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In 1st grade, we looked at the illustrations of Jon Klassen and Eric Carle and learned the painted collage technique. Students focused on making different types of textures with watercolor and tempera paint to make rough seaweed and smooth rocks. They then made underwater landscapes inspired by This is Not My Hat, by Jon Klassen. In 7th and 8th grade we finished our color unit with abstract complementary colors. Students looked at the art of Chuck Close and how he uses a grid and mixes color in shapes in each small square to create a large-scale artwork. Students chose a set of complementary colors and used Chuck Close's style to create these abstract shapes. 4th Grade finished out their color unit with a warm and cool color scheme project. Students learned that stylized means to depict something recognizable but unrealistically with design or convention instead of naturalism. We talked about the example of a heart shape that we all recognize, compared with an anatomical heart. Students then split their papers into two halves, one for the sun and warm colors and one for the moon and cool colors. Students then worked with detailed patterns and designs to make their skies stylized and added their color schemes with watercolor.
1st grade has leveled up to LINE in their elements of art exploration. We read Lines That Wiggle and discussed all the different types of lines we could find in the classroom. Next, students cut out different types of lines with construction paper and layered them to make awesome abstract line collages.
in the 7th/8th grade art classes we have also been focusing on COLOR. We looked at the work of contemporary artist Loretta Grayson and used her analogous color schemes and stylized trees as inspiration for our work. Students made a grid on their paper and drew their stylized trees and chose either warm or cool colors for their tree. They then used the other color set for their sky background and added details to their tree trunks. Check out the awesome work of Loretta Grayson HERE.
6th grade studies world studies and ancient civilizations so we integrated some social studies with the elements of art to create these collaborative Paleolithic Cave Paintings. The students worked in partners and had to study the cave paintings of Lascaux, France from the paleolithic time period. We discussed the different themes like animals and hunting and how those themes related to paleolithic life. We also went in depth on the element of art, TEXTURE. Students learned about real vs. implied texture and different techniques for creating texture in a painting. They worked hard to give their poster background cave wall texture and then designed their own cave painting using the themes of Lascaux. At the end they all wrote an artist statement describing their choices and techniques and how their work related to the paleolithic work. You can go on a virtual tour of the real caves at Lascaux HERE. Check it out!
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