We've Been Inspired By....

This year we have been focusing on Artists and their work to inspire our art.

We've Been Inspired By.....

Kindergarten

My kindergarten kiddos have been inspired by a famous artist named Kandinsky. We learned a little bit about him and his art. Inspired by his work, we created watercolor circles. These circles were then cut out and united with all of the other kindergarten classes to create a Kandinsky Tree! Turned out pretty cool if I do say so myself!!  (Kindergarten is currently working on flowers)

First Grade

First grade was inspired by Gustav Klimt's Tree of Life. We first used watercolor to create the background. After the background was dry we added black tempera paint for the spiral tree, similar to
Klimt's. (First Grade is currently working on birds.)

 

Second Grade

Second grade is currently working on a Pop Art lesson inspired by Andy Warhol. We divided our papers up into 4 squares, traced our hands with pencil and then colored them in using oil pastels. Today, we began to add black hand prints onto the pastel colored hands. (We are still working on these.)

Third Grade

M. C. Escher was the inspirational artist in third grade. We looked at his OP-Art and then created our own! First we traced our hands with pencil, then added lines using a ruler. Lastly, we colored them using colored pencils. (We began Whistler inspired seascapes this past week!)

 Fourth Grade

Fourth graders were also inspired by the famous M. C. Escher. We looked at some of his optical illusions as well as his tessellations.  Next, we created our own using rulers, traceable circles and pencils. We then colored them in with makers. (We are currently being inspired by Keith Haring.)

 

 

  Keith Haring website to look at http://www.haringkids.com/

 Ask your kids who they have been inspired by in art class!!! 

_Mrs.H_