September 10-27th

During the past few weeks we have been focusing on learning/reviewing the essential elements of art.

We began with an "art walk" where we looked at a variety of different paintings and photographs to look for elements of art and use art appropriate vocabulary to describe and compare them.

We studied line and did a fun musical chairs type drawing activity.  We studied shape and form by designing individual triangles that we then turned into a pyramid.  This past week we have been working with the element of color.  4th grade students learned about creating secondary and tertiary colors using primary colors by mixing primary colored play-do.  All students learned about the color wheel, relationships between complimentary and analogous colors, as well as how color can be used in art in evoking and expressing emotion.

Next wee will by SEPs.  I look forward to meeting and talking with any of you that would like to stop by and visit the art room.

Week of September 3rd thru 6th

This week students worked on creating their portfolios.  I believe in having students create portfolios as a place to keep all of their artwork throughout the year.  It gives them the opportunity to look back at what they've learned as well as to see their growth in their creative abilities.

This week students also finished their puzzle pieces for our collaborative display.  I am excited at how neat it looks all put together.  I hope to use collaborative art to involve students in building teamwork throughout their classes and in creating other artwork items this year.