What are they up to in Art?
Mystery Artist Clues for September
1. Born June 25, in Syracuse, N.Y. this famous children's author and illustrator has illustrated more than 70 books. One of his best-sellers he illustrated with his friend, Bill Martin Jr, called Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
2. His parents were German immigrants and in the mid1930s his family moved back to Stuttgart, Germany when his mother became homesick. In 1939, his father was drafted into the German Army and became a prisoner of war until 1947.
3. At age 15 he was drafted by the German government to dig ditches in the Siegfried Line. When he was able to return to Stuttgart, his home was the only one left with no windows, no doors, or roof.
4. He was always homesick for America and in 1952 he moved to New York City with $40 in his pocket. He got a job as a graphic designer for promotions at The New York Times. He was drafted by the U.S. Army during the Korean War and served as a mail clerk stationed in Germany.
5. After returning from service, he worked at the N.Y. Times, at an advertising agency as art director, and later got into writing and illustrating. His style of art work is created by collage of hand-painted paper. He currently live between the Florida Keys and North Carolina.
1. Born June 25, in Syracuse, N.Y. this famous children's author and illustrator has illustrated more than 70 books. One of his best-sellers he illustrated with his friend, Bill Martin Jr, called Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
2. His parents were German immigrants and in the mid1930s his family moved back to Stuttgart, Germany when his mother became homesick. In 1939, his father was drafted into the German Army and became a prisoner of war until 1947.
3. At age 15 he was drafted by the German government to dig ditches in the Siegfried Line. When he was able to return to Stuttgart, his home was the only one left with no windows, no doors, or roof.
4. He was always homesick for America and in 1952 he moved to New York City with $40 in his pocket. He got a job as a graphic designer for promotions at The New York Times. He was drafted by the U.S. Army during the Korean War and served as a mail clerk stationed in Germany.
5. After returning from service, he worked at the N.Y. Times, at an advertising agency as art director, and later got into writing and illustrating. His style of art work is created by collage of hand-painted paper. He currently live between the Florida Keys and North Carolina.
This week we will start out class learning Miss Smeltzer's tricks to folding papers and creating name tags.
Following this activity we will read a story called, The Beautiful Oops. We will learn that Oops can be turned into beautiful works of Art. Student will get an Oops paper and begin using their imaginations to transform their Oops in Art!
2nd Grade: The Dot Project
When students come into Art this week, they will be asked to create dots on a piece of paper without many directions. Students will not learn the outcome of their projects until they hear the story, The Dot, by Peter H. Reynolds. Following the story, students will transform their Dots into Dot Creations.
3rd Grade: What is Art Wordles and Kaleidoscope Designs
The first Art class of the year, students were asked to use one word to describe or define Art. Those words were written and collected. This week we will use their words to create a class wordle or word cloud using www.wordle.net. Following this short activity, students will learn about Kaleidoscopes and how to create a Kaleidoscope Design.
4th Grade: Cubist Portraits
We are proudly displaying our Awful Alphabet Creatures at school. This week we will begin learning about the artist, Pablo Picasso and his style of Cubism. Students will begin creating their very own Cubist Portraits.
5th Grade: Pass and Roll Impromptu Designs & American Gothic Parodies
In order to get the school year rolling, fifth graders are experimenting with creating in the moment. Each student using an 8"x10" white paper is rolling the dice to create lines, shapes, colors, and textures on their paper. Students will them make it their own unique design. Following this project, we will begin studying the artist, Grant Wood and his famous American Gothic painting.
