Art Room Week of 10/21/19

Kindergarten has finished their self portraits and 10 lines lesson, exploring the different kinds of lines they can make.

First grade learned about Pointillism which was created by George Seurat (1859-1891). Students looked at his famous painting “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” which took him 2 years to paint, and created their own pointillism drawing.
Second grade has just begun the Post Office unit, and have embarked on their cat and dog stamp designs.
Third grade looked at the self portraits of Frida Kahlo, and created their own with chalk pastels.

Fourth Grade learned about Pop Art, a visual art movement that emerged in Britain and the US in the 1950’s which is characterized by themes and techniques drawn from popular mass culture. Having looked at Andy Warhol’s work, the Fourth graders are creating their own Pop Art personality soup can.

Fifth grade students looked at a series of self portraits by the German painter and engraver Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), observing the level of detail and light and shadow in his paintings.
After drawing themselves, they used a Stump or Torchon to apply shadows to their faces.
Sixth graders are finishing their texture self portraits while 7^th graders have just completed their symmetrical name insects after having looked at the detailed illustrations of French artist Bernard Durin (1940-1987).
Eighth grade finished their protractor drawings in the style of Frank Stella (1936-) and have begun sketches for their Takashi Murakami skate boards.

Fifth grade elective students have been learning the running stitch and the back stitch in order to create pillows of their choosing.

Seventh grade Fine Arts Elective students have been studying how light creates highlights, mid-tones, refracted light, core shadow, and cast shadows on apples, and have moved on to drawing their hands from observation.

Eighth grade Fine Arts Elective students are pulling together their portfolios, and have been drawing a seated figure in various positions.