MAY
Around the World in Art
Our imaginary world travels in art have landed us here in the United States!
4th, 5th & 6th grade have viewed videos & looked at work by Pop artist Andy Warhol who used ”pop”ular items in his artwork-like soup cans & movie stars. They then tried their hand at applying the Warhol effect to their school photo in the computer lab using the program Paint.net. Paint.net is a free application that can be downloaded on any PC computer and you can easily apply the Warhol style to any photograph. 6th Grade will be using one of these Warhol photos in their art exiting project-a project that stays here permanently at the school.
Another Pop artist, Wayne Thiebaud, has inspired almost the whole school with his favorite subject matter-sweets, treats, cakes, pies & ice cream! Students learned how to properly use a new medium, chalk pastel, and created a towering ice cream cone. Students learned how to turn shapes into solid forms (like circles into spheres and triangles into cones) through the use of light and shadow. Another connection between math and art!
An American artist, Georgia O’Keeffe gave us a new perspective on flowers by painting them up close and oversized. Kindergarten-3rd grade “grew” flowers in oil pastels on their art focusing on warm and cool colors in patterns.
Two American icons-the space shuttle and the Statue of Liberty inspired projects in Kindergarten, 1st grade & 3rd grade.
Artist Vincent Van Gogh and his Starry Night painting inspired 1st & 2nd grade to create starry nights for their Seattle Skyline with shaving cream and liquid watercolors.
We end the year with some art projects that tie-in closely with classroom learning-dinosaur plaster fossils in 1st grade and totem poles in 3rd grade.
Every student will get an Art Passport to remind them where they have been in the world and what artist and art forms inspired them this year!