Showing posts with label Boffoli. Show all posts
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
Saturday, January 18, 2014
A Flood of Projects
Thursday, students turned in their projects for our Art Fair. This is the first year that I have assigned an at-home project for students. I decided this summer that I wanted to have this Art Fair for students. Very much like a traditional science fair, I assigned students to choose one artwork. After researching it , students were to create a display showing their hard work. The overall purpose of this project was for students to start looking at art outside of the art classroom and to begin to develop their own personal tastes. I have been ecstatic about the results! Students far exceeded my expectations, both in the design of their display, but also how they are sharing their findings and personal thoughts with their peers. For the next two weeks, I will be sharing some of the projects students have turned in. The Art Fair will be held on the 28th. I will be posting every student's project that week!!!
As for the rest of the week, it did not lack in the awesome department! Here is this week's update...
K4: We have now all finished our sunflower drawings. Starting next week, students will be exploring paint. We will discuss how to hold and use a paintbrush and how the paints can mix and blend as students layer them on their artworks.
K5: The K5 students finished drawing their fruit with oil pastels. After getting all of their fruit cut out, students will be ready to create their table, bowl and background for the rest of their artwork.
1st: I asked first grade students to recreate their sketches for their American Realism project. Two weeks ago, I introduced American Realism to students not leaving them much time for sketching. This project is all about the details. I asked students to choose a place that they love to visit or be at and to draw all the things that make that place wonderful. Because students had such a limited time during our first class to sketch, I decide to dedicate one class period for students to develop their ideas. Here is what they have created so far...
2nd: All students have now finished their Rococo still life paintings. This week, students worked on their self-critiques. This coming week, students will be learning about Edvard Munch and "The Scream"!
3rd: Students were introduced to Impressionism. For their upcoming project, students will be creating a Impressionist inspired landscape using their fingers. Their main goal is to create a landscape that shows a specific time of day.
4th: Let me just say...HOLY COW!!! After the fiasco with the 6th grade Greek Vases, I thought that we had everything figured out with the scratch art process. Using the SAME tempera paint that was successful with the 6th grade projects, I had students paint two even layers of white tempera on their vases the last couple of weeks. Who knows what happened, but despite all of the testing, despite the fact that the same brand of tempera paint worked perfectly with the 6th grade, for whatever reason it did not work with the 4th grade. Their paint peeled right up. I could not believe it. I have been completely dumbfounded by the whole thing. Needless to say, I decided that there was no more time for paint experimentation (especially when the results seem to be different each time), and I decided to have students go in a different direction. Students redid their vases, this time using blue construction paper, and drew their design using a pencil. Using only white, light blue, dark blue, and blue oil pastels, students began coloring their design. Although they were slightly disappointed that they would not get the opportunity to etch their design, they are very pleased with the results they have so far, as am I.
5th: Along with the 3rd grade, 5th grade, too, started a new project this week. After learning about several printmaking techniques, as well as about the artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, students began creating sketches for collagraphs, Our subject matter?....you may ask...cats inspired by Toulouse-Lautrec's "Chat Noir" poster.
6th: Students began decoupaging a layer of tissue paper on their weather vanes this week. I cannot wait to see these projects finished!!!! They are so cool!
Art Club: Here's another peek at our finished artworks....almost all done!!!
As for the rest of the week, it did not lack in the awesome department! Here is this week's update...
K4: We have now all finished our sunflower drawings. Starting next week, students will be exploring paint. We will discuss how to hold and use a paintbrush and how the paints can mix and blend as students layer them on their artworks.
K5: The K5 students finished drawing their fruit with oil pastels. After getting all of their fruit cut out, students will be ready to create their table, bowl and background for the rest of their artwork.
1st: I asked first grade students to recreate their sketches for their American Realism project. Two weeks ago, I introduced American Realism to students not leaving them much time for sketching. This project is all about the details. I asked students to choose a place that they love to visit or be at and to draw all the things that make that place wonderful. Because students had such a limited time during our first class to sketch, I decide to dedicate one class period for students to develop their ideas. Here is what they have created so far...
2nd: All students have now finished their Rococo still life paintings. This week, students worked on their self-critiques. This coming week, students will be learning about Edvard Munch and "The Scream"!
3rd: Students were introduced to Impressionism. For their upcoming project, students will be creating a Impressionist inspired landscape using their fingers. Their main goal is to create a landscape that shows a specific time of day.
4th: Let me just say...HOLY COW!!! After the fiasco with the 6th grade Greek Vases, I thought that we had everything figured out with the scratch art process. Using the SAME tempera paint that was successful with the 6th grade projects, I had students paint two even layers of white tempera on their vases the last couple of weeks. Who knows what happened, but despite all of the testing, despite the fact that the same brand of tempera paint worked perfectly with the 6th grade, for whatever reason it did not work with the 4th grade. Their paint peeled right up. I could not believe it. I have been completely dumbfounded by the whole thing. Needless to say, I decided that there was no more time for paint experimentation (especially when the results seem to be different each time), and I decided to have students go in a different direction. Students redid their vases, this time using blue construction paper, and drew their design using a pencil. Using only white, light blue, dark blue, and blue oil pastels, students began coloring their design. Although they were slightly disappointed that they would not get the opportunity to etch their design, they are very pleased with the results they have so far, as am I.
5th: Along with the 3rd grade, 5th grade, too, started a new project this week. After learning about several printmaking techniques, as well as about the artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, students began creating sketches for collagraphs, Our subject matter?....you may ask...cats inspired by Toulouse-Lautrec's "Chat Noir" poster.
6th: Students began decoupaging a layer of tissue paper on their weather vanes this week. I cannot wait to see these projects finished!!!! They are so cool!
Art Club: Here's another peek at our finished artworks....almost all done!!!
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Welcome Back
It has been a full week since I returned to South Carolina from Kentucky. It already seems like Christmas was forever ago! It was odd getting back into the rhythm and swing of school (especially since we were delayed one morning because of the super cold temperatures!), but I was very happy to see everyone and talk about travels, presents, and fun.
Despite a late start to school on Tuesday, I was able to see all 8 of my classes in addition to both groups of Art Club. Here's what we did this week...
K4: If you look a couple of posts back, we finished our beautiful oil pastel sunflowers. I was so happy how these turned out! Great Job and Good Listening K4!!!
K5: The K5 went back to work creating their oil pastel fruits. K5 students continued to focus on blending the oil pastels creating highlights and shadows.
1st: After finishing our photo booth portraits before Christmas, the 1st grade began studying American Realism this week. I explained to students that the focus of this period was to depict the real events of everyday life without exaggeration or stylizing. After students participated in a PowerPoint, students chose a favorite location for our project. Students spent the remainder of class sketching their ideas.
2nd: I am excited to announce that students have finished their Rococo Still Life Paintings!!! However, I am disappointed to announce that I cannot show them to you until some time next week. When I left school yesterday, it was coming a flood! I DID NOT want to bring those watercolor paintings outside only to get soaked. I have looked at the weather this afternoon and next week is looking much better. Hopefully, I will get those pictures posted Tuesday afternoon. In the meantime, here's a sneak peek...
3rd: Similar to the K4, the 3rd also finished their project this week. If you look back a post or two you will see our horses inspired by the interests of Leonardo da Vinci.
4th: We are continuing work on our Ming Period inspired vases. Long story...will explain next week.
5th: Students in 5th grade also finished their artworks! You know the drill :)
6th: Students in 6th grade continued work this week on their Colonial weather vanes. Due to limited time last art class, students this week are still cutting out their design and assembling the base of their vane. We will begin to decoupage them next week.
Art Club: First and foremost, we got our tee shirts this week! They look great :) We are continuing to work on our photos and cities. There are 3 students that need to finish their photos and 4 students need to finish their cities...then the grand reveal!!! Here's another sneak peek at our work...
On next week's post, I will also be sharing with you entries from this year's Art Fair. Students were asked to choose one artwork and research it. They will be turning in their displays this coming Thursday...cannot wait!!!
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Roller Coaster Schedule Week
As I discussed in last week's post, this week was a bit of a roller coaster. Monday, students participated in a strength and movement showcase. Additionally on Tuesday and Wednesday, students participated in all day practices for their music program. Needless to say, I did not see students much in the Art room.
As things calmed down toward the end of the week, I was able to have Art Club. We took a break last week from our projects to create the designs for our tee shirts, but this week things returned to normal. Several students have now taken their photographs for our Christopher Boffoli inspired projects. I believe we only have around 7-9 students that haven't had their turn. I can't wait to share their photographs! Here's another sneak peek...
After creating their foam cities for our Red Grooms inspired project a couple of weeks ago, students this week used black acrylic paint to cover the entire surface of their artwork. Once the acrylic paint is dry, students will be able to use oil pastels to add color and details to their creation.
Next week, our schedule will somewhat even out. Most students will be returning to the Art room for one last class before our Christmas break. I will not be seeing the 4th grade, as the school will be going ice skating during their class time. Additionally, I will not be seeing the Art Club. This week was their last week.
I also wanted to let everyone know, due to my incredibly crazy Christmas schedule I will be posting next week on Thursday. I will have a full update to share with everyone!
As things calmed down toward the end of the week, I was able to have Art Club. We took a break last week from our projects to create the designs for our tee shirts, but this week things returned to normal. Several students have now taken their photographs for our Christopher Boffoli inspired projects. I believe we only have around 7-9 students that haven't had their turn. I can't wait to share their photographs! Here's another sneak peek...
After creating their foam cities for our Red Grooms inspired project a couple of weeks ago, students this week used black acrylic paint to cover the entire surface of their artwork. Once the acrylic paint is dry, students will be able to use oil pastels to add color and details to their creation.
Next week, our schedule will somewhat even out. Most students will be returning to the Art room for one last class before our Christmas break. I will not be seeing the 4th grade, as the school will be going ice skating during their class time. Additionally, I will not be seeing the Art Club. This week was their last week.
I also wanted to let everyone know, due to my incredibly crazy Christmas schedule I will be posting next week on Thursday. I will have a full update to share with everyone!
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