Mrs. Zink's Art Blog: March 2014

*Art at NSE with Mrs. Zink*

Below is my weekly schedule so you can see which rotation day your child has art class. Each week I will give an overview of what students will be learning and creating in art class. I will also include relevant images, information, and links to additional resources. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns!!

-Mrs. Zink
mzink@northschuylkill.net

Day 1 and 6	Day 2 and 7	Day 3 and 8	Day 4 and 9	Day 5 and 10
1^st Cooper	4^th McCabe	1^st Schuster	2^nd Wiscount	1^stBridy
4^th Herring	2^nd Leibensperger	4^th Staudenmeier	6^th Ney	2^nd Moyer
5^th S. Houser	6^th Ackell	6^th Hysock	6^th Grade Art Club	5^th Grade Art Club
Kdg. Frushon	5^th Wolfe	Kdg. Borden/Jones	3^rd Lynch	5^th Fey
3^rd Selgrade	Kdg. Swartz	3^rd McCabe		Kdg. Potts

Friday, March 28, 2014

3/31/14 (Day 1) through 4/4/14 (Day 5)

PSSA testing continues this week
Mon. 3/31-Day 1
Tues. 4/1-Day 2
Wed. 4/2- Day 3
Thurs. 4/3-Day 4
Fri. 4/4-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,
Frushon-Day 5)

The students will be introduced to the Colors of the Rainbow and the acronym Roy G. Biv to help them to remember the colors in order. The students will complete rainbow coloring packet.

The classes that have completed the Roy G. Biv packet will follow along to complete simple landscape with rainbow and correctly color in using Roy G. Biv colors.

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

The students will review emotion in art. The students will complete emotion/facial expression worksheet. The students will practice drawing portraits using color to portray emotions.

2nd Grade
(Corinchock-Day 1, Schalles-Day 2, McCabe-Day 3, and
Bell-Day 5)

Mosaic projects will be completed after PSSA testing has finished. This week 2^nd grade will be introduced to the Primary, Secondary, Intermediate, and Analogous colors. They will complete color packet.

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

The students will review the primary, secondary, intermediate colors, and analogous colors. The students will blend colors using crayons to complete color packet. The students will complete analogous drawing.

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

The students will review the project requirements and finish sketching ideas. Those who finish sketching will start on the final copy and use pastels to properly blend the warm and cool colors.

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

The students will learn techniques to draw and shade facial features using an informative packet, an instructional video, and a mirror to assist them.

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

The students will continue on sewing projects.

Running Stitch

Whip Stitch

Blanket Stitch

Friday, March 21, 2014

3/24/14 (Day 1) through 3/28/14 (Day 5)

Mon. 3/24-Day 1
Tues. 3/25-Day 2
Wed. 3/26- Day 3
Thurs. 3/27-Day 4
Fri. 3/28-Day 5-PSSA testing begins

Thank you to all of the people that made our Music and Art in our School Night such a success! We look forward to another great turnout to our Spring Art Show in May!

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,
Frushon-Day 5)

The students will be introduced to the Colors of the Rainbow and the acronym Roy G. Biv to help them to remember the colors in order. The students will complete rainbow coloring packet.

Potts and Frushon-The students will use watercolors to paint project background in using Cool Colors.

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

The students will finish Warm and Cool Abstract Flowers project. The students will be introduced to emotion in art. The students will view pieces and be able to interpret the emotion being portrayed. The students will begin emotion/facial expression worksheet.

2nd Grade
(Corinchock-Day 1, Schalles-Day 2, McCabe-Day 3, and
Bell-Day 5)

. The students will continue cutting and gluing strips of paper in a mosaic design.

Example of Mosaic

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

The students will finish and hand in Mandala project. The students will review the primary, secondary, and intermediate colors. The students will blend colors using crayons.

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

The students will be given the project requirements along with view a variety of examples. The students will finish pastel practice and begin sketching project ideas.

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

The students will finish and hand in Op Art project. The students will then begin practice sketching facial features using an informative packet, an instructional video, and a mirror to assist them.

Example of Op Art Design

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

The students will finish sewing exercise, finish project sketch, and then begin project.

Running Stitch

Whip Stitch

Blanket Stitch

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