Art to Remember Projects
Art to Remember is an art fundraising company that our PTA is working with to raise money for the school. Each students is creating their own piece of artwork for this fundraiser. The art will be send to the company, and they in turn send each student a customized order form with their work displayed! More information will come home soon! Here is a link to their company website... http://arttoremember.com/
Art to Remember is an art fundraising company that our PTA is working with to raise money for the school. Each students is creating their own piece of artwork for this fundraiser. The art will be send to the company, and they in turn send each student a customized order form with their work displayed! More information will come home soon! Here is a link to their company website... http://arttoremember.com/
Bugs and Flowers
Warm and Cool Bugs on Flowers
2nd graders took on a challenging painting for the school wide Art to Remember project. We looked at the concept of cropping an image to fill the page. Students either drew leaves or a flower to fill the entire page, allowing parts to go outside the frame of the picture's edges. This was a difficult concept to draw, and it took a little editing to get it right! Next, they put their bug on top of their leaf/flower. At this point we discussed the concept of overlap. Then students were challenged to paint in opposites- if their bug's colors were part of the "cool" side of the color wheel, they then painted their flower "warm" colors. We had discussed the color wheel in a previous project, and they had the color wheel up for reference. If the class had time, we added a little texture with crayon rubbings prior to painting.
Warm and Cool Bugs on Flowers
2nd graders took on a challenging painting for the school wide Art to Remember project. We looked at the concept of cropping an image to fill the page. Students either drew leaves or a flower to fill the entire page, allowing parts to go outside the frame of the picture's edges. This was a difficult concept to draw, and it took a little editing to get it right! Next, they put their bug on top of their leaf/flower. At this point we discussed the concept of overlap. Then students were challenged to paint in opposites- if their bug's colors were part of the "cool" side of the color wheel, they then painted their flower "warm" colors. We had discussed the color wheel in a previous project, and they had the color wheel up for reference. If the class had time, we added a little texture with crayon rubbings prior to painting.
4th grade bugs and flowers
4th graders were given the choice to draw bugs, flowers or both. They were challenged to fill their paper with their own unique creations. They used cropping and overlap to help fill the space. After drawing, they traced the designs with sharpie. Last, they added color using crayon and watercolors.
4th graders were given the choice to draw bugs, flowers or both. They were challenged to fill their paper with their own unique creations. They used cropping and overlap to help fill the space. After drawing, they traced the designs with sharpie. Last, they added color using crayon and watercolors.
4th grade bugs and flowers
4th graders were given the choice to draw bugs, flowers or both. They were challenged to fill their paper with their own unique creations. They used cropping and overlap to help fill the space. After drawing, they traced the designs with sharpie. Last, they added color using crayon and watercolors.
4th graders were given the choice to draw bugs, flowers or both. They were challenged to fill their paper with their own unique creations. They used cropping and overlap to help fill the space. After drawing, they traced the designs with sharpie. Last, they added color using crayon and watercolors.
Landscapes with foreground objects
Students in 5th, 6th, and some talented 3rd graders took on landscape paintings for our Art to Remember projects. We looked at the artwork of a Japanese printmaker, Hokusai, as our initial inspiration for foreground, middle ground, and background. I also showed them artwork by an artist I found online named Robin Mead, whose art had a contemporary spin on landscape. We also looked at how our pictures could mimic the look of stained glass- our black lines being the 'lead' holding the glass, the texture rubbings adding light and dark texture similar to that of the colored glass, and finally the watercolors transparency mimicking that of the glass itself. I brought in a piece stained glass work for them to see. Students had to draw out their landscape with foreground, middle ground, and background. Then they had to add something cropped or up close in the foreground. Students traced their lines with permanent marker. We then added texture to the picture using crayon rubbing with texture plates. Last, students painted with water colors. We discussed several painting techniques to complete the pieces. Overall, a huge success. They really took the challenge on!
Students in 5th, 6th, and some talented 3rd graders took on landscape paintings for our Art to Remember projects. We looked at the artwork of a Japanese printmaker, Hokusai, as our initial inspiration for foreground, middle ground, and background. I also showed them artwork by an artist I found online named Robin Mead, whose art had a contemporary spin on landscape. We also looked at how our pictures could mimic the look of stained glass- our black lines being the 'lead' holding the glass, the texture rubbings adding light and dark texture similar to that of the colored glass, and finally the watercolors transparency mimicking that of the glass itself. I brought in a piece stained glass work for them to see. Students had to draw out their landscape with foreground, middle ground, and background. Then they had to add something cropped or up close in the foreground. Students traced their lines with permanent marker. We then added texture to the picture using crayon rubbing with texture plates. Last, students painted with water colors. We discussed several painting techniques to complete the pieces. Overall, a huge success. They really took the challenge on!
5th and 6th grade Landscapes
3rd grade Landscape Paintings (Yes! 3rd grade!)