Sunday, November 7, 2010

Cave Art

4th grade students imitate cave art using chalk and flashlights. They LOVE this!



Masks

Students adding the features of their masks




Saturday, October 30, 2010

Halloween!

The students thought it was so cool that we all happened to be dressed as Wizard of Oz characters. How did that happen?!


Paper Mache Masks

6th graders have just started the process of creating their masks. We looked at masks from around the world and discussed the different uses- protection, entertainment, celebration, religious etc.



FINALLY FINISHED!!!





Paper Sculptures

I had one 6th grade class that was ahead of the rest, so I experimented with a new lesson I've been wanting to try. We looked at the artwork of several different paper artists (check out Peter Callesen's work) and then I showed the students how to create origami hats and fish. After they had made several hats/fish, they were asked to arrange the origami into a pattern of some sort. They were allowed to stack, rotate, and manipulate the origami in any way. After they had come up with a plan, they glued down their creations. It was a wonderful collaborative lesson that required students to use problem solving skills.









Secondary Colors

I swiped this great idea from mrspicassosartroom.blogspot.com except I had the kindergartners use all paint instead of construction paper. We first mixed yellow and red to see what color we would get. Then we painted one pumpkin. To introduce value, the students mixed white with the orange they created and painted the second pumpkin. I asked them, "what happened when you added white to the orange?"




Op Art

4th Graders learned about Optical Illusions and the artist Bridget Riley. Then they created their own Op Art.  We discussed movement, pattern, and contrasting colors.