This week in Art the 3/4 class started a new project. First, they learned all about the color wheel and we practiced remembering the order of the primary and secondary colors through the saying ROYGBIV (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet). Students created black and white checkered designs on their paper and left… Read more ROYGBIV
Hello 3/4 Families, The 3/4 class learned all about tins & shades as well as color mixing! Using only one primary or secondary color, and mixing it with different amounts of black and white, they created many tints and shades. Next, they chose a geometric shape to overlap for their design. They filled different spaces… Read more Tints & Shades
Hello 3/4 families, Over the last couple weeks in Art the 3/4 class brought home their beautiful and delicate flower/leaf bowls! Next, they began a new project: CD weaving! Students practiced creating their own loom, which was a big challenge. Once complete, they began weaving and practicing switching yarn. Some students added beads to their… Read more Clay Bowls & CD Weaving
Hello 3/4 Families, This week the 3/4 artists began working with clay! Not only did they know a lot about working with clay, they were extremely focused and therefor created some incredibly delicate and lovely clay bowls using slabs and cutting out various shapes to layer and organize in a bowl shape. Every student took… Read more Clay Bowls
Happy New Year! Before the holidays the 3/4s finished painting their birds which were then featured at the lovely winter concert! Some artists focused on creating realistic Vermont birds by using visual resources to guide their work. Others chose to create non-realistic or even stylized versions of their birds. This week, we began a new… Read more Birds & Collagraphs
Hello 3/4 Families! This week, the 3/4 artists learned about the “ooey-gooey” fun that is papier-mâché! We began this project by looking at images of Vermont birds such as the Cardinal, Blue Jay and Goldfinch. Students noticed the shapes of their bodies and what their unique features look like. Using newspaper, students formed their birds,… Read more Papier-Mâché Birds
Wow, what a collaboration this was! Some of you may have been able to make it in to the 3/4 classroom last week to see the incredible map of Ancient Egypt with the students’ work on display. I must say, it was truly awesome! I really enjoyed this collaboration because it added so much meaning… Read more Egyptian Artifacts
Hello 3/4 Families! It was an exciting week in 3/4 Art as we began a collaboration between Art and Global Studies. Students came to me on Wednesday, equipped with an Ancient Egyptian artifact, invention, or person and the research they had done. We began by sketching our objects, using images and focusing on breaking it… Read more Ancient Egypt
Happy fall everyone, When the 3/4s came to Art last week I gave the each a small piece of paper and I instructed them to doodle for 30 seconds without talking. When the time was up some students shared their doodles and we considered questions such as: What makes a doodle a doodle? When doodling,… Read more Next Level Doodling!
So far the 3/4 Art students have impressed me with their hard work, creativity and positive outlook! We started the year with “get to know you” paper sculptures. This project was a great way for us all to learn a bit more about each other and practice some important art making skills in the process! Next… Read more Art So Far