March 9-13 Parent-Teacher Conference week
March 16th Deadline for the 'Doodle for Google' contest for 3rd-5th grades
March 17th 4th Grade Art Adventures
March 18th 4th Grade Art Adventures
Welcome Miss Schaefer as our new Student Teacher for Art! Miss Schaefer will be joining us for six weeks of student teaching experience at the elementary level. Miss Schaefer has just completed working at the high school level. Miss Schaefer is a student of Eastern Illinois University!
1st Grade: Modern
Mona Lisa-We're busy finishing up sketching that fancy gal and trying to figure out what she'd like to do if she was in the future with us!
2nd Grade: Kandinsky Colors- We are completing our Kandinsky Abstract Paintings. Next week we will be learning about the artist, Faith Ringgold.
3rd Grade: Matisse Goldfish- We will be studying the artist, Henri Matisse. We will begin working with watercolors and learning about opaque and transparent watercolor techniques.
4th Grade: Guatemalan Weaving- We are learning to 'warp our looms' and the basic weaving technique of tabby! T-A-B-B-Y!!! Some classes will also be learning about basketweaving!
5th Grade: Da Vinci Self Portraits- We are busy completing our one point perspective projects and learning about the artist Leonardo da Vinci for our next project- Self portraits!!!!
We will also be learning about the proportions of the Ideal Face.
Art Folder Assignment -
ART FOLDER 17
Directions: Complete the following questions below in at least 3 complete sentences.
Michelangelo Buonarroti said he painted his masterpiece "with his beard turned up to heaven." From 1508 to 1512, he spent almost every day 60 feet up in the air with his head bent backward, painting Olde Testament scenes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican.
What are the most challenging working conditions you have ever had? What was your job? What did you accomplish?
