Friday, February 25, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
First Grade Warm/Cool Fish Prints
First graders found out all about Japanese fish printing, "Gyotaku"......but we didn't use real fish! Long ago Japanese fishermen would paint a fish that they had caught with black ink and press a piece of newspaper on top of it to create a print, this process was used to record to size of their catch! We also learned all about warm and cool color schemes, fish habitats and even used found objects (corks) to print along the bottom of our artwork to create coral. What wonderful art learning was had by all!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Happy Valentines Day!
Kindergartners created these FABULOUS collage hearts inspired by artist, Jim Dine. Each student drew 6 hearts and got to use various art materials: watercolor pencils, oil pastels, tempera paint, glitter crayons, metallic crayons, tissue paper and markers to make each heart unique. The borders around their collage were their found object printing paper scraps from their previous lesson, African mud cloths!
Friday, February 11, 2011
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
African Kente Cloth Collographs
Second graders were inspired to create kente cloth collographs inspired by
the book, The Spider Weaver, A Legend of Kente Cloth.
Many kente cloths are displayed in the front lobby!
Many kente cloths are displayed in the front lobby!
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Third Grade Handbuilt Clay Coil Pots
Beautiful clay, coil pots right out of the kiln created by third graders!
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Kindergartners just got finished creating African style mudcloths using neutral colors! The patterns were made by stamping with various found objects like: forks, tops, beads, sponges, marker tops, clothespins and so much more. After stamping, students cut their printed papers and glued on top of the other strips. Students wove their strips together to create a more interesting pattern! I hung them all together as a class to create a even larger piece of artwork for our school to view!
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Second Grade Clay Islands
Second graders created these amazing clay islands in December that were inspired by Gregor Turk. We viewed artwork by Gregor Turk, read books about islands, reviewed past knowledge about islands, looked at aerial views of islands on the internet and finally discussed different ways to create texture using clay! Each island is unique with trees, rivers, volcanos and even a sand beach! Students listened to steel drums playing while working for inspiration! Many islands are displayed in the media center, so go take a look!
A little behind..........
I am a little behind posting many of my completed lessons. I will be posting many in the next few days! Make sure that you check back to see the amazing work my students are creating here at Lake Forest Elementary!
