced with gold Sharpie. They then used liquid watercolors to paint their work.
Here are some of the final clay projects completed in 6th grade art class. Students made a loom out of clay and learned how to use slip and scoring to attach sculpted pieces and how to use carving tools to create texture. They then used yarn to make a circle weaving in the middle of their clay artworks to create a dynamic mixed media piece.
In 7th and 8th grade students learned new brush techniques to create realistic landscapes. We discussed perspective and used The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe as inspiration for our Narnia-like winter scenes. Students created a keyhole frame and we imagined what it would look like to peek through the wardrobe door keyhole into Narnia.
6th grade created mixed media artworks of winter landscapes using tempera paint, watercolor with salt, and tape resist. They looked at examples of birch tree bark and used coarse dry brushes to make the bark texture.
7th and 8th grade art students explored the art movement of Cubism. They learned about showing different viewpoints at once to create an almost abstracted portrait. They each chose a superhero or supervillain and made their own Cubist portraits showing multiple views at once.
4th graders integrated their cartography knowledge from social studies to create a realistic map of a state, country, or continent. They then filled the inside with at least 8 varied and balanced zentangle designs and watercolored the background.
6th grade art students discussed metamorphosis in class and looked at different examples. Students were then challenged to transform an animate into something inanimate (or vice versa). They had to include four stages to their drawings and add details. They then added color with watercolor pencils.
On the way up to a Seahawks game this season I spotted this amazing mural in Seattle. It is huge and has many styles interwoven in one large art piece. The first half of the mural includes stylized patterns and examples of native culture that have been used by others, particularly as mascots for sports teams that many deem offensive. These images are juxtaposed with the Shell logo representing oil companies as a comment on the environmental issues those companies impact. The stylized half of the mural gives way to a street that seems to have been abandoned and the animals and nature have overtaken it.
Art has always been used to shine a light on society and has often been used to spread awareness about specific topics or causes. Art has a way of making people think and sometimes confront their own ideas or views or to see things in a new light and relate to others in a new way. It can be very powerful and shows the importance of art in society as a means of expression and communication. |
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