Tuesday, March 17, 2009

March 16-20, 2009

March 17th    Happy St. Patrick's Day
                           4th Grade Art Adventures
March 18th   4th Grade Art Adventures


1st Grade:  Modern Mona Lisa's-We're busy adding color to our Mona Lisa.

2nd Grade:  Faith Ringgold Story Quilts-  We are learning about the artist, Faith Ringgold, and her creative storyquilts.  Students are busy designing they're own story quilts.

3rd Grade:  Matisse Goldfish-  We are working with warm, cool, and neutral colors.  We are also learning about watercolors and working with opaque and transparent watercolor techniques.

4th Grade:  Guatemalan Weaving-  Students are learning to weave using various weaving techniques including:  Tabby, Basket-weave, and Irregular Basket-weave.

5th Grade:  Portraits with a Twist-  Miss Schaefer (my student teacher) is teaching the fifth grade about drawing the proportions of the face.

Art Folder 17 is the last Art Folder prior to Spring Break.
We will continue with Art Folder 18 after Spring Break.