On display, in the hallway, is a grid painting created by our Spring 2015 Art Club. For this painting, each student painted a square of Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers. Later it will be framed and given as a gift to Greenbrier's main office.
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Students created symmetrical shape windows to put on top of their primary and secondary color mixing from last week. The paint-filled plastic protective sleeve was used to mimic the look of stained glass.
Kindergarten students mixed primary colors to create secondary colors. Students smeared the red, blue, and yellow paint inside the protective sleeve. This was a mess-free way to use tempera paint to create secondary colors. The results were beautiful!
This week third grade students will practice the art of "quilling" which is rolling, gluing, and shaping paper. Next week we will begin our Quilling Kandinsky project.
This week intermediate students watched a video and created art in response to the Good Deed Challenge explained in the video below. The Good Deed Challenge highlights how "Hope was Born on 9/11." Students started with an outline of a hand and then began to draw their own hand within the outline. Students started drawing simple shapes and then added details. Students used their hand as a model to look and see different lines and shadows that they needed to draw. For many of the students, drawing something from life was a new experience. I was ecstatic with the results! I want to encourage students that what they make matters. If others see their artwork maybe they too will want to participate in the challenge.
Students around the world participate in Pinwheels for Peace, including schools in our district such as Westgate. Primary students created Pinwheels for Peace. Students designed and folded their paper into a pinwheel shape. After the pinwheels are displayed in the hallway students will attach their pinwheel to a pencil to see it spin.
Here's how the different grade levels designed their pinwheels: Kindergarten students mixed primary colors to create secondary colors with crayon. First grade students focused on zentangle patterns and designs with marker Second grade students were inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's brushstrokes when painting The Starry Night. When students finish early in class or have free time, they will go to the "Roll - A Sketch" container and follow the directions to create their drawing. Each week there will be a new prompt. Through the "Roll - A Sketch" students are exploring and creating "drawings by chance." The rules are as follows: Students will roll the dice and depending on what number they roll that will decide what shape, line, design, font style, or mark they will draw. Students will follow the directions and continue to roll as they begin to build upon each step of their drawing. This week after going over the rules and expectations in the art room, students did their first Roll - A Sketch to see how it works. The intermediate students wrote the word "ART" but in different font styles. Depending on what number the students rolled the students had to write the letters spelling "ART" in a particular font style (for example write the letter in the font style of Graffiti). Fifth grader Reese wrote an "A" in the font style of Calligraphy, her "R" in the font style of Graffiti and her "T" in the font style of Harry Potter. If students had extra time they were encouraged to create their own font style. Fourth grader Max called his font style "Robotics."
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Mrs. Vanderwiel"I want to offer art as an outlet of expression to my students to help them gain a personal sense of accomplishment, ownership, and confidence while creating their work." Archives
May 2020
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