Finishing Up Our Clay in Time for the Holiday!

Just In Time For Winter Break!!

 

Kindergarten

Kindergarten Kiddos have been working with clay! Half-day Kindergarten made bugs and all-day Kindergarten made turtles out of pinch pots! Each student has painted their pinch pot creation, but the half-day students need to add eyes and legs to their bugs still! When we return from break we will be finishing up our clay and working on self-portraits! 

1/2 Day Bugs

 All Day Turtles

First Grade 

First Grade students learned a coil technique while working with clay. Each student made a coil pot and painted it using watercolors. When we return from break we will be using colored construction paper and pipe cleaners to make flowers for our coil pots! 

Second Grade

In second grade, we expand on the pinch pot that students learned to create in kindergarten. Each kiddo made a pinch pot from clay and then had the option of creating a crab or a gnome house! Using watercolors, each second grader painted their clay object. When we return from break we will be working on finishing their guitars!

Third Grade

Third graders made clay pendant necklaces. Each student received a piece of clay that they rolled into a ball. Each student then stepped on their piece of clay leaving the pattern or imprint from their shoe.

Each student was given the option of coloring their clay with colored pencils or tempera paint! When we get back from break we will be adding string to our necklaces and creating display boards. After that students will begin weaving!!! :)
 

Fourth Grade

Students in fourth grade created clay mugs using a slab technique. Each student received a slab of clay for the walls of their mug, a small slab of clay for their handle and they created a base. Students were then allowed to carve into their mug. When we return from break, each student will glaze their mugs! These mugs will be dishwasher safe and they will be able to use the mugs to hold hot or cold liquids! :) When we return fourth grade students will finish painting their Magritte inspired self-portraits. 

4th Grade Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks & Sketchbook Discussions have been going very well!! These are the sketchbook assignments that we have completed so far:

*Something you are awesome at drawing

*Animal (animated/realistic)

*Logo (real logo/design one)

*Shoe (your shoe/design one)

*Name Design

*Something over break that inspires you to draw

****Important Update****

As some of you may know...I am pregnant and my little guy is due to arrive January 20th, 2014. If he decides to come early I will not be returning from break, but if he comes on time I am working until he decides to show up!! :) I have hand selected my substitute and she is going to begin coming into my classroom to meet the kiddos beginning Friday December 20, before break. Her name is Miss Schultz and she just graduated from The University of Akron in December! I am sure that she is full of new and fun ideas for art projects for the kiddos to create! I will be returning in April right before the Fine Arts Festivals/Art Shows. Fishcreek's Fine Arts Festival is April 15, 2014 and Riverview's Art Show is April 17, 2014. Everyone have a great Winter Break!!! :) 

-Mrs. H.-

 

Imagine & Create!

The Creative Process Continues in Mrs. Heverly's Art Room!

Kindergarten

Kindergarten kiddos have been finishing up their owls! Kindergarteners tore pieces of brown paper and glued them onto a piece of black paper to resemble night. After all of the torn pieces of brown paper, or feathers were glued on, each student cut out and glued on eyes, a beak and feet! To complete the project, we used construction paper crayons to add a moon, stars and/or a tree branch! We are currently working on origami and clay will follow!

First Grade

First Grade students learned about warm and cool colors. At the beginning of each class we reviewed them before working on our projects and an image of warm and cool colors were displayed using the projector. Using what Mrs. Heverly calls "controlled scribbling," we colored patches of warm OR cool colors to fill our entire white piece of paper that would later become a background for our paintings. Students were to use as many warm OR cool colors as they could while utilizing crayons, markers and colored pencils. To complete this project, students learned about the famous artist Gustav Klimt and his Tree of Life painting. Using black tempera paint each kiddo painted their interpretation of Gustav's Tree of Life! We are currently working with clay!! :) 

 Second Grade 

In second grade, students have been working on mixed media self-portraits. After reviewing the parts of the fact, each student drew a self-portrait using a mirror and a pencil. When this step was completed, students then folded their paper creating four squares. In each square, a different medium was to be used. One square was colored using colored pencils, one with crayons, one with markers and the last one could be colored using pencil or one of the other mediums! We are currently working with clay!! :) 

Third Grade

Third grade students have been working on a mixture of projects! After finishing their Dia de los Muertos (Spanish Collaboration Project), students have been finishing up their Aboriginal Dot Art. After learning about Australia and their dot paintings, each student chose an animal to draw, paint and attach to piece of brightly colored paper. From there, we used neon colored tempera paint and pencil erasers to create patterns of dots around our animals. While finishing these up, students have been working with clay!! Next, third graders will be printmaking!  

 

Fourth Grade

Multicultural masks!! After exploring masks from different cultures, each student created their own. They were allowed to combine other masks or create their own original mask! Each student first drew their design on paper using pencil. From there, we transferred them onto a piece of aluminum tooling and colored them using colored sharpie markers. Next, we will be working with clay followed by self-portraits!  :)

*4th Grade SKETCHBOOKS!* 

Each fourth grade student received a sketchbook! Once a week I will assign a sketchbook assignment that will be discussed during the following art class. I believe that having an art critique about their sketchbooks will help them talk about their art once they are at Lakeview and Kimpton. Students who complete the assignment will be given bonus points! These sketchbooks are for the kiddos to keep and can be taken home! Also, they are allowed to draw in them in addition to their assignments, keeping the drawings school appropriate of course! These can also be decorated at home or I have supplies here at school! :) 

-Mrs.H.-
:) 

  

Art is Happiness

Hard at creating in the Art Room 

 

Kindergarten

All of my kindergarten kiddos started the school year out learning about the artist Wayne Thiebaud. We looked at his artwork and focused on his cupcake art. Each student drew a cupcake with pencil, colored it using crayons, and painted the background with watercolors. We are currently working on town paper owls!

Wayne Thiebaud

 First Grade 

To begin the year, we learned about Leonardo DaVinci's, Mona Lisa. Next, we discussed and drew a picture of where we would take Mona Lisa to make her smile :)
Our second project for the year were our self-portraits. We discussed the placement of things on our faces and looked at mirrors to draw our self-portraits. Students then used colored pencils to color their self-portraits. After learning about the different types of lines, we added them to our backgrounds using oil pastels. To complete the self-portraits students used watercolors! 

We are currently working with warm & cool colors. 

Second Grade

We started off the year with one of my favorite projects! To begin this project, we brainstormed underwater creatures, plants and other things that we might find underwater. Next, using pencil we drew our underwater pictures. After transferring them onto a piece of aluminum tooling, we completed them by coloring with colored sharpie markers. 

We are currently working on mixed media self-portraits! 

Third Grade

Third graders are in the process of working on 3 projects!! We began the year by discussing Aboriginal Art and Australia. Next students chose and drew an Australian animal and painted it. Next, they will be cutting them out, gluing them onto a piece of colored paper, and adding the paint dots. 

We also began drawing our self-portraits with pencil and transferring them onto a piece of foam. We will be using these for printmaking onto a piece of paper that each student colored using a variety of colored crayons. 

To collaborate with Spanish, I introduced Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a Mexican holiday that is celebrated on October 31st through November 2nd. We first discussed the focus of the holiday and then we viewed a variety of bright and colorful Day of the Dead masks. Using a black piece of paper and oil pastels, each student dew a skull and then added bright colorful decorations! 

 We are currently working on all three of these :) 

Fourth Grade 

At the beginning of the year, fourth grade students learned about a famous artwork titled American Gothic, by Grant Wood. We then discussed the term parody and looked at examples of parodies of American Gothic. Next, using pencil, each student created their own parody of the work and completed the work of art using their choice of colored pencils, markers, crayons or oil pastels. 

We are currently working on multicultural masks.  

Grant Wood's American Gothic 

 

Finished multicultural mask photos will be posted on the next blog!! :) 

Thank you for visiting Mrs. Heverly's Art Room Blog!! :) 

_-Mrs. H.-_