January12-19, 2015

January 2015
9th --Art Adventures for 3rd Grade
16th--Early Dismissal-No Art Adventures.
19th--No School-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
23rd--Art Adventures for 3rd Grade
30th--Art Adventures for 3rd Grade

Darien Woman's Club Creative Youth Art Fair is here again!!!!
February 6th is the due date for the registration form. The Art Fair will be at Cass Jr. High this year on Sunday, February 22, 2015.  Please click below to link you to their event page and registration form!
To Creative Youth Art Fair Form. Download the form from here or get one from Miss Smeltzer!

January Art Board Activity for PV:
        Do you wanna build a snowman??  Great, I'd love to see it!  Your challenge is to draw, paint, sculpt or create a snowman anyway you'd like.  If its an actual snowman outside, take a picture with it and bring it in, (you can email your picture to me at tsmeltze@ccsd66.org. Miss Smeltzer will be looking for the most unique and creative snowman!

Weekly Activities in the Art Room:

Kindergarten- Shape Snowflakes!
        Snowshape Snowflakes!  Students will practice cutting and using chalk to create white snowflakes on square paper.  Students will learn to draw and cut rectangles, squares, triangles, circles and hexagons. We will turn our shapes into snowflakes.

1st Grade- Nez Perce Weavings

 We will begin learning about the Nez Perce' Native American tribe and their gift of weaving.  Students will begin their project by paper folding, cutting with scissors, and basic weaving technique called Tabby.   Will will use Native American symbols to inspire our decorative pattern on our weaving.

2nd Grade - Legs of Degas
      Students have begun studying the artist, Edgar Degas and his work featuring Ballet.  Degas used ballerinas to illustrate his Impressionistic style of movement and colors.  We will be creating an artwork featuring movement from the knees down. Students will draw, color and paint with this project.  We will be using movement in our artwork and in our classroom!

         3rd Grade Matisse Goldfish                                                 
     Our next project is a painting project!!!  Students will be learning about warm and cool colors while using watercolor techniques including: opaque and transparent.  We will be studying the artist, Henri Matisse and his painting, Goldfish.

4th Grade- M.C. Escher Hands
     Once we complete our Picasso Portraits, 4th grade students will be learning about the artist M.C. Escher.  We will be learning and creating our hands in motion using contour lines and exploring value in Art.

5th Grade- Keith Haring Painting

     We will get busy studying the artwork of Keith Haring.  We will discuss the social aspect of the painting as well as the simplistic design and symbolism of his work.  Each student will be creating their own parody of Keith Haring message painted on canvas board. Students will be working with shapes, design, paints, and color schemes.

Art Adventures

Who?         3rd Grade, 4^th Grade & 5^th Grade students

Please note, that each month we will rotate between 4th-5th grade students & 3rd grade students, (see below).  A maximum of 26 students will be permitted to participate in these activities each month since classroom space is limited.   Please return your permission slip as soon as possible to guarantee a spot in class! 

Where?     Prairieview Art Room

When?          Fridays from 2:30-3 30 p.m.

Months for 4th & 5th Grade Art Adventures- Fridays 2:30-3:30pm

                            February                 April
                                   6^th                           10th

                                20^th                         17th

                                27^th                         24th

               

(No Art Adventures on Oct. 10^th,  Dec. 19^th,  Feb. 13^th, & April 3^rd)

Months for 3rd Grade Art Adventures-Fridays 2:30-3:30pm

                       January                     March                                   May

                                   9^th                            6^th                                            1^st                                                                                    

                                  23^rd                         13^th                                         8^th

                                  30^th                         20^th                                         22^nd

(No Art Adventures on Nov. 28^th, Jan. 2^nd, Jan. 16^th, March 27^t , May 29^th )