How is design used in daily life? What do graphic designers create? How can we investigate a variety of symbols and fonts? How can we use appropriate symbols, colors and fonts to represent ourselves visually? Using letters and…
The second graders learned about contour line drawing and observed the qualities of seashells (to complement their studies of shorelines in Science). We also looked at the scientific illustrations of shells by this artist:
Primary Quilt Squares Why do people make quilts? How can a quilt tell the history of a family? Can a quilt be art? What is a pattern? The Primaries discussed these questions and viewed pictures of quilts. In…
These lovely Pop Art portraits were created by our 2nd graders this week. We read a book about Andy Warhol and watched a video about Pop Art. We looked at and discussed Andy’s use of bright colors, repetition…
We did this project last week to introduce the primary colors-red, blue and yellow to the kindergartners. We looked at the artwork of Piet Mondrian and discussed his use of color– primary colors + neutral black and…
At the very end of last year, my third grade students cut apart plastic water bottles to make these flowers. I started them off by cutting the bottom of the bottle off, then they continued with scissors. You…
What is a focal point? How do artists arrange their composition? What is emphasis? How have words and letters been used in art? These are some of the questions the 1st graders explored in their first unit. …
What is art? What materials can be used to create art? How do we properly use art materials? These are the questions that the Nest (grade K) discussed at the beginning of the school year. They also learned…
I’m trying to find a way to use up all the photos I take. Here is a mixed media collage using a flower photo I took.