1st grade has now joined the portrait bandwagon. The beginning project got them reminded and accustomed with the art room. Now we are working on a watercolor portrait with Kandinsky inspired circles in our background.
2nd grade is jumping into clay....
An underwater theme of fish and turtles will get them going. Two classes will be doing textured fish and two will be doing texture turtles! Our focus will be to apply texture to the slabs and then score & slip their fins or legs on.
We are going to learn about the parts of the fish & turtle we need to have in order to make them look as they should. But the texture- that is all up to the student!
3rd grade has ventured into landscapes with a focus on foreground, middle-ground, and background. We are viewing many famous works of art and acknowledging their composition.
We will be working on creating our own landscapes together, they will sketch their own, and then we will be enlarging the image. How this will all come together is still up in the air... the mystery behind the project.
4th grade- finishing their portraits: there are 3 levels to their portraits and this should be the end. We will be moving into an abstract experience with music and color after! (excited!)
The global read aloud is going on right now at HOWE and our 4th grade is reading:
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Our focus is Chapter 2 when the main character describes how she can 'almost hear the colors and smell the images' when music is being played.
Friday, October 11, 2013
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
First Projects...
...of the year have been completed and we are OFF.
Getting the first portraits completed was a huge success for the kids.
It is pretty awesome to see the way they start analyzing their work and their portraits.
Portraits : Modigliani : Eric Carle : and some Contour Lines so far...
Getting the first portraits completed was a huge success for the kids.
It is pretty awesome to see the way they start analyzing their work and their portraits.
Portraits : Modigliani : Eric Carle : and some Contour Lines so far...
"There is something special about a Circle.
It gives a sense of completeness, safety, & belonging.
When I sit in a circle no one is 1st and no one is last. And no one is left out.
That is the work I want to do. I want to help complete the circle."
Howe Elementary Art. Great 'Artists-in-Training'.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Getting the 'GooD StufF' going on.
Portrait projects are on the way... with a little Eric Carle fun for 1st
4th Graders are stepping up to the plate with Warm/Cool or Complimentary Color Scheme Half-Portraits
3rd Graders are getting to know Mr. Modigliani & his portrait style and also how to test, work, and blend their soft pastels.
And they are lookin great!
4th Graders are stepping up to the plate with Warm/Cool or Complimentary Color Scheme Half-Portraits
3rd Graders are getting to know Mr. Modigliani & his portrait style and also how to test, work, and blend their soft pastels.
And they are lookin great!
2nd Graders are experimenting with contour line and pattern backgrounds.
1st Grade is working on the Caterpillar Collages:
Eric Carle 'The Very Hungy Caterpillar'
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Portraiture Projects BEGIN
2nd-
Warm and Cool Color schemes and the feelings behind colors.
Creating Warm & Cool Paint Papers with tempera cakes
Learning about contour lines (a continued outline with no shading) and using photographs of themselves to create a contour line drawing.
Their portraits will be on one paint paper so the black 'pops' off the paper.
The opposing paint paper will be used for their names on their projects.
3rd-
Abstract Portraits with Modigliani Inspiration
Black paper and Elmers glue will start this project off. Our drawing will be worked out onto a long black paper that we will then be using our glue bottles to help us go over the lines. The glue will dry and we will fill in the image with soft pastels.
Modigliani (Amedeo Modigliani) was famous for his elongated and elegant portraits, painted in Paris back in the early 1900s. Heads and necks were long and narrow, giving his subjects a very graceful look.
4th-
1/2 portraits & lots of color. Guidelines help us work this portrait out. Focusing on shapes and lines and all the good stuff that makes us- US!
Warm & Cool color schemes or Complimentary color pairs will be used for our defining of the hair / skin. Oil Pastels will be the go-to in this project! Our faces will be cut out and applied to a black / white or black & white background. (Variety people!!! Everyone loves VarIety)
We will also be working on Block Lettering. This we will begin working on to then find some details to add to our work!!!
Warm and Cool Color schemes and the feelings behind colors.
Creating Warm & Cool Paint Papers with tempera cakes
Learning about contour lines (a continued outline with no shading) and using photographs of themselves to create a contour line drawing.
Their portraits will be on one paint paper so the black 'pops' off the paper.
The opposing paint paper will be used for their names on their projects.
3rd-
Abstract Portraits with Modigliani Inspiration
Black paper and Elmers glue will start this project off. Our drawing will be worked out onto a long black paper that we will then be using our glue bottles to help us go over the lines. The glue will dry and we will fill in the image with soft pastels.
Modigliani (Amedeo Modigliani) was famous for his elongated and elegant portraits, painted in Paris back in the early 1900s. Heads and necks were long and narrow, giving his subjects a very graceful look.
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| fixed the dripping glue... but eliminating the eyes for the modigliani hollow look |
1/2 portraits & lots of color. Guidelines help us work this portrait out. Focusing on shapes and lines and all the good stuff that makes us- US!
Warm & Cool color schemes or Complimentary color pairs will be used for our defining of the hair / skin. Oil Pastels will be the go-to in this project! Our faces will be cut out and applied to a black / white or black & white background. (Variety people!!! Everyone loves VarIety)
We will also be working on Block Lettering. This we will begin working on to then find some details to add to our work!!!
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| Kathy Barbro rocks! |
Lets Be Awesome.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
The Howe Elementary Art Room
WELCOME TO HOWE!
Home of the Bulldogs.
First year at Elementary.... since I graduated from college and taught for a year and here I am trying to get back in the saddle with the youngsters.
Will admit: I had no idea what having an 'art room' would be like. I have been Art-On-A-Cart down south and then when I came back to Wisco I have been in shared areas ever since.... So set-up, bulletin boards, organization, and truly making a room as functional-as-possible was the absolute goal.
So this is as far as we have gotten.... still clean but that will be changing soon!
Themed it with 'COLOR'. Primary, Secondary, and Complimentary. Worked in a Word Wall & the Elements n Principles.
This year our PBIS is 'Howe to be a Top Dog' so we are working on being 'Top Dog Classes' in Art.
Our Artists will be 'Top Dog Artistis'.....
Kudos to pinterest and the amazing people out there showing their galleries off of student work, bulletin boards, projects, and all that greatness. It has been so helpful and inspiring!! BIG thank you!
Will be honest.. I love spray paint... so the chinese lanterns, cds, planters, and containers were all sprayed to add some color- everywhere!
Magnets are super nice on the dry-erase boards also!!
Lets face it.... Art really isn't all that funny if we don't get messy..
So the ultimate Goal will be 'Controlled Chaos'.
WE BEGIN!
Projects to get us going... Color and Portraiture.
K-1 we are working on paste paper and texture creations!
Color! Primary Colors & what they create!
2- contour line portraits + warm and cool colors + FONTs - tissue paper, transperancy, lettering
3- modigliani inspired portraits with a twist of pattern - glue, pastels, blending
4- portraiture and lettering - measuring, marker and colored pencil
Found this idea online from a couple great examples HERE & HERE.
This is an awesome beginning- portraiture: and we are all about it.
K-1 we are working on paste paper and texture creations!
Color! Primary Colors & what they create!
2- contour line portraits + warm and cool colors + FONTs - tissue paper, transperancy, lettering
3- modigliani inspired portraits with a twist of pattern - glue, pastels, blending
4- portraiture and lettering - measuring, marker and colored pencil
Found this idea online from a couple great examples HERE & HERE.
This is an awesome beginning- portraiture: and we are all about it.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Welcome 2 Art!
Rules.
Expectations. What it takes to be a 'Top Dog' Artist and a 'Top Dog' Class in Art.
Sketchbook.
'Toss A Round' ~Getting to know Ms. Tonn & our class together.
The 'Dot' Project.
Sept. 15th is International Dot Day.
The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
K-1 we will work on lines and color families.
2-4 we will work on line color shape and patterns.
Lots of great stuff will come from this awesome school project. Working together and combining our quarter circles to be complete will be an awesome vision:
We will help each other to complete the circle...
Expectations. What it takes to be a 'Top Dog' Artist and a 'Top Dog' Class in Art.
Sketchbook.
'Toss A Round' ~Getting to know Ms. Tonn & our class together.
The 'Dot' Project.
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The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
K-1 we will work on lines and color families.
2-4 we will work on line color shape and patterns.
Lots of great stuff will come from this awesome school project. Working together and combining our quarter circles to be complete will be an awesome vision:
We will help each other to complete the circle...
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