As March Continues. . . .

As March continues, here is a peek into the Art Room.

Kindergarten students continue to have fun exploring the stories and art of Dr. Seuss.  This week the students heard the story There's a Wocket in My Pocket.  Then, we designed and made our own Wockets using collaged paper.

Second Grade students listened to One Fish, Two Fish.  They noticed all of the rhyming words in the book.  As we read the book, they also noticed the fun illustrations.  We then designed our own fish.  The completed pieces will be ready for sharing soon!

Eighth Grade students continue to work on the banners for Confirmation. They have selected the theme, planned colors, and cut out templates for their felt banners.  Next week we begin the process of creating our pieces for the banners.

There will be a flurry of activity in the Art Room next week!  Lots of pictures to see!!

New Art Units Beginning in March

It's hard to believe that we will be at the halfway point to the month of March by the end of next week!  Students are moving along into new art units this month.  Many Elementary students are completing units on Dr. Seuss.  Each year, we do special projects to celebrate his birthday and the wonderful work of this prolific author.  We also will be working with classroom teachers and the library to celebrate Reading Month.  Be on the lookout for upcoming posts and art that will be on display in the library!

Kindergarten students started their unit on Dr. Seuss by listening to The Cat in the Hat.  We then made our own Cat in the Hat drawings.

First Grade students finished their unit on winter with Collage Penguins.  In this project, students combined watercolor with cut paper to make their own penguin scenes.

Second Graders are also starting a unit on Dr. Seuss.  To begin, we had a lesson on value (the lightness or darkness of an object).  We used shirt color to discuss and illustrate looking at value.

Third and Fourth Graders are completing a unit on Renaissance portraits.  They are learning how to create a realistic portrait in profile.  Additionally, they are looking at art from the Renaissance, and their characters will have costumes, props and environments from that time period.

Fifth and Sixth Graders took a color pre-test this week.  They will also be learning more about value, along with color, in order to apply it to the upcoming unit.

Seventh Grade will be completing a drawing unit.  Through many exercises, they will improve their drawing capabilities.  This will culminate in a still life comprised of art supplies.

Eighth Grade students will complete their Confirmation Banners in art class this year.

Wrapping Up February

I'm really excited to showcase the art from the end of February!  Below you will find some examples of art from individual classes, as well as art that is currently on display in the art room.  Come see us in the art room if you'd like to see the art in person.

Kindergarten and First Grades completed another project to go along with our chilly weather.  Here are their Winter Trees. We made our own painted paper using watercolors, and then after the paper dried, we cut the paper into triangular shapes to make trees.  These were attached to a background of a snowy night sky and snowy hills.

Second Graders studied the art of Pablo Picasso.  We created our own Cubist Portraits using oil pastels.  The students used a monochromatic color palette on the face with pure color, tints and shades.  They also incorporated pattern into the background space.

Third and Fourth graders studied color through Tints and Shades Abstractions.  To begin, they created an abstract composition.  Next, they hand mixed their own pure color with white to make tints and added black to make shades.  They altered the amount of black of white in order to alter the variety of values.

Fifth and Sixth grade studied one point perspective through One Point Perspective Cities.  They learned the foundations of perspective by practicing shapes with a horizon line, a vanishing point and converging lines.  Then, they drew their cities.  The final step was to color their cities with colored pencil

Seventh and Eighth graders also studied one point perspective through Surrealist Rooms.  In addition to learning about perspective, they also incorporated art history into the assignment by altering the rooms to have odd things such as animals indoors, outside elements or outer space, and other strange things!

Additionally, please enjoy our classroom bulletin boards!

February Back to School!

It's been an interesting few weeks weather-wise!  Despite the interruptions in school, students have been completing some phenomenal works in art class.

Kindergarten and First Grade students completed Winter Trees.  Very appropriate for this time of year!  Students used watercolor, cut paper and crayons to create these images.

Second grade students just finished their unit on Picasso.  Through this study, they learned how to accurately draw a portrait in proportion, then they learned to "break the rules" by creating a portrait inspired by Picasso's Cubist style!

Two grade levels have been studying one point perspective.  Fifth and Sixth Grades are completing cities, and the Seventh and Eighth Graders combined one point perspective with Surrealism.

Michigan Art Education Association Student Show

Michigan Art Education Association 

STUDENT SHOW

February 1 - February 16, 2019

Closing Reception February 16, 2 - 4 pm

February 7, 2019    6 - 8 pm

Meet the next Monet, Degas, or perhaps Salvador Dali at the MAEA student reception.

Works from K - 12 will be on display as we support our young artist community.

Saginaw Art Museum

1126 N. Michigan Ave.

Saginaw, MI  48602

(989) 754-2491

www.saginawartmuseum.org

Regular Hours: Tues. - Sat.   Noon - 5 pm

Congratulations to the following students from Bethlehem Lutheran School!  Their work is included in the show!

Brayden Armas, Second Grade

William Conrad, Second Grade

Mia Parks, Third Grade

Daetyn Dean, Sixth Grade

Winter Art

Students in the art room have been making some of my favorite lessons for this winter. 

In Kindergarten, we use the book Arctic White as inspiration for some watercolor resist pieces.

In second grade, we just started to learn about Picasso.

Back after Break

Hello everyone, and Happy New Year!  I was so glad to start back at school this week.  We've had some great lessons and learning happening in the art room.  Plus, I am working on selecting pieces for the annual Michigan Art Education Association Region 11 Art Exhibition at the Saginaw Art Museum.  This is a highly competitive art exhibit, and I'm hoping that we will have some students move from the regional level to the state competition. . . .I'll give you an update once our pieces are selected.

Here's what's been going on this week:

Kindergarten:  Students have been continuing the lessons on color.  We practiced how to organize the rainbow through a story, a review lesson, coloring our own rainbows.. . now our lessons are culminating in Rainbow Chameleons.

First Grade:  Students are putting their knowledge of lines and patterns to use, along with watercolor resist, to create Pattern Names.

Second Grade:  Second grade artists have been learning about a variety of Modern artists.  Their inspiration has led to some fantastic artwork.  Here is what they are doing with the art of Joan Miro.

Third and Fourth Grade students are learning about color also.  They are creating Tints and Shades abstractions.

Fifth and Sixth Graders have been studying art history this week.  This month's unit is about ancient Mesoamerica.  They are learning about the art of the Olmecs, Toltecs, Mayans and the Aztecs.

Seventh and Eighth Grade:  The current unit is called Surrealist Rooms.  In this unit, students review what they know about one point perspective by first creating a room in correct perspective.  Next, they looked at and analyzed the art of the Surrealists, and they created a list of characteristics as to what makes an artwork Surreal.  They then apply the characteristics to objects, people, animals and other things that they add to their rooms.