Glennon, Mrs. Carlin (Art)
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Students are continuing their art education, learning about shape, contrast, texture, form and pattern.
GRADES 7 AND 8
7th and 8th grades are finishing up a project using a gold scratchboard in the style of the Art Nouveau artist, Gustav Klimt. Our next project measures only 3 1/2 inches square, but is a great way to simplify the art of a landscape. Foreground, middleground and background are the necessary components to establish depth in the landscape. The collage technique being used emphasizes texture and form.
GRADES 5 AND 6
5th and 6th grades have learned about Expressionism with their oil pastel artwork in the style of Kandinsky, using his organizational principles. Our next project is building on their knowledge of figure drawing and relief sculpture. Students design their own medieval armor on copper foil. Simple tools impress the design into the foil with spectacular results.
GRADES 3 AND 4
3rd and 4th grades are finishing a project with oil pastels, drawing a butterfly with emphasis on symmetry. The next weeks will be spent focusing on the art of Guiseppe Archimboldo (1527-1593). He was employed by royalty to paint their portraits but became bored with the repitition. To amuse himself, he painted portraits using fruits and vegetables as the facial features. Our students will be learning the basics of portraiture by creating their own composite head from fruits and vegetables. They have a lot of fun with this one!
GRADES 1 AND 2
1st and 2nd grades have finished their first attempt at watercolor this year. We studied the art of Vasily Kandinsky and observed a poster to set up our own, very similar study of squares and circles. These next few weeks will find them using a different type of art supply. Oil pastels are a bit messy, but very vibrant in color. Oil pastel sunsets (or sunrises) will be the subject.
KINDERGARTEN
Kindergarten has learned about cool colors, warm colors, primary colors, line, shape and symbol. Our last class had students making a group project poster out of small squares and large squares. Students had to place the small square on top of the larger complementary color that is its partner across on the color wheel.
