Fourth Quarter
A lot of interdisciplinary connections will be occurring in art this quarter!
Kindergarten art will reflect the animal/insect units that are going on in the regular classroom. Students will assemble ladybugs after hearing illustrator Eric Karl's The Grouchy Ladybug, view famous paintings with pets and create their own torn paper pets and create bee filled landscapes.
First graders will learn how to draw simple body shapes as they illustrate a tooth fairy scene, design a house out of folded geometric forms and tempera paint a parrot as they make experiment with mixing colors.
Second graders will learn about emphasis and settings as they draw car landscape scenes, work together in teams to create a collaborative monster and tempera paint their dream vacation.
Third grade students will be making use of their math skills as they use geometric shapes and patterns to create a collaborative quilt, experiment with blocking,coloring and diffusing light as they create stained glass silhoettes and learn basic watercolor techniques and terms as they paint a landscape.
Fourth grade will refine their drawing skills as they learn about ways to simulate depth on a 2-D surface, tempera paint a sequential lighthouse narrative and collaborate in teams tocreate Jackson Pollock paintings.
Fifth grade will extend their understanding of human body systems as they learn how to draw the human body, create watercolor washes and textures as they practice using this medium and refine their drawing skills with a one point perspective cityscape.
What We Did In Art Earlier This Year
Kindergarten celebrated the New Year by making Chinese New Year Dragons. In February they learnt about symbolic colors and shapes as they use red and pink hearts to create Valentine art. Texture in art was explored as Kindergarteners created snowmen scenes and clay pinch pots. In First grade students created Japanese carp windsocks, experimented with adding textures to their clay bears and put together a dinosaur stencil piece. Second Grade also delved into textures in art as they created a mixed media snow scene. Extensions on paper weaving were learned and T’ang Dynasty Horse forms assembled from clay. Third grade implemented drawing techniques of overlapping and size reduction to show distance in their Personal Event piece. Origami forms were experimented with as third graders learned about this ancient Japanese art form. Third also worked with a simple slab construction clay method as they assembled cylindrical pots. It’s more about NC for fourth graders! Biltmore architectural drawings started off the New Year and were followed by portrait pots, a tradition that has existed in the Carolinas for centuries. Fifth Graders learned about famous art movements, namely Impressionism, Surrealism, Op Art, Pop Art and Cubism. A combination of clay handbuilding methods were put into play as fifth graders constructed Native American adobe houses. Art vocabulary, art elements and principles and information on famous art and artists were tucked into presentations and projects at all grade levels.
Our first semester took many classes around the globe! Students in first-third grade have learned about art from Ancient Egypt, Native American Art and are beginning on art from Japan. Pharoah collars (1st grade), mummy cases (2nd grade) and Egyptian figures (3rd grade) have been some of our creations. Woven tube people (1st), dreamcatchers (2nd) and Navaho weaving (3rd) are all part of the Native American theme. Carp kites (1st), gyoto fish prints (2nd) and origami (3rd) are some of the artforms students will experience from Japan.
4th and 5th graders have stayed closer to home with art and artists from North America. In 4th grade students learned about NC artists Minnie Evans and Romare Bearden, while 5th graders were introduced to Georgia O'Keefe and Faith Ringold. Art projects exemplifying these artist's work were the focus. Both grades also created rolled paper jewelry completed by personal pendants of their own design.
A lot of interdisciplinary connections will be occurring in art this quarter!
Kindergarten art will reflect the animal/insect units that are going on in the regular classroom. Students will assemble ladybugs after hearing illustrator Eric Karl's The Grouchy Ladybug, view famous paintings with pets and create their own torn paper pets and create bee filled landscapes.
First graders will learn how to draw simple body shapes as they illustrate a tooth fairy scene, design a house out of folded geometric forms and tempera paint a parrot as they make experiment with mixing colors.
Second graders will learn about emphasis and settings as they draw car landscape scenes, work together in teams to create a collaborative monster and tempera paint their dream vacation.
Third grade students will be making use of their math skills as they use geometric shapes and patterns to create a collaborative quilt, experiment with blocking,coloring and diffusing light as they create stained glass silhoettes and learn basic watercolor techniques and terms as they paint a landscape.
Fourth grade will refine their drawing skills as they learn about ways to simulate depth on a 2-D surface, tempera paint a sequential lighthouse narrative and collaborate in teams tocreate Jackson Pollock paintings.
Fifth grade will extend their understanding of human body systems as they learn how to draw the human body, create watercolor washes and textures as they practice using this medium and refine their drawing skills with a one point perspective cityscape.
What We Did In Art Earlier This Year
Kindergarten celebrated the New Year by making Chinese New Year Dragons. In February they learnt about symbolic colors and shapes as they use red and pink hearts to create Valentine art. Texture in art was explored as Kindergarteners created snowmen scenes and clay pinch pots. In First grade students created Japanese carp windsocks, experimented with adding textures to their clay bears and put together a dinosaur stencil piece. Second Grade also delved into textures in art as they created a mixed media snow scene. Extensions on paper weaving were learned and T’ang Dynasty Horse forms assembled from clay. Third grade implemented drawing techniques of overlapping and size reduction to show distance in their Personal Event piece. Origami forms were experimented with as third graders learned about this ancient Japanese art form. Third also worked with a simple slab construction clay method as they assembled cylindrical pots. It’s more about NC for fourth graders! Biltmore architectural drawings started off the New Year and were followed by portrait pots, a tradition that has existed in the Carolinas for centuries. Fifth Graders learned about famous art movements, namely Impressionism, Surrealism, Op Art, Pop Art and Cubism. A combination of clay handbuilding methods were put into play as fifth graders constructed Native American adobe houses. Art vocabulary, art elements and principles and information on famous art and artists were tucked into presentations and projects at all grade levels.
Our first semester took many classes around the globe! Students in first-third grade have learned about art from Ancient Egypt, Native American Art and are beginning on art from Japan. Pharoah collars (1st grade), mummy cases (2nd grade) and Egyptian figures (3rd grade) have been some of our creations. Woven tube people (1st), dreamcatchers (2nd) and Navaho weaving (3rd) are all part of the Native American theme. Carp kites (1st), gyoto fish prints (2nd) and origami (3rd) are some of the artforms students will experience from Japan.
4th and 5th graders have stayed closer to home with art and artists from North America. In 4th grade students learned about NC artists Minnie Evans and Romare Bearden, while 5th graders were introduced to Georgia O'Keefe and Faith Ringold. Art projects exemplifying these artist's work were the focus. Both grades also created rolled paper jewelry completed by personal pendants of their own design.