The kindergarten will learn about the primary colors. They are important because they help us make new colors.
Artists use the primary colors in their artworks. Doris Lee painted fruits. What fruits did she paint? Does color help you tell which fruits she painted?
We will draw fruits and paint them with the primary colors.
There are two types of shapes: geometric and organic. Geometric shapes have names and most have straight sides. Organic shapes have no names and curvy sides. Organic shapes might remind you of other things, like leaves.
Artists, like Alexander Calder, use organic shapes to create artworks. Alexander used organic shapes to create very large, moving sculptures called mobiles. He also used straight and curvy lines, too!
We will use organic shapes and curvy lines to create moving sculptures like Alexander Calder.
The artist, Vincent Van Gogh, wanted his art to look exciting, like it was coming to life.
Learn more about Vincent Van Gogh:
It’s your turn… Steps:
Check out the movement (literally!) in Van Gogh’s Starry Night.
The third grade will learn about impressionist artist, Claude Monet. Monet is famous for his “smudgy” painting style and subject matter. This is Linnea, she and Mr. Bloom visit Monet’s garden and artworks in France. This is a great introduction to Monet’s artworks, life, and inspiration.
Monet frequently painted the same things multiple times to show how sunlight changed in nature. Learn about The Japanese Footbridge:
How does color change the mood of these artworks?
We will use mostly cool colors to create a collage based on Monet’s waterlilies.
Kentucky’s Youth Art Month (March 2016) has a new theme for this year’s flag design contest, “The Power of Art”. Each category: Elementary, Middle, and High School, will have 1st, 2nd, 3rd place winners. The winning student’s artwork will be transformed into a flag to represent our state! Please let Ms. Baird know if you’re interested in this opportunity.
Here’s the 2014-2015 Flag Design Winner:
Contest Rules:
The kindergarten will learn that these are geometric shapes. Geometric shapes have names. Artists use shapes to create artwork. Can you find these shapes in this artwork?
We will learn that shapes can be used to make a collage. A collage is an artwork that uses glue and paper.
Look at the shapes and colors in these collages!
The first grade has been learning how to correctly use paintbrushes. We will try out painting with different types of paint.
For this painting project, we will look at playgrounds. Playgrounds are full of lines and shapes. Can you find some of these lines and geometric shapes in these playgrounds?
We will include our favorite things on our playgrounds. Don’t forget your painting steps!
The fourth grade has been learning about abstract art with Georgia O’Keeffe. Abstract art doesn’t realistically show people, places or things. Here’s an abstract artwork called Orchard Tambourine, by Terry Frost. Why would he give his artwork that title?
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Students will learn eight color schemes: primary, secondary, warm, cool, neutral, complementary, tint, and shade. They will learn how to mix all the color schemes and create an abstract artwork based on Frost’s Orchard Tambourine. Student examples:
Here’s the rubric for this project.
Here are the eight color schemes that we will be painting.
Want to learn more about color mixing? Click the image below.
Our Superintendent, Mr. Hawkins, is inviting you to participate in his 2015 Holiday Card Contest. Each year, Mr. Hawkins sends holiday cards to people all over Woodford County. Your artwork could be on the cards! Here are the contest rules:
This contest is optional and to be done at home. Please see Ms. Baird if you need a sheet of copy paper or a paper copy of the rules.
The kindergarten will read Eric Carle’s The Very Busy Spider. We will learn how to use a variety of lines and shapes in our artworks. We will create artworks showing our favorite part of the spider’s farm.
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