May 2-6, 2011

April Mystery Artist: Alexander Calder

May 13 Early Dismissal

May 18 Art Adventures--To Be Announced

May 25 Art Adventures--T.B.A.

May 30 No School- Memorial Day

June 7 Last Day of school--Wow!

1st Grade: Modern Mona Lisa and Van Gogh Trees

Some first graders will be completing their Modern Mona Lisa projects. The rest of the first graders will be learning about Vincent van Gogh and his impressionist style of bright bold color. We will begin drawing the trees using our hands as a guide.

2nd Grade: Gyotaku Fish Printing

Students will be learning about the Japanese fish printmaking process. Students will learn how and why fish printing is done. Students will create their own fish print and create ocean scenes.

3rd Grade: Matisse Goldfish and Egyptian Reliefs

We will focus on completing our own interpretation of Goldfish. This week we will finish collage and begin studying Egypt. Our Egyptian project will involve clay!!!

4th Grade: Guatemalan Weaving and Printmaking

We will have been discussing the process of weaving. Student will create their own cardboard loom weavings. This week students continue using weaving techniques including tabby, basketweave, irregular basketweave, pull-ups and soumak! Students will also begin learning about the printmaking process and begin their own string collagraphs.

5th Grade: One Point Perspective and Cultural Masks
We are completing our one point perspective projects. While putting on our final touches of color for our perspective projects, we will begin learning about mask making and various cultures that use masks.

***Attention Parents***

The fifth grade mask -making project is made with plaster gauze. Plaster gauze can get dusty. If you have a student with allergies and/or asthma please contact me with any questions or concerns. I will be talking to students this next week about their safety in the Art room. If any students think they may have an issue with using plaster, I offer mask -making with paper mache' or 3-D paper masks too. These students will be able to work in the hallway of the Art room.

Monday April 25-29, 2011

April 22 No School

April 28 Ide Open House---come see the ART!!!!

Mystery Artist for April:

1. He was born in Lawnton, Pennsylvania in 1898. From the time he was a little boy, he was fascinated by stars and planets and how machines worked.

2. As a kid, he enjoyed making toys out of objects he found, (buttons, cloth, string, wire, and more). He made these toys throughout his teen years.

3. He was best known for his moving sculpture called mobiles. He made them out of abstract metal shapes and painted them his favorite colors.

4. Many of his mobiles were based on images from the solar system. He made them to float in space naturally whenever a breeze came along.

5. He has a public sculpture in Chicago often refered to 'the flamingo'.

1st Grade: Modern Mona Lisa

First graders will be learning about the artist, Leonardo Da Vinci and his famous Mona Lisa. We will begin drawing the facial features of our portrait in pencil. We will study the proportion of the facial features while giving her a modern style!!

2nd Grade: Gyotaku Fish Printing

Students will be learning about the Japanese fish printmaking process. Students will learn how and why fish printing is done. Students will create their own fish print and create ocean scenes.

3rd Grade: Matisse Goldfish
We are learning about the artist, Henri Matisse. We will focus on his painting, Goldfish, and are completing our own interpretation of Goldfish. This week we will be learning about collage.

4th Grade: Guatemalan Weaving and Printmaking

We will have been discussing the process of weaving. Student will create their own cardboard loom weavings. This week students continue using weaving techniques including tabby, basketweave, irregular basketweave, pull-ups and soumak! Students will also begin learning about the printmaking process and begin their own string collagraphs.

5th Grade: One Point Perspective and Cultural Masks

We are completing our one point perspective projects. While putting on our final touches of color for our perspective projects, we will begin learning about mask making and various cultures that use masks.

April 18-22, 2011

April 21 Early Dismissal

April 22 No School

April 28 Ide Open House---come see the ART!!!!

Mystery Artist for April:

1. He was born in Lawnton, Pennsylvania in 1898. From the time he was a little boy, he was fascinated by stars and planets and how machines worked.

2. As a kid, he enjoyed making toys out of objects he found, (buttons, cloth, string, wire, and more). He made these toys throughout his teen years.

3. He was best known for his moving sculpture called mobiles. He made them out of abstract metal shapes and painted them his favorite colors.

4. Many of his mobiles were based on images from the solar system. He made them to float in space naturally whenever a breeze came along.

5. He has a public sculpture in Chicago often refered to 'the flamingo'.

1st Grade: Modern Mona Lisa

First graders will be learning about the artist, Leonardo Da Vinci and his famous Mona Lisa. We will begin drawing the facial features of our portrait in pencil. We will study the proportion of the facial features while giving her a modern style!!

2nd Grade: Kandinsky Colors and Gyotaku Fish Printing

Once classes complete their Kandinsky abstract paintings, students will be learning about the printmaking process. Students will learn how and why fish printing done. Students will create their own fish print.

3rd Grade: Matisse Goldfish

We will begin learning about the artist Henri Matisse. We will focus on his painting, Goldfish, and begin creating our own interpretation of Goldfish. This week we will be learning about collage.

4th Grade: Guatemalan Weaving and Printmaking

We will begin discussing the process of weaving. Student will create their own cardboard loom weavings. This week students continue using weaving techniques including tabby, basketweave, irregular basketweave, pull-ups and soumak! Students will also begin learning about the printmaking process and begin their own string collagraphs.

5th Grade: One Point Perspective and Cultural Masks

We are completing our one point perspective projects. While putting on our final touches of color for our perspective projects, we will begin learning about mask making and various cultures that use masks.

April 11-15, 2011

April 14th Open House at Prairieview --Come see the Art!!!!

Mystery Artist for April: To be announced soon!

1st Grade: Modern Mona Lisa

First graders will be learning about the artist, Leonardo Da Vinci and his famous Mona Lisa. We will begin drawing the facial features of our portrait in pencil. We will study the proportion of the facial features while giving her a modern style!!

2nd Grade: Kandinsky Colors

Students will be learning about the artist, Wassily Kandinsky and his Pure Abstract style. Students will learn how his Abstract style helped him mix our senses with colors. We will continue learning about shapes and colors by painting based on the color wheel.

3rd Grade: Matisse Goldfish

We will begin learning about the artist Henri Matisse. We will focus on his painting, Goldfish, and begin creating our own interpretation of Goldfish.

4th Grade: Guatemalan Weaving

We will begin discussing the process of weaving. Student will create their own cardboard loom weavings. This week students continue using weaving techniques including tabby, basketweave, and irregular basketweave!

5th Grade: One Point Perspective

We are beginning a basic introduction into one point perspective. Students will be selecting a word to draw in perspective and then designing a background to support it.