I love it when the classroom teachers integrate art into their curriculum. This periodic table absolutely ROCKS! This is adorable Mrs. Fleming, 5th grade Science.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
TOTEMS
Every once in a while I get to collaborate with classroom teachers to do an art project. Cross-curricular projects seem to be much more meaningful for students. The subject was totem pole of the Northwest Coast.
There's a lot to this project: history, symbolism, color theory, repetition, proportion to name a few. After viewing a power point presentation about the Northwest Coast totems, each student began planning their own piece. I limited the number of slots for each animal so we would have more variety.
The collage part of this seemed to be the most difficult, proportion being one of the toughest things to overcome. Students were asked to show repetition and to build layers for more interest.
Every once in a while I get to collaborate with classroom teachers to do an art project. Cross-curricular projects seem to be much more meaningful for students. The subject was totem pole of the Northwest Coast.
There's a lot to this project: history, symbolism, color theory, repetition, proportion to name a few. After viewing a power point presentation about the Northwest Coast totems, each student began planning their own piece. I limited the number of slots for each animal so we would have more variety.
The collage part of this seemed to be the most difficult, proportion being one of the toughest things to overcome. Students were asked to show repetition and to build layers for more interest.
PLAYFUL PENGUINS
Yes, I'll admit it. I love penguins. And so do first grade students at Green Valley Elementary. It shows in their art work. We talked about these precious little guys and it was then time to get our art on! (The coolest thing is that they were talking about them in their classroom as well. Coincidence? Nope.)
We started off with some tempera paint and paper for our background. We talked about colors that would blend--COLOR THEORY!--and then set out to finish step one. The following class was spent cutting out the body shapes, which they can either freely draw or use a template. I used templates to ensure they were large and the emphasis of the piece. First graders do tend to draw quite small, because they are small? (That's another post.) Students added details like the wings, eyes and cute 3-D beaks-- cut out a rhombus and fold it, so cute and done.
The last step was to add some snow, stressing overlapping. We added snow using tempera and cotton swabs. They each have their own personality.
Yes, I'll admit it. I love penguins. And so do first grade students at Green Valley Elementary. It shows in their art work. We talked about these precious little guys and it was then time to get our art on! (The coolest thing is that they were talking about them in their classroom as well. Coincidence? Nope.)
We started off with some tempera paint and paper for our background. We talked about colors that would blend--COLOR THEORY!--and then set out to finish step one. The following class was spent cutting out the body shapes, which they can either freely draw or use a template. I used templates to ensure they were large and the emphasis of the piece. First graders do tend to draw quite small, because they are small? (That's another post.) Students added details like the wings, eyes and cute 3-D beaks-- cut out a rhombus and fold it, so cute and done.
The last step was to add some snow, stressing overlapping. We added snow using tempera and cotton swabs. They each have their own personality.
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