Ms. Baird's Art Class

Kindergarten- The Very Quiet Cricket

The kindergarten has been learning about texture. We are learning how Eric Carle uses texture in the story of the Very Quiet Cricket. Which textures do you see?

Kindergarten- Textures

The kindergarten has been learning about textures. Here is a video that helps introduce the concept of texture and descriptive language.

4th grade- Landscape Paintings

The 4th grade is studying Grant Wood and his landscape paintings. A landscape is an artwork that shows mostly land. It has four parts. Objects, like a far away tree, can be on the horizon line and in the background. What happens to objects as they appear farther away?

Now, onto our artist, Grant Wood:

What do you notice about Grant Wood’s painting style?
Do his landscapes look just like a photograph, or different? How?
Can you find the foreground, middleground, background, and horizon line in his landscapes below?

Let’s create some landscapes. You can add people and animals, too.

Here’s the rubric, look at the level 4 goals:

Steps: (Of course, your art will be on paper!)

2) Paint your land. Ask if you can mix colors.

3) Paint your sky. Ask if you can mix colors.

4) After paint has dried, draw your road in pencil.

5) Draw objects in foreground, middleground, background.

7) Color in your objects with colored pencils.

1st grade- Henri Matisse

The first grade is learning about the artist, Henri Matisse.

This is Matisse’s collage, The Snail. To create this artwork, Matisse painted papers, then cut and glued them onto a paper. He had to think very carefully about where he put his shapes. Where you put shapes in your artwork is called composition. How does Matisse’s composition give us clues that this is a snail?

We will use geometric shapes to create a composition showing an animal. We will paint our animals with bright colors, like Matisse.

2014 Bibelots- Improbable Baubles at the Headley-Whitney Museum

The 5th graders have completed their bibelot sculptures! After weeks of hard work, building, and lots of glitter, we have created treasures to be displayed at the Headley-Whitney Museum. Students voted on five or six artworks to be physically displayed at the Museum. ALL 5th grade students will have a photograph of their bibelot with a written artist statement explaining their creative process.

2nd Grade Secondary Color Squares

The 2nd grade is learning about Ellsworth Kelly, who created Colors for a Large Wall. This artwork shows 64 canvases placed together to make one artwork. Students are learning about composition (how artwork is arranged), and how to mix the secondary colors. Here’s our color math:

Primary + Primary = Secondary
Red + Blue = ___________
Red + Yellow = ___________
Blue + Yellow = ___________

The Museum of Modern Art: http://www.moma.org/interactives/destination/destination.html Untitled

We will mix the secondary colors and create a color composition like Ellsworth Kelly.

Color Song by Scratch Garden

This song is incredibly catchy AND it has a robot riding a unicorn. What more could you want? This song helps students learn primary, secondary, warm, and cool color families.

Smithsonian Museums- Art Resources

The Smithsonian Museums are a great resources for online learning and art activities.

Check out games and activities on George Catlin, who painting several Native American tribes, and George Washington, first President of the United States.

2014 Improbable Baubles

NEXT MONTH: The 5th graders’ bibelot sculptures and artist statements will be on display at the Headley-Whitney Museum. All students will have a photograph of their sculpture and their artist statement on display. Students will vote on 24 students artworks to be transported to the Museum. ALL students are invited to the opening reception on November 22, from 1:00-3:00 pm. All 5th grade students received a postcard invitation. The exhibition will continue until December 21st, 2014. The Museum is only a few minutes away from Versailles, please visit!

For more information, please visit: http://www.headley-whitney.org/

“Celebrating Art” Art Contest

We are excited to announce an upcoming art contest!

Celebrating Art Contest

Any student grades K-12 can enter for free. Contest divisions are K-3, 4-6, 7-9,and 10-12. You can enter any artwork that can have a still digital image, like painting, sculpture, drawing, collage, not photography. More information is available at: http://www.celebratingart.com/

Deadlines:

If you would like Ms. Baird to enter your artwork online, please have it to her by Wednesday, November 19, 2014.

If parents would like to enter students’ artwork online, it is due by Wednesday, December 3, 2014.