Week Four

This week in art we worked with watercolors (the kind in tube!) to create a landscape.  The artists were instructed to draw lines that mimicked a far off mountain landscape, then make the mountains look like they were getting farther away.  The idea of perspective was a little hard to grasp, but the projects still turned out fantastic.  We all had a bunch of fun working with the tubed watercolors, trying to figure out how much water to add to make it lighter and darker.  We will probably revisit the watercolor later, because it was so enjoyable for everyone.

Week 3 - Abstract Art

Well some weeks at art are going to be amazing and some weeks are going to be...well..not so amazing.  Our project included using india ink, placing drops on our paper and blowing it across to form lines and interesting designs.  Our ink didn't behave as expected and was probably a little disappointing to the students.  After the ink dried, we used acrylic to paint around the ink in interesting and fun ways.  Definitely a learning lesson in how art does not always behave the way we would like.  Really proud of the kids for sticking with it and trying their best.

Week 1 and 2

These past two weeks were spent making some seriously amazing 12 part color wheels.  Most of these wonderful kiddos knew exactly what primary and secondary colors were.  Tertiary colors were picked up on quickly.  We first practiced our ruler using skills to grid off 3x3 squares.  We painted the squares one by one, first using our primary colors, then mixing those for our secondary.  Then the kids had to use the secondary colors and add in a little bit more of the primary to get their red-orange, yellow-orange, blue-violet, red-violet, blue-green and yellow-green.  After our squares were cut, the kids used their imaginations to glue their different colors into their own unique color wheel!  We had some minecraft inspired, some hearts, some triangles and more.  Loving the willingness of these kids and their creativity.  We are going to make some beautiful art.

Please help and encourage your kids to keep their art safe.  They all wanted to take their art home ASAP, but we definitely want to keep our pieces intact so we can show off their favorite at the end of the semester.  Thank you.