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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

2nd Grade Pattern Animals





The second graders have been learning about patterns and motifs in art. They learned that a motif is the actual design that is repeated and a pattern is when a motif is repeated over and over again. We looked at many patterns and brainstormed different patterns together as a class. We then used that knowledge to fill in our animals. Don't they look nice? YES!!!

4th Grade Picasso Portraits


The fourth graders have been learning all about the life and times of Pablo Picasso. Picasso is considered an artistic genius for many reasons, one of them being his help in the development of the Cubist style of art. We drew our self-portraits in a cubist style and then looked a period in Picassos painting life called the Blue Period. During this time Picasso was so sad and depressed that he painted mostly with different values of blue. Each student then chose a color to use in their portrait, plus black and white, to get values of that color. This color was based on their mood at the time. We learned that a Tint is a color plus white and a Shade is a color plus black. Using our colors, tints, and shades we created unique cubist portraits. I love them!

2nd Grade "Value"-able" Jewels



Second graders have been hard at work learning all about the element of Value. Value refers to the lightness or darkness of a color. We can get value by mixing white and black with a color. The students began this project by making a symmetrical jewel. Symmetrical means that if you fold it in half, it would be the same on each side. After making their jewels, the second graders picked a color of tempera paint, plus white and black, to paint their project. I'm impressed with these very "value"-able jewels!