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.-_

Once Again...

The Creativity Begins Once Again!!

In the Art Room We Imagine & Create

 

@ Fishcreek we've been working on a Fundraiser
*Square 1 Art*

 

Kindergarten Kiddos Made Frogs!  

 We discussed where frogs live, what they eat, what they look like and what they do! Then each kiddo drew and colored their own! 

 

First Graders Created Underwater Pictures! 

 After discussing creatures, plants and other things that are found underwater, we created our own. Each kiddo was given a fish to color and glue on as well. 

Second Graders Drew Turtles! 

 Each kiddo drew at least one turtle after we discussed their shell patterns, types and shapes. We also talked about the perspective of the turtles that each kiddo drew. 

 Third Graders Created Animals & Habitats

 In their classrooms, third graders were learning about animals and their habitats. To collaborate with 3rd grade classroom common core standards, each student drew and animal along with their animals habitat.  

Fourth Grade Drew Animals & Borders! 

 Each fourth grader chose an animal that they wanted to draw. Next we discussed borders and what they were. Each student was required to add a border to their drawing that could relate to their chosen animal or it could simply be a design.