Things with my co-teacher Ms. Tripp are still going well. She is taking over the classroom for one last rotation as there are only 3 left until she graduates. Very exciting time in life!
Here is a bit of what we have been up to lately!
Winter Cardinal- 3rd Grade
I have done a Winter Cardinal project the last few years that people always love, but I came across this idea at Deep Space Sparkle http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/2010/02/14/cardinals-in-winter-art-lesson/ and decided I liked it better! I used to have the kids draw multiple cardinals in an "action" pose so some were flying and some were on a branch. I like this one better because I feel the zoomed in view of the cardinal's face is more striking.
During our first class we did a draw-a-long for the cardinal and branches. The students then got the three primary colors and painted their cardinal, the beak, and the sky. The next class the students got neutral colors (black, brown, and white) and painted their black outlines, the black on the cardinal, the brown branches, and splatter painted the white snow. I told the students we would all splatter paint at the end of class together, so some students did their journal assignment until everyone was ready. I demonstrated how to tap the brush on your finger while hovering close to your paper to splatter paint with control. I made sure to tell the students that it is not a blizzard, just a light snow! ;-)These turned out really well and look great in the commons!
I originally saw this project on Pinterest... here is a link to heidabjorg's flikr site with an 8th grade example: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22303677@N06/5760781594/
Students looked at the work of Roy Lichtenstein. Lichtenstein would take a panel out of a comic and make it into a large painting. The paintings have black outlines and are usually filled in with dots, just like in a newspaper. Students learned about correct facial proportions and drew their face while looking into a mirror. They traced the outline with sharpie, then filled in with paint dots using the handle of a paintbrush. Portrait goes POP!
This project is a combination of good ones I had seen online. Two of the places that were an inspiration are Deep Space Sparkle: http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/2012/01/05/fairy-tale-castles-art-project/ and Painted Paper: http://paintedpaperintheartroom.blogspot.com/p/2009-art-show-fairy-tales-and-fables.html
To start we read Alice the Fairy by David Shannon then looked at images of castles in Europe. (And I may have thrown the Disney castle in there too!) I had the students use 9x12 white paper to create their castle texture. The students got a tray with neutral colors in it: black, brown, and white. I demonstrated how to fold their paper into thirds. (Like a burrito!) We painted the top third of their paper brown with a little black to look like wood. I told them to get brown on their brush then dip just the corner of the brush into the black. The bottom two thirds we painted white with a little black (to make gray) in circles to look like stone.
The next class we did a draw-a-long to create the background for their castle. They traced with sharpie and painted with tempera cakes.
The next class we cut our castle out. One third of the gray paper is the long part with the "castle line" cut out, the other gray paper was cut in half the long way to create two skinny towers. The brown paper was used to make the triangle roofs and curved door. With scraps, the students also made small windows! These will look great for the Europe section of our "Around the World" art show!
New Zealand Kiwi- Kinder
One section of our Around the World art show is going to be Australia/ New Zealand. The Kiwi is the national bird of New Zealand and also a nickname for people who live in New Zealand. We looked at pictures of Kiwi birds and watched a You Tube video of a Kiwi so we could see their size and how they walk. (Kiwi's are flightless birds about the size of chickens.) I always love to put the elements of art into my projects, so we learned about primary and secondary colors while creating our Kiwi's.
First we got yellow paper and stamped red and blue paint on it so that all three primary colors were represented. The we did a draw-a-long on a separate paper to create plants that are found in New Zealand. We traced these with sharpie and painted them with secondary color tempera cakes.
The next class we cut out our bird by tracing gallon ice cream tub lids for the body and large yogurt container lids for the head.
Students then cut out their plants. We talked about overlapping and how the plants could be in front or behind our Kiwi. The students used marker or crayon to add the Kiwi's long, thin beak, his eye, and other background details. I love the small bird in the sky on the artwork on the right!
Aboriginal Dot Art- 5th Grade
Students learned about Australian dot art then made their own including some Aboriginal symbols. Students drew a few symbols/Australian animals with pencil, traced them with liquid tempera, then used the handle of their paintbrush to make their dots. It works best when students choose one color for their background that they have not used anywhere else. Another tip would be to only let the students use a small number of symbols/animals and have them draw large rather then choosing many symbols they would have to draw small. These two are especially successful because they both have a large focal point.
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