Sunday, October 15, 2017

What's Been Happening in the Art Room?


 All year, our Chargers are learning the building blocks of art - the Elements of Art and Principles of Design.  Each month in the Art Room, we study a different topic. In the case of the middle school artists, we often study many Elements together.  During the month of September, students had been looking at LINE - its purposes and how it functions in art.  

September and October Highlights

Kindergarten                                                                                                    
Students were introduced to the art room and how to use materials and tools safely with environmental awareness.   Here are their “I CAN” Statements:                                              
•  I can recognize and produce a variety of line types                     
•  I can identify and create patterns                                                                       
•  I can identify spatial relationships                                                       
Next up:  Color         



 

WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A DOT?

LINE CHARTS

NAVAJO BLANKETS




PRIMARY COLOR BIRDS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
First Grade                                                                                                        
Students explored lines in four different projects this unit, culminating in Lines at a Circus!  The major “I CAN” Statement for this unit is:                                                                            
•  I can recognize and produce a variety of line types and directions                                                                                                  
Next up:  Shape and Space                                                                         
                                                
 

LINES TO TOUCH


 

LINES AT A CIRCUS
                                                                                 
Second and Third Grades                                                                            
Students learned identify horizontal and vertical lines, how to create a variety of line types, and how                     
these kinds of lines to produce artworks.                                            
The “I CAN” Statements for this unit are:                                             
•  Students can identify and produce a variety of lines, such as thick and thin, horizontal and vertical, diagonal, spiral, zigzag, intersecting and parallel                                                   
Next up:  3D Form         

HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL LINES

       


 

STARRY NIGHT
                                                                          
                                                                                                                               
Fourth Grade                                                                                                    
Fourth grade is studying lines to create pattern, movement and shape.  They have done a portrait          and now a still life.                                                                                          
•  I can use lines to create patterns and movement
•  I can use lines to create shapes for a still life
Next up:  Value

 

BAD HAIR DAY


 
LINE TO CREATE SHAPE

Fifth Grade
Fifth Graders are studying basic drawing by completing a realistic charcoal drawing.
•  I can make 3D forms and value in a drawing
•  I can make 3D forms and value in a drawing
Next up:  African Masks

 


Sixth Grade
Throughout the year, the grades will be studying the art of various world and historical cultures.  Sixth Grade is currently studying Mexican folk art.  This means that different forms of art are produced in various parts of the country, and not all people take part in the specific traditions.  Additionally, like with folk tales, parts of the art might not be realistic. Students have learned the cultural and historical context of the Mexican celebration Day of the Dead. By working in the style of the artists, they will create their own unique drawings in contemporary settings, such as at a soccer game, baking cupcakes, going to a movie with friends, or family routines.


 




Seventh and Eighth Grades
The oldest students are learning how to create the illusion of space in a painting by following the rules of Atmospheric Perspective.
Next up:  Portraits and a fun art history-based unit!

 

 

 


CONTOUR SHOE DRAWINGS






TONAL LANDSCAPES


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