The art of the week before Thanksgiving break was the painting Thanksgiving by American artist Doris Lee! I enjoy analyzing this painting every year with our students. We not only think about what we see in the painting but also what sounds we might hear or what smells we might smell if we were in the kitchen. Did you know that you can see this painting in person at the Art Institute of Chicago?! It is part of the American Art collection, Gallery 263.
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In our texture unit, first grade students are learning the difference between actual texture and visual texture. Students either drew their own texture or added their texture by using different collage materials. Students had to create texture on their corn cob, corn husks, and for their background. Students then had to identify if the texture they included was actual, visual, or if they used both.
Greenbrier is very fortunate to have author and illustrator Ethan Long come for an author visit next week. Third grade students were inspired by his book The Croaky Pokey!. Students looked closely at the way Long includes onomatopoeias in his illustrations. Students also looked at how artist Roy Lichtenstein uses onomatopoeias in his art. His art may not explicitly show the action, however from the use of an action sound, the viewer begins to predict what created the sound. How does the inclusion of text in illustrations help the reader understand what is going on in the story? Students thought through this question when creating their own action drawings.
This was I project I developed during my student teaching at Dryden Elementary School. The students worked together to create a collaborative piece of art. Third grade students created their own square with concentric circle and quilled paper coils on top of it. Wassily Kandinsky's Squares with Concentric Circles was our inspiration for this project. The students were introduced to the main elements of Abstract Art which are color, line, and shape. Through Kandinsky's work we also identified what are concentric shapes, specifically concentric circles.
Entries for the Reflections program are due today! The theme this year is "Let your Imagination Fly." For more information please visit the PTA Reflections website: (http://www.pta.org/programs/ArtsinEducation.cfm?navItemNumber=510)
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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
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