Monet's Japanese Bridge:
Students learned about Impressionism and Monet's style of painting. We then sketched our Japanese Bridge landscapes and water colored them using cool colors. Students learned how to use the technique "pointillism" to paint their landscapes. To finish them, we mounted them on black paper.
Click on the link to visit an awesome interactive website on Monet:
http://members.aol.com/sabbeth/monet.html
Western Landscapes
Students created western inspired landscapes using overlapping and warm & cool colors. Students sketched out their landscapes with black oil pastel and then colored them with chalk pastels. We finished by writing poetry inspired by their drawings!
Wassily Kandinsky Concentric Circles
Students studied the paintings of abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky and his use of color and music. We discussed color theory using the color wheel. Students integrated math into their art as they divided their surfaces into 8 sections. We then used music to help feel out and guide our color choices.
IN THE CLASSROOM!!!
Native Aboriginal Didgeridoos!!!!
Students learned about the Australian native people.....The Aboriginies!! We studied their native symbols and practiced recreating them! We then looked at many different didgeridoos from many different tribes to see the different ways in which they are created. Students were given some PVC pipe that we painted to look like wood. After they dried, we decorated them with Aboriginie symbols, dot paintings, and patterns!!
IN THE CLASSROOM!!!
Check out students as they paint their Australian Didgeridoos!!
African Korhogo Cloth
Students learned about the Senoufo tribe in Africa and their beautiful Korhogo Cloth. After finding Africa on the globe and looking at pictures of the tribe, we began to sketch african animals. Once students felt happy with their sketch, they were asked to draw their animal on cloth with a sharpie and create a border pattern. Next, we painted the cloth with "earth tones" being careful not to paint oour animals so they will stand out! We finished them by stenciling gold patterns around our cloth on mounted black paper!
Check out these Korhogo Cloths made by the South African Senoufo Tribe!
IN THE CLASSROOM!!!
Check out students as they paint their African Korhogo Cloth!
Nightime Cityscape Silhouette paintings
Students studied different photographs of nighttime cityscapes and started by drawing a horizon line of buildings.
Then students filled in the building shapes with paint. Next we painted windows on our buildings using a mix
of yellow and orange paint! We finished them by outlining with sharpies and adding different ffun details!
IN THE CLASSROOM!!!
Check out students as they paint their Nightime Cityscapes!
Vincent Van-Gogh Sunflowers
Students studied the artist Vincent Van Gogh and his sunflower paintings. We then sketched out our own sunflowers and painted them with acrylic paint. Students learned about color mixing, painting thickly, and using layers for more vibrant paintings!
The art of Vincent Van-Gogh
Click here for an interactive Van-Gogh website for kids
IN THE CLASSROOM!!!
Check out students as they paint their VanGogh Sunflowers!
Mixed Media Trees with Lines
Students learned about the Art Element: Line and all the different ways to draw lines! Students were
asked to draw a tree with black markers and fill them with many different lines. Next, we mounted
them on black paper and used our scissors to create line shapes. Students glued their shapes onto
their border and finished them with more lines on top of their shapes!
IN THE CLASSROOM!!!
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