Our Kindergarten artists continue to work with tempera paints. I'v put up a bulletin board display of the first two paintings from this unit of study. Colorful fun!
Kindergarten blue paintings are drying on the art room floor. Our Kindergarten artists have begun a unit of lessons that are designed to introduce them to painting with tempera paints in our art studio space. I encourage independence in set up and clean up procedures because we have so many artists creating at one time! So, these practical procedures are reinforced each week until they become second nature. Meanwhile, the students are introduced to the primary colors, one at a time. I encourgage them to paint lines, shapes, dots, pictures, and whatever makes their heart happy that day! For some artists, covering the entire surface of the paper makes them happy, and this is very developmentally appropriate for these young artists. In a few more weeks we begin mixing primary colors of paint to make secondary colors, and finally a whole rainbow of wonderful colors! Check back often to see what colors we have explored lately!
Radial Quilt Squares
A Whole School Art Project Every young artist in our school created a quilt square in our 2nd Art class of this school year. Individually, they represent each artist’s interpretation of the Art challenge. Together, the quilt squares create a colorful unified pattern. The Art challenge of the lesson was to create a unique radial design that is both similar and different from the designs of classmates, with the intention that the completed pattern, created by a large group of artists, will have both variety and unity in the overall design. Inspiration was found in traditional quilt designs with the Drunkard’s Path pattern, and in radial designs from Islamic tiles. Here are some examples of the images that provided our inspiration. What a wonderful time we had on our visit to the PEM! I recently took our 2nd and 4th graders on this field trip experience with the theme "Creative Expressions". This tour included looking at a variety of interesting art, some sketching in the galleries, and an art project. Many thanks to the parent chaperones, and to our teachers Mrs. White, Mrs. Shanahan, and Mrs. Haskell. Also, I am very grateful to the PTO for partially funding this trip.
This activity is a perennial favorite for all age groups. When I provide my young artists with a wide variety of materials and art tools, I am always amazed at where their inginuity and and imagination can take them! Here are a few photos of works in progress.
Aren't they sweet?! Combine a little "egg" of Modle Magic, three feathers, and some kindergarten imagination, top it with a pipe cleaner hook, and you have a lovely ornament or seasonal decoration. We made these in November, just in time for the holidays.
I haven't posted anything is a while! I have some time to catch up on adding photos of our art projects. I hope you enjoy them. The 3rd graders created a printing plate with multiple textured stripes. Then they used these plates to print, white ink on black paper, and white ink on a colored paper collage. This photo shows some of the black and white collagraph prints, along with some printing projects by the 1st graders (printed bubble wrap, below), and the 4th graders (printed foam plates, above). Our 5th and 6th grade artists recently completed a unit of lessons on Tecchnology in Art. What a blast! Here are some of the completed Brushbot mini-sculptures. Want to see a video of the Brushbots painting? Click on this link to the Nahant Education Foundation website page for more about this super cool project, including a video of some of the Brushbots in action!
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