May 16 Art Adventures for 3rd Grade!!!
May 18 Early Dismissal
May 23 Art Adventures for 3rd Grade!!!
May 30 Art Adventures for 3rd Grade!!!
Mystery Artist for April: Ansel Adams
Mystery Artist for May has been cancelled, we are so busy in the Art Room!!!
1st Grade: Van Gogh Flowers- We
will be learning about the famous artist, Vincent van Gogh. We will
learn about his moody ways and his amazingly bright, beautiful
impressionist paintings!!! We will be drawing, coloring and painting the
school year away!
2nd Grade: Clay Pinch Pots and F. Ringgold Story Quilts: Students
are sculpting our very own pinch pots using
air-dry clay!!! When they dry, we will paint them. We will finish up
the year creating our very own story quilts and learning about the
African American Artist, Faith Ringgold.
3rd Grade: F. L. Wright Mansions & Egyptian Clay- We
are drawing and
learning about Architecture and the architect, Frank Lloyd Wright!
Students will be creating the facade of
their dream mansion! When we begin adding color to our facades we will
also start studying Eygpt. We will make Egyptian reliefs using clay.
4th Grade: Guatemalan Weaving and Printmaking- Students
are learning about the Guatemalan culture and weaving. Students are
learning how to warp their own loom and begin weaving. Students will
learn to create various weaving techniques!!! Once we get comfortable
weaving, we will start printmaking. We will make our own prints using
cardboard, string and ink. Any down time is weaving time!!!
5th Grade: One Point Perspective and Mask Making-Our next project will begin
by creating block letters that will turn into one-point perspective
projects. Once we get this activity under way, we will begin prepping and creating plaster masks.
***The plaster gauze we use is similar to the type they use on casts for broken bones. Plaster gauze can make the room quite dusty, if you are concerned about your child's health due to asthma or allergies relating to dust, please let me know. I will be discussing the same with the fifth grade classes, any child not comfortable working with plaster will work in the hallway to create a paper mache' mask instead.
***The plaster gauze we use is similar to the type they use on casts for broken bones. Plaster gauze can make the room quite dusty, if you are concerned about your child's health due to asthma or allergies relating to dust, please let me know. I will be discussing the same with the fifth grade classes, any child not comfortable working with plaster will work in the hallway to create a paper mache' mask instead.
