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In 2nd grade, we looked at the art of famous portrait photographers who depict extreme emotion. Students explained different situations in which they felt various emotions. Finally, the children chose four emotions to depict in their photo strip. Using the app Grimace, students created different facial expressions by combining emotions on the sliders. Then they then drew their face four times depicting the different emotions. Click here to see more student work.
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2nd-grade students learned about the colorful and vibrant art of Henri Matisse, specifically looking at his paintings The Goldfish Bowl and Goldfish (shown above). Students then learned about basic perspective and created a room showing dimension. Finally, students animated a fish into their bowls or tanks. Watch student's animations below!
3rd grade students learned about different superfoods and they ways they can improve our health. Each student chose from a list of superfoods to render realistically in oil pastel. Finally, they used the iPad app Animation to give their foods super hero accessories and a short animated piece. Watch the students animations below!
3D Animations3B Animations3M Animations4th-grade students learned about one-point perspective and the rules of atmospheric perspective. We then discussed different places artwork can be displayed and how artists showcase their work. Using their new knowledge of perspective they each created an art gallery with a theme and paintings to go along with that theme. Click here to see more student examples. See some examples of galleries and one-point perspective we looked at in class here: 3rd Grade students created their mugs or vases by combining the coil pot and slab building methods of ceramics. Then students learned about the work of contemporary ceramicist Roberto Lugo. Lugo creates work that promotes equality showing how different cultural histories can work together. Most of his pottery depicts portrait paintings of influential people in history combined with decorative patterns and designs. Using Lugos' work as inspiration students were then asked to come up with someone influential in their own lives. Using a transfer technique students applied a photo of their influential person to their mug and decorated it using lines and shapes. All the pottery is food safe and can be used at home. Click here for more student work: www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?project=1525652 Roberto Lugo's Work:
Inspired by artist Henri Rousseau, students created a jungle scene with an animal of their choice. Students chose an animal and followed a directed drawing on the iPads. Then they created a background using watercolor pencils and markers. Finally, they collaged jungle leaves on top to disguise their animal like Rousseau does in his paintings, shown below. To see more student examples click here! Kindergarteners learned about the glass sculpture artist Dale Chihuly, his process and his use of organic shapes. To replicate Chihuly’s sculptures students drew a pattern on a coffee filter using two types of lines and a primary color combination. They then sprayed their work with a starch and water mix, mixing the primary colors to reveal the secondary colors.
Students looked at different styles of still life paintings from abstract to hyperrealistic. We discussed methods each artist used to reinforce their personal painting style.Then students sketched a coffee cup as realistically as possible, they used highlights and shadows to render it in a realistic manner.
Finally, each child used model magic to add either marshmallows or whipped cream to the top of their cups. Click here to see more student work. Watch a latte art video we watched in class below: |
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