We then cut our people out of construction paper and glued them to a longer piece of paper, then outlined them and created a ground. Super simple, but they turned out great.
Showing posts with label Artist Unit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Artist Unit. Show all posts
Friday, April 20, 2012
Keith Haring Dancers
I love Keith Haring's work, especially when it comes to teaching pose and gesture people. I had my 4th graders VTS (Visual Thinking Stratgey) some of his work and then we created some of our own poses. They had a blast being the models so we could draw their poses.
We then cut our people out of construction paper and glued them to a longer piece of paper, then outlined them and created a ground. Super simple, but they turned out great.
We then cut our people out of construction paper and glued them to a longer piece of paper, then outlined them and created a ground. Super simple, but they turned out great.
Friday, March 30, 2012
4th Grade takes the Cake!
For the next 4th grade artist I chose Wayne Theibaud and his cakes. Who wouldn't love to draw and color a layer cake. My kids loved this project in oil pastels, it probably didn't hurt that I brought in cake to share with them. How can you draw cake without wanting a piece??
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
O'Keefe in Art 1
Usually this time of year I have Art 1 recreate Grant Wood's "American Gothic", but I was bored with that project so I went looking for another great American Artist. That is when I decided Georgia O'Keefe would be a great choice.
We made these large scale flower drawings in chalk. So it was a quick project, but as you can see they are beautiful.
We made these large scale flower drawings in chalk. So it was a quick project, but as you can see they are beautiful.
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| Emma J. |
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| Kenzie M. |
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| Joselynn S. |
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| Sabrina L. |
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| Marcelle W. |
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| Logan Z. |
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| Brooklyn K. |
Sunday, March 25, 2012
4th grade van gogh's
For the 4th grade artist unit, we had to study Van Gogh's Starry Night. This is one of my favorite paintings. I love the colors and swirls and the violence of the sky with the calmness of the village. The kids found everything that I wanted them to see when we VTSed the painting. (Visual thinking stratagies).
But... I didn't want to just repaint starry night. I wanted them to take his inspiration and make our own pictures. So we talked about places that you could go or draw. Then we drew a large object on the left side of the picture just like van gogh's tree, and we drew some hills with a quiet scene on the right side, like his village and hills.
Most of the kids picked a tropical destination, but a few picked the mountains or a park or one of my favorites which is the icebergs in sunset.
But... I didn't want to just repaint starry night. I wanted them to take his inspiration and make our own pictures. So we talked about places that you could go or draw. Then we drew a large object on the left side of the picture just like van gogh's tree, and we drew some hills with a quiet scene on the right side, like his village and hills.
Most of the kids picked a tropical destination, but a few picked the mountains or a park or one of my favorites which is the icebergs in sunset.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
More painting in a paintings
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| Old Guitartist by Pablo Picasso painted in the style of Van Gogh's Expressionism by Brett P. |
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| Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol Painted in the style of Roy Lichtenstein by Rylee S. |
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| Yellow Dog by Franz Marc in the style of Van Gogh's Expressionism painted by Shayla B. |
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| Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh painted in the style of Roy Lichtenstein by Zach K. |
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Travel with Matisse
Art 1 did a quick study of Henri Matisse's paper cut-outs. We looked at how he used colored paper to cut out images from his favorite location, which happen to be the ocean, and then glued them to paper in almost an abstract way.
After discussing him, I had the students think about a favorite place where they have been or a place that they would like to visit since they are so young and really haven't been anywhere yet. Then they started with a large piece of construction paper and were told to create a sort of travel poster of the area that they picked. I of course had a few rules.
1. No pencil lines. You could use a pencil to draw before cutting, but then either erase or flip over so I don't see the lines.
2. Everything out of construction paper.
3. Try not to do any words. Let us figure out your location from the images. (Of course, not everyone followed this direction very well, but they tried).
4. There had to be 10 different concepts in the picture. That didn't mean only 10 pieces of paper. Making two palm trees doesn't count for two items. They count as one concept. And the sun does not count as a concept. You can see that at home just like anywhere else. Also some images might be needed to get a point across that doesn't mean they count. I know I am a slave driver.
I am curious if you can guess the places they want to visit or encourage you to visit. The answers will be at the bottom.
Got any good idea of where you are traveling to????
Sammy - Florence
Joslynne - New York
Daniel - Hawaii
Raechel - Disney
Maggie - Mexico
Sabrina L. - Paris
Landen - Wyoming
Brooke - South Dakota
Kelsey - California
Sabrina M. - Antartica
How did you do?? I know, some were easier than others.
After discussing him, I had the students think about a favorite place where they have been or a place that they would like to visit since they are so young and really haven't been anywhere yet. Then they started with a large piece of construction paper and were told to create a sort of travel poster of the area that they picked. I of course had a few rules.
1. No pencil lines. You could use a pencil to draw before cutting, but then either erase or flip over so I don't see the lines.
2. Everything out of construction paper.
3. Try not to do any words. Let us figure out your location from the images. (Of course, not everyone followed this direction very well, but they tried).
4. There had to be 10 different concepts in the picture. That didn't mean only 10 pieces of paper. Making two palm trees doesn't count for two items. They count as one concept. And the sun does not count as a concept. You can see that at home just like anywhere else. Also some images might be needed to get a point across that doesn't mean they count. I know I am a slave driver.
I am curious if you can guess the places they want to visit or encourage you to visit. The answers will be at the bottom.
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| Sammy |
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| Joslynne |
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| Daniel |
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| Raechel |
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| Maggie |
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| Sabrina L. |
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| Landen |
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| Brooke |
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| Kelsey |
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| Sabrina M. |
Got any good idea of where you are traveling to????
Sammy - Florence
Joslynne - New York
Daniel - Hawaii
Raechel - Disney
Maggie - Mexico
Sabrina L. - Paris
Landen - Wyoming
Brooke - South Dakota
Kelsey - California
Sabrina M. - Antartica
How did you do?? I know, some were easier than others.
Monday, March 5, 2012
More Owls
My Friday class just finished their owls the other day, so I am showing them off today. They came out cute.
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