February 13 4th/5th Art Adventures
February 14 Happy Valentine's Day!!
February 18 President's Day-No School
February 20 No Art Adventures
February 22 Drop off Day for Creative Youth Art Fair
February 24 Creative Youth Art Fair
February 27 4th/5th Art Adventures
February 14 Happy Valentine's Day!!
February 18 President's Day-No School
February 20 No Art Adventures
February 22 Drop off Day for Creative Youth Art Fair
February 24 Creative Youth Art Fair
February 27 4th/5th Art Adventures
Important Dates to know for Art Adventures:
4th & 5th Grade Art Adventures- Wednesdays 2:30-3:45pm
February (Feb. 20- No Art Adventures- Miss Smeltzer at Ide-Monday Schedule)
April (April 10-No Art Adventures- Parent/Teacher conferences)
3rd Grade Art Adventures-Wednesdays 2:30-3:45pm
March (March 27-No Art Adventures- Spring Break)
May (May 22- Last Art Adventure Day)
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Mystery Artist Clues for September: Eric Carle
October: Pierre Auguste Renoir
November: Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson)
January: Ansel Adams
February Mystery Artist :
1. Born in Minneapolis on Nov. 26, 1922, this artist knew as early as Kindergarten that he wanted to be a cartoonist.
2. In 1949, he submitted some of his comic strips called "Li'l Folks," but the publishers insisted on calling them "Peanuts" since "Li'l Folks" was too similar to another comic strip. The artist was very upset about it's new title.
3. On Oct. 2, 1950 this nutty comic made its debuts in seven newspapers. The comic strips told the story and challenges of a wishy-washy boy, his beagle, and neighborhood friends. Many of the challenges and failures of the characters were inspired by the artist's actual life.
We will then begin learning about the French Impressionist Artist, Claude Monet and his Impressionist Style!! Students will begin drawing and designing their own bridge and background. Finally we will paint like an Impressionist.
2nd Grade: Legs of Degas and Kandinsky Colors!
Students will be putting their final touches on their Legs of Degas project. Students will then begin learning about the artist, Wassily Kandinsky. Students will focus on geometric and organic shapes as well as primary and secondary colors. We will be drawing and painting!
3rd Grade: Matisse Goldfish
Students are learning about the artist, Henri Matisse. We will be learning about overlapping, art emphasis, cropping, warm and cool colors, and collage while creating our own version of Matisse's Goldfish.
4th Grade: Aboriginal Art
We will begin sharing images of Aboriginal Art including X-ray and Story Art. Students will create their own Aboriginal creature using collage and paint. Students will paint using line and dot designs while focusing on tints and shades of colors.
5th Grade: Haring Paintings & Surreal Portraits
Students are completing our study of the artist, Keith Haring. A few students are putting their finishing touches on their paintings and continuing to work on their independent project. Next we will be learning about proportion and creating our own self-portraits. We will make them unique by giving them a twist of Surrealism!
