9/25/13 (Day 1) through 10/1/13 (Day 5)

Below you will find a brief description of what each grade level will be completing in art class this week along with any important vocabulary and/or artists.

Kindergarten
(Bernosky-Day 1, Kaminsky-Day 3, Potts-Day 4, and
Frushon-Day 5)

***Dress for Mess!!! The students will be painting in Art class this week. You can send them in with an old t-shirt to use as a paint shirt.

The students will review the primary colors and the artwork of Piet Mondrian. The students will be shown the correct way to use paints. The students will properly paint squares and rectangles in the style of Mondrian.

Learn a song about the Primary colors! :OK Go Primary Colors Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu44JRTIxSQ&edufilter=yRXOqIY9r8M14W8EdD4TcQ

Play a game with the Primary Colors! Curious George Color Mixing Game

http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games/mix_and_paint/mix_and_paint.html

 

Piet Mondrian

 

1st Grade
(Bridy-Day 1, Burns-Day 2, and Cooper-Day 4)

***Dress for Mess!!! The students will be painting in Art class this week. You can send them in with an old t-shirt to use as a paint shirt.

The students will review abstract and realistic artwork. The students will be given demonstration of how to create a wet-on-wet abstract watercolor painting. The students will properly use watercolors to create abstract painting while listening to music.

 

Wassily Kandinsky

 

 

 

2nd Grade
(Corinchock-Day 1, Schalles-Day 2, McCabe-Day 3, and
Bell-Day 5)
***Dress for Mess!!! The students will be painting in Art class this week. You can send them in with an old t-shirt to use as a paint shirt.

The students will review the project requirements. The students will finish coloring their cave drawings. They will be given demonstration of how to create a crayon resist using watercolors. The students will paint their projects using earth-tone colors.

Check out a virtual tour of the Caves at Lascaux!
http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/index.php#/en/00.xml

 

 Cave Painting from the Caves at Lascaux, France

3rd Grade
(Lynch-Day 2. Laudeman-Day 4, and Selgrade-Day 5)

***Dress for Mess!!! The students will be painting in Art class this week. You can send them in with an old t-shirt to use as a paint shirt. 

 

The students will review the project requirements and finish adding texture to foil. The students will be given demonstration of how to create a print from their foil by adding ink. The students will then paint their foil and create print.

 

Zebra Fur Texture

 

4th Grade
(Nestor-Day 1, Herring-Day 2, and Moyer-Day 3)

The students will review project requirements and low-relief sculpture. The students will be given demonstration on how to properly use and apply Model Magic clay to their project to make it three-dimensional. The students will finish sketching landscape and then shape clay and press onto cardboard.

 

Herring-Day 2- This class will be painting their Model Magic landscapes this week.

 

 

Example of Landscape

 

 

5th Grade
(Houser-Day 3 and Connors-Day 4)

The students will go over the project requirements and view successful examples of the projects. The students will discuss properly planning their still life drawing by choosing a correct composition. The students will begin sketching still life.

 

 

 

 

 Example of Still Life with Value

 

6th Grade
(Ney-Day 1, Leibensperger-Day 2, Hysock-Day 3, and
Kessler-Day 5)

 

The students will review the project requirements and then continue designing their own Zen-tangle. If any students finish they will choose a color and mount their design.

 

Examples of Zentangle Designs