Happy Halloween!!

So it isn't Monday... it is Friday! I am a few days late with our blog post this week so I apologize. I hope you enjoy all of the fun stuff I am sharing today because our little artists have been very busy in the art room!

Third graders are done with their beautiful radial color wheel designs and moving on to painting landscapes. This week we looked at landscape examples and identified the line created from where the ground meets the sky. Students learned that this line is called the horizon line! On your next car ride, see if they can find the horizon line by looking out the window! Take a look at the landscapes they have started. Students were blending paint colors using what they learned from their color wheel unit!

 

 

 

Fourth Grade just finished their sugar skull designs! Students learned about the Mexican cultural holiday Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) which is a celebration meant for remembering loved ones who have passed. This holiday is celebrated from October 31st to November 2nd which correlates with one of our own holidays, Halloween! Students looked at the sugar skull folk art associated with the Day of the Dead holiday and created their own symmetrical sugar skull designs using shapes and patterns. They then learned about the relief printmaking method and transferred their designs onto their Styrofoam printing plates and made and edition of 3 prints! Look at them in action! Their prints are beautiful!

Inking their plate

 

Burnishing their paper onto their plate

 

Pulling their print!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fifth grade finally completed their monochromatic landscapes showing atmospheric perspective! Take a look at these beauties! They are on display in our front office :)

 

 

 

Kindergarteners just finished their color and line study! They learned the rainbow color order pattern and painted their papers. Next they explored lines and drew them on the back of their paintings. Finally, they used their scissor techniques to cut on the lines and glue their "puzzle" pieces to a black background to make their lines POP! They are so beautiful!

 

 



 

First graders finished their memory quilts inspired by the artist Faith Ringgold! Take a look!

 

 

 

Next, students learned about the artist Piet Mondrain (ask them if they can remember how to say his name!) and explored color, line, and shape! We looked at Mondrian's artwork and explored the types of lines, colors and shapes he used in his work. Students created rectangles and squares by gluing down thick and thin black lines either horizontally or vertically. Ask them if they can tell you the difference between the two! Finally, students learned about the three primary colors and applied them to their artwork!

 

 





Second grade artists finished their lovely still life artwork! Look at these beauties! I am pretty in love with them :)

 

 

 



 As you can see, we have such a wonderful time in the BES art room! There is so much to learn and create and I love seeing our artists in action. I hope you do too! So keep checking out our art room blog to see all of the wonderful art education going on in our amazing little school :)

 

Have a WONDERFUL and SAFE Halloween weekend!!

 



 

 

Third Graders Get Colorful With Color Theory!

Third grade has been learning about COLOR THEORY and a very important artist tool... the color wheel! They first began by creating their radial designs and then explored the importance of the order of colors on the color wheel and their relationships.

The first family of colors we explored (and the most important) was the PRIMARY color family. Ask your third grader why primary colors are so important! Next, we focused on SECONDARY colors and experimented with mixing two primary colors together to see what secondary color would be created. As a class, we looked at where the secondary colors were located in relation to the primary colors on the color wheel. Finally, we began talking about those crazy INTERMEDIATE colors and learned how to mix our primary and secondary colors to create these special hues. Ask your third grader if they can name some intermediate colors for you! Take a look at these beautiful radial rainbows being created!

 

I am so excited to see these complete and brightening up our BES Main Hall Art Gallery!

But First... Let Me Make A Selfie!

That's what kindergarteners said when they first came to the art room ;) So we did make a selfie! I LOVE doing this unit with kindergarteners as soon as they come to art because of many reasons. Developmentally, it is all about them at this time of their life and so they are already inspired and take this art making challenge very personally. I also get a better understanding of their skill level and how I can differentiate for future lessons based off of what I see from this first art making experience in the art room. And lastly, I know if I was a parent I would cherish this first artwork especially if it was a self-portrait and save it for years and years to come!!

So please, cherish this first self-portrait of their K-12 school experience. If you can, provide materials for them to create with at home as well. I am so excited to see how our youngest artists grow over the year through their artwork!

Take a look at some of the kindergarten self-portraits that are being hung in our school gallery!