Sunday, November 4, 2012

Fall Is In The Air!!!

-Kindergarten has been fast at work learning about colors and shapes. They will be using their newly learned skills to create and decorate a personalized fall landscape.
-First grade learned about self and family portraits the last couple weeks. Students will begin this week on their "I am thankful for" quilt squares.
-Second grade has reached new heights by creating a 3d landscape with their own ideas. They will be learning about water color resist this week along with warm and cool colors.
-Third grade put their reading skills to the teach this past week by studying a scholastic art magazine on Keith Haring. They were able to learn facts about the artist and his style. They took this knowledge and created a work of their own in his style. This week students will be learning how to mix oil pastels on colored paper.
-Fourth grade will be transferring their knowledge of symmetry in math to the art class this week. Students will be taking their school picture and cutting them in half to recreate the missing part.
-Fifth grade will be learning about forms and how to create perspective using their names.
-Sixth grade has been studying Egypt in their regular classroom and will be creating Egyptian sarcophagi.

Art I- Students are continuing their artists research project.
Yearbook- Students have been hard at work on the yearbook. They have already completed 3 pages so far.
Art II-Printmaking self portraits

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