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.
