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Monday, September 28, 2009

I'm always so impressed...




















The third graders have done a wonderful job working on their fall trees. I love the way each student's project turns out differently! We are emphasizing the element of Line in these pictures. How many different kinds of lines can you see?

First graders just finished up their Wassily Kandinsky quilt pieces. We looked at some of Kandinsky's artwork and found all of the different kinds of lines we could. Being inspired by Wassily, we took black crayons and drew different types of lines on our quilt blocks. Remembering to keep our pieces abstract, we colored our artwork in with bright, vivid colors. Wow, first graders, these look great!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

First Projects!

We're starting the year off with gusto here at Big Woods! The kids are all working hard and putting their creative minds in gear. Here are a few pictures of what we've been working on!


Second graders are doing a fabulous job on their collage cities! I am so impressed! We discussed the element of Line together as a class and made sure we knew which lines were vertical, horizontal and diagonal (kind of tricky!). We also talked about exciting lines like zig zag, wavy, and curved lines. They took all of their knowlegde about lines and began to cut out buildings and details for their cities. Nice work! We are going to add more line details later with a thin marker. I'm excited to see the end results!

Fourth Graders are working on a project celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. We are learning about the Kuna people who live on the San Blas Islands off the coast of Panama. The Kuna make beautiful works of art from layers of fabric called Molas. The colors and details are so vibrant and interesting... the kids love talking about them.

We started making our own Molas out of construction paper... I'll be sure and post when they are done! Looking good so far :)


Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Welcome to the Big Woods Art Blog!

The fall weather is already upon us as we gear up for a new year in the art room! I am excited for sweaters, hot cider, and of course new crayons :) I am hoping this blog will be a place for you to come and check out what we have been up to in the art room here at Big Woods. Feel free to look around and leave comments.

To start it all off, here are a few snapshots of the classroom to get you excited for the new school year that starts in a week exactly!!!