Third grade learned about Surrealism and discussed the artwork of Salvador Dali (“Persistence of Memory”) & Marc Chagall (“I & the Village”). Students thought about their own dreams, and used that as the inspiration for making rubbing templates out of … Continue reading
Both Third Grade Art and Fifth Grade Art completed landscapes that used “pattern” as the selected principle of Art & Design we were developing. Third grade artists completed theirs with a different color marker and pattern in each area, and … Continue reading
Third grade artists used their new knowledge of the landscape terms “foreground”, “middle ground”, “background”, and “horizon line” to create two types of landscapes, oil pastels (completed in Feb.) and “pattern” landscapes (completed in March). We discussed examples of those … Continue reading
HI! We have been busy, busy at Leighton Art. Third grade three dimensional paper sculptures of soup cans (based on the Pop Art soup cans of Andy Warhol) came out really cool, and a large selection can be seen at … Continue reading
It has been a very busy month at Leighton Art! Third grade finished their papier mache puppets, and because everyone was so excited about them, they all went home (although I really would have loved to display them). Then, we … Continue reading
Third grade completed their Artist’ Trading Cards (A.T.C.’s) based on our mythology discussion. Each student collaged (careful cutting and gluing)on 5 cards, 2 were duplicates, which at the end of the unit, they traded with classmates. We also focused on … Continue reading
Third grade students completed 3 projects since mid-March: 1) Greek Vases–(see many of them on our gallery on ARTSONIA)—learning about the 3 main Greek vase shapes as part of our “Form Follows Function” essential concept; 2) “musical chairs” thumbnail sketches, … Continue reading
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As promised, here’s a brief Animoto of 5th grade Avatars. Students chose to use either colored pencil, tempera, or Photoshop on the computers to represent themselves. Additionally, we did an investigation into “digital footprints” (see Tildecast #9 from district homepage). … Continue reading
We are learning about perspective in 3rd & 4th grade, and of course, I just now found this great song to reinforce the concepts. Still, worth looking at and if we have time, maybe even sing in class these last … Continue reading
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Here’s an Animoto of all the action in April Art (4th grade clay tiles, paisley patterns, & just finished—pastel shadow tracings, 5th grade radial art & altered books, Art Club “Chihuly Chandeliers” from Earth Week recycling & bug paintings for … Continue reading
