A Tree in a Landscape

 The project is inspired by American Modernist and Color Master Georgia O'Keeffe. 

Spotlight artists for December 2020- February 2021

Just a few of our  spotlight artists for December 2020  into February 2021 are: 

Henri Matisse-French Post Impressionist, Fauvist painter and collage artist 

Georgia O'Keeffe-American Modernist and Master of Color 

Vincent Van Gogh-Dutch Post Impressionist and Expressive Master

Jean-Michel Basquiat American Neo-Expressionist Painter, Graffiti Artist and Writer 

Kenojuak Ashevak, Inuit/Canadian Artist, Printmaker and Sculptor 

All photos reproduced for educational purposes only 

Alma Woodsey Thomas at home with her art 

Georgia O'keeffe talking about her life and work - part 3

Georgia O'keeffe talking about her life and work - part 2

Georgia O'Keeffe talking about her life and work Part 1

Georgia O'Keeffe brief overview

This sweet little cut paper video is a nice overview of Georgia O'keeffe's life and work, enjoy. 

10 Amazing Facts about Georgia O'Keeffe

A read along video featuring lots of interesting facts about Georgia O'Keeffe's life and work. 

Georgia O'Keeffe at Tate Modern

A powerful overview of the work of Georgia O'Keeffe 

Porch Stories Season 2 Episode 1 October 2020

Season 2 of Porch Stories.

Featured artist: Georgia O'Keeffe. 

Georgia O'Keeffe's actual paint box/kit 

Kinder Works of Art 2017-18

What did we do this year in Art?

Habitat to Home was our art room theme for 2017-18

We explored a variety of artistic processes, asked questions presented connections and made discoveries- during the journey created some great art too!

Kindergarten Program overview

Objective for students: to experience a variety of mediums and techniques used for creating art. Introduce art history text and the elements of art. Develop fine motor skills and following simple directions

Kinder Cats-Artists create their own cat using pre-cut shapes, crayons, embellishments and color pencils.

This is Me! - Artist self portrait

Name Game-Line direction, following series of stop and go directions, how to use a paint brush, watercolor blending, skill building.

Snow Person- creating a background with sponge and circle stamps. Collage elements to cut and apply with glue to a background in a specific order- size (small, medium large) position, (top, middle, bottom) parts of the face, adding details, building a collage. Building vocabulary and understanding of size, proportion. Where would a snowperson "live"? Observation/Imagination Supports red, white and blue and weather/season units

Rainbow Robots- following a series of directions, build a robot with 6 rectangular shapes glue to background, add face/ details with crayon, collage and or stickers.  Artists created a rainbow background sky/ground. Vocabulary and skill building

Georgia Flowers – Following a series of directions, tracing a pattern, drawing big, students created large flower shapes, painted with tempera paint, cut out and details added with oil pastels. Later name leaves were added, to identify the artists.

Magic Snails- Introduction to clay, following a series of directions artists blend 2 colors of model magic to create a coil form and build a snail shape.

Art History connection: Jasper John flag series, pop art, Bearden, Georgia O’Keeffe

4th grade Art Work 2016-17

California and Western expansion are curriculum themes for 4th grade. Numerous projects that we worked on this year centered around American Artists and City/Country.

What did we do this year in Art?

Innovations in Art our art room theme for 2016-17 

We explored a variety of artistic processes, asked questions presented connections and made discoveries- during the journey created some great art too!

Fourth Grade Program overview

Objective for students: to experience a variety of mediums and techniques used for creating art. Expanding art history knowledge, connect to class themes while building art vocabulary. Using art tools, strengthen hand eye coordination in creativity and following a series of more complex directions, problem solve as individuals.

Painted paper- process painting with sponges, caps and corks

Fine motor skills, hands on experience

Starry Night Inspired Landscape -What are the basic elements of landscape? Dividing the picture plane. Art vocabulary, following a series of direct drawing instructions, sketching, developing a personal approach drawing crayon and over painting with water colors, salt added for star effect.

Math/Science/Art observed and imagined landscapes

Georgia O’Keeffe inspired fall landscape- Introduction to the work of Georgia O’Keeffe, inspiration from nature, abstracting a realistic image. Color pencil and water color. Seasonal color structure. American Art History connection.

School Project- Heart drawing and watercolor project for online sales

Quilts 2 styles – Introduction to American Quilting with a focus on the 4 and 9 patch patterns. One, painting textiles, cutting and creating patterns within a square format. Two, geometric using solid colors and introduction to tessellations. Connects to wagon trail migration and manufacturing innovations.

Museum Masters Pop Art- Using the Mona Lisa or American Gothic as the composition base students created a Pop Art/Warhol inspired collage. Project introduces printmaking process and Pop art overview/vocabulary.

How’s the Soup? - Pop art inspired project students design their own soup can label, color pencil and markers. Explore text and graphic design. Skill building

Lake George

Inspired by the Georgia O'Keeffe painting...collage learning the basics of creating a landscape. We used color pencil to layout the various areas and talked about warm and cool colors. Students were encouraged to use a variety of papers and experiment with tearing out their shapes and forms. Lots of individuality inspired by one classic image.

Flowers Up Close

Big off the page flowers inspired by the work of Georgia O'Keeffe

Lake George inspired fall landscapes

4th and 4th/5th  grade artists were introduced to the landscape work of American Modernist Artist Georgia O'Keeffe .