Season 2 of Porch Stories.
Featured artist: Georgia O'Keeffe.
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| Georgia O'Keeffe's actual paint box/kit |
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Wednesday
Pre Kinder and DHH Kinder creations 2017-18
What did we do this year in Art?
Mini clay pumpkins- first clay experience creating a sphere shape. Part
II adding color and paper hand shaped leaves with student’s names supports Pumpkin Unit/Seeds/plant cycle
My Winter hat- Showing emotions in art, parts and placement of features on the human
face using precut shapes to create their own Happy, Sad, Angry… expression.
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!
Pre K Special Day Class & Pre K Kinder DHH program
overview
Objective for students: first experiences to a variety of mediums
and techniques for creating art. Hands on development of fine motor skills and begin
to follow a basic direction.
Kinder Kats- Exploring
materials and creating, using precut cat shapes, crayons and color pencils Fine motor skills, hands on experience
Mini clay pumpkins- first clay experience creating a sphere shape. Part
II adding color and paper hand shaped leaves with student’s names supports Pumpkin Unit/Seeds/plant cycle
City at Night- Color blending to create a
starry night sky. Using pre-cut shapes artists build a city skyline. Sky/Ground, City/Country
Shape house- Pre-cut forms to build a house
following a series of directions. Shape
identification and skill building.
Expressive Color painting- Using 6
rainbow color tempera paints to cover the paper in an expressive and
exploratory project. Color theory
Magic Snails-
following a series of directions artist blend 2 colors of clay (model magic) to
create a coil form and build a snail shape.
Art History
connection: Warhol, pop art, Bearden,
Glad Monster Sad Monster and Very Hungry Caterpillar book, Van Gogh Starry
Night,
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
1st grade art creations 2016-17
In First Grade we continue our skill building an art exploration with lots of animal based projects. Here is an overview of what we did this year.
Spider and Web-review line direction, direct drawing create a web with crayon, paint
over with watercolor and observe the reaction of wax to water, add salt to wet
paint to create another effect.
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!
First Grade Program overview
Objective for students: to experience a variety of mediums and techniques
used for creating art. Introduce art history text and continue exposure to the
elements of art. Using art tools, developing fine motor skills and following a
series of directions.
Painted paper-process
painting with sponges, caps and corks- Fine
motor skills, hands on experience
Spider and Web-review line direction, direct drawing create a web with crayon, paint
over with watercolor and observe the reaction of wax to water, add salt to wet
paint to create another effect.
Science Art connection Observation/Imagination
Cookie People around the world-using a
pattern to cut out a shape. Human form. Looking a traditional dress and
costumes around the world. Using assorted papers to create unique clothing.
Drawing details with crayon and or pencil.
Cultural connection-Traditional dress around the world
School Project- Heart drawing and watercolor project for online sales
Klee Cat- inspired
by the work of Paul Klee students learned how to follow a series of direct
drawing instructions and create their own Cat/Bird composition. Completed
project in crayon and watercolor
Awesome Giraffes – Giraffe facts and fun. Artists created a colorful
background habitat for their art giraffe. Using a pattern for the head they
drew their own giraffe complete with ears, eyes, muzzle and awesome cone! Cut
paper collage, makers and color pencil for details.
Science Art connection Observation/Imagination
Kinder Art Work 2016 17
Kinders are fearless artists and love to explore and create.
Here is an overview of the projects we did this year enjoy:
Here is an overview of the projects we did this year enjoy:
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!
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 and color pencils.
Name Game-Line
direction, following series of stop and go directions, how to use a paint
brush, watercolor blending, skill building.
School Project- Heart drawing
and watercolor project for online sales
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.
Rainbow City- artists created a rainbow background sky and added 6
building/rectangles using the color wheel as a guide. Details drawn with
crayons and color pencils
Red White &Robot- line direction painting, build a robot with 6
rectangular shapes glue to background, add face/ details with crayon, collage
and or stickers.
Monday
Welcome to our New Year 2016-17 Full STEAM ahead!
This year we are going to expand our hands on learning and really move in a process over product direction. And what better way to start the New Year than with a series of painted paper workshops.
Cherry Blossoms
Cherry blossoms- Watercolor, stamping and paint using recycled and unconventional paint materials
Sunday
Wednesday
Rainbow balloons
This 3 part project evolved lots of classroom teacher support, finger painting, stamping, color blending and collage the results are wonderful!
Red White and Blue Robots
Connecting to classroom theme, this fun project allowed for lots of personal creative expression.
Sunday
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