Tuesday, December 6, 2016
2nd Grade: Claes Oldenburg Soft Sculptures
2nd grade soft sculptures inspired by the artist Claes Oldenburg. Now available for viewing in the SFA library for only a few short weeks.
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| Pepperoni Pizza and Hotdog |
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| Look at all the tasty foods! |
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| Coke and Milkshake |
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| Ice Cream and Salad |
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
4th grade: Yarn Printing
Class time 1:
4th grade went through the printing process by first sketching out their ideas, then drawing their images on a printing block (cardboard squares). They glued yarn on to their printing blocks creating a raised surface. Note: Since the glue won't be dry in time you will need to break it up into two sections.
While the class worked I pulled small groups to do printing at the back table.
We used brayers to apply ink (or tempera) to the surface of the raised printing blocks. Then, pressed our printing blocks onto our prepared textured paper.
Class time 3:
The kids picked 2 of their favorite prints to keep for display. One print was to stay the same, the other print could be altered in some way by adding color pencils or markers.
4th grade went through the printing process by first sketching out their ideas, then drawing their images on a printing block (cardboard squares). They glued yarn on to their printing blocks creating a raised surface. Note: Since the glue won't be dry in time you will need to break it up into two sections.
Class time 2:
Yeah, our glue is dry!
Before we begin to print, we prepared our papers with texture rubbings to give our images a little more flare. (Don't for get to write your name on every sheet you will be printing on!)While the class worked I pulled small groups to do printing at the back table.
We used brayers to apply ink (or tempera) to the surface of the raised printing blocks. Then, pressed our printing blocks onto our prepared textured paper.
Class time 3:
The kids picked 2 of their favorite prints to keep for display. One print was to stay the same, the other print could be altered in some way by adding color pencils or markers.
Display: Printing block, unaltered print, and altered print (the kids could change or add color).
6th Grade: Alternative Self-Portraits
At the end of the year I have my kids draw an image of themselves to help them assess their artistic progress. We did a twist on our portraits inspired by the artist Chuck Close.
1.We watch a short documentary on the work of Chuck Close to help us get to know him and his style.
1.We watch a short documentary on the work of Chuck Close to help us get to know him and his style.
Other great videos:
Note to Self: Artist Chuck Close Explains why he became an artist
Chuck Close on following a grid Why does Chuck Close use a grid?
2. I took photos of my students in front of our white board, printing them as large as I could on printer paper. Once printed, students used a ruler and a pencil to draw a grid on top of their photographs. Inside these boxes they drew a simple shape a pattern using geometric or organic shapes.
4. We used colored pencils to create patterns within the grid pattern mimicking Chuck Close’s style of painting. Paying close attention to warm and cool colors. Cool colors in the gray and black areas and warm colors for any white space.
3. Before we colored, we criticize various images of Chuck Close's portraiture. Why the shapes? What's up with all the colors? How does the grid help him create his images?
4. We used colored pencils to create patterns within the grid pattern mimicking Chuck Close’s style of painting. Paying close attention to warm and cool colors. Cool colors in the gray and black areas and warm colors for any white space.
2nd Grade: . Bleezer’s Ice Cream
Welcome to the Ice Cream Shop! We have flavors you have never tried before!
Second grade had so much fun creating new and unusual flavors for their ice cream shops. We worked on our overlapping skills by drawing scoops of ice cream with chunks of 'flavors' inside. We also practiced decoding and sounding out words to create some very unusual menus.
Tasty flavors like: Strawberry and Sand, Pizza and Eyes, and Pencil with Eraser Bits. Yum! This project is inspired by Jack Prelutsky’s poem “Bleezer’s Ice Cream.” Share the poem with your students and give them the task of inventing their own ice cream flavors.
Tasty flavors like: Strawberry and Sand, Pizza and Eyes, and Pencil with Eraser Bits. Yum! This project is inspired by Jack Prelutsky’s poem “Bleezer’s Ice Cream.” Share the poem with your students and give them the task of inventing their own ice cream flavors.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
5th Grade: Wayne Thiebaud Tints and Shades
American artist Wayne Thiebaudis, famous for his realistic still-lifes, was our inspiration for our project. He has a well known series of paintings featuring life-like cakes and desserts that seem to welcome the viewer to reach out an grab a slice.
As a group we learned how to draw a cake with a slice missing, then we discussed how light would effect the appearance of the frosting. We learned that closer to the light source the frosting will appear lighter (tint) in color and further away the frosting will appear darker (shade). Oil-pastels allowed us to mix white or darker colors with our 'start/true color' to achieve our tints and shades.
We layered lights and dark colors to create the illusion of shadows and the reflection of light. They look good enough to eat!
As a group we learned how to draw a cake with a slice missing, then we discussed how light would effect the appearance of the frosting. We learned that closer to the light source the frosting will appear lighter (tint) in color and further away the frosting will appear darker (shade). Oil-pastels allowed us to mix white or darker colors with our 'start/true color' to achieve our tints and shades.
We layered lights and dark colors to create the illusion of shadows and the reflection of light. They look good enough to eat!
2nd grade: Shelf Creature Pals
Second grade created these super cool shelf buddies using the skills they have learned in previous years of art; pinch-pot were taught in kindergarten and clay-attachment skills were coached in first grade. These little creatures are one of my favorite clay projects. They turned out super cute and have so much personality!
The base of our form is an up-side down pinch-pot that we stuffed with a bit of newspaper to give it support as we worked. Once our attachments were finished, we removed the newspaper and I punched holes at the base using a straw. Once the clay was fired, we used a pipe-cleaner to sew through our holes to become our legs or arms.
Beads add a little more style to the design but are totally optional. (Very few of my kids said no to beads.)
We finished up our sculptures with acrylic paint, being careful not to get too much on our beads.
The kids have been bugging me every week to take them home, but they look so nice in our display case. They are just so worried that they will never get them back, but I made sure to promise them that I would not keep them forever.
The base of our form is an up-side down pinch-pot that we stuffed with a bit of newspaper to give it support as we worked. Once our attachments were finished, we removed the newspaper and I punched holes at the base using a straw. Once the clay was fired, we used a pipe-cleaner to sew through our holes to become our legs or arms.
Beads add a little more style to the design but are totally optional. (Very few of my kids said no to beads.)
We finished up our sculptures with acrylic paint, being careful not to get too much on our beads.
The kids have been bugging me every week to take them home, but they look so nice in our display case. They are just so worried that they will never get them back, but I made sure to promise them that I would not keep them forever.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
8th grade: Alternative Self-portaits, Symbols
I cannot take credit for this lesson, my fellow art teacher Valerie Heath was my inspiration. Check our her blog here.
Instead of drawing our face we used symbols and the meanings behind them. The kids gave an explanation behind each symbol, allowing me to learn more about them. Explanations were done behind flap to give the students some privacy. I required 7 paper flaps, one needed to be their name and no repeats. You learned so much from these tiny images!
1.Watercolor a background that fits your personality (colors, lines, symbols or words)
Instead of drawing our face we used symbols and the meanings behind them. The kids gave an explanation behind each symbol, allowing me to learn more about them. Explanations were done behind flap to give the students some privacy. I required 7 paper flaps, one needed to be their name and no repeats. You learned so much from these tiny images!
1.Watercolor a background that fits your personality (colors, lines, symbols or words)
2. Attach paper flaps with personal symbols and write you explanation inside
3. Color symbols
3rd grade: Dale Chihuy 3D Paper
Metal pie tins, and scrap paper, and glue. Oh my!
My scrap paper bin was over-flowing, what to do? Lets do paper-mache!
Third graders had a blast getting their hands messy creating these paper sculptures inspired by the glass artist, Dale Chihuly. We dipped our paper strips into a mixer of glue and water then laid them in a metal pie tins, which we were using as our forms. It took awhile for them to dry, but it was worth the wait! 3-4 layers of crisscross paper are best, 1 layer will fall apart. Our mixer was more glue than water. Remove any excess mixture. Do this by lightly sliding two fingers from the top to the bottom of the strip of paper. Hold it over the bowl so it drips back into the container.
My paper scrap bin in now empty. lol
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