Positive Profile Portraits

5th Grade Positive Profile Portraits

In fifth grade one of the topics covered in Health class is a positive self-image. In trying to make that cross-curriculum jump, I wanted the fifth grade students to create Positive Profile Portraits.

They started out by choosing 10 positive character traits they felt matched their personalities. As the students were writing their 10 character traits and their definitions I called the students up to have the outline of their profiles traced.  After their outlines were traced, the students wrote their name and their 10 selected character traits on the outline of their profile (first in pencil, then again in marker).

Top 2 faces are pencil only outlines, bottom 2 are completed outlines in marker.
Top center piece are student examples of watercolor practice.

We are painting in our Positive Profile Portraits using watercolors in Analogous color scheme combinations.  The students practiced creating even washes and dark color outlines in watercolor before they could begin to paint their portraits.
The students are painting their portraits using 3 colors. The lightest color will be their background color, the mid-tone will become the base for their face, and their darkest color will become a bold outline to emphasize the profile of their faces.

More student examples to come!!

Small Medium & Large Shapes

Shapes and Shape Bugs

After being introduced to the Art Room rules and procedures, the first two projects I like to do are based around basic shapes and sizes.  With these projects I am introducing the Kindergarteners to basic concepts that we will not only be using and re-visting throughout this school year, as the students continue to venture down their artistic paths.

The first part of the project involved a group game where the students help to sort out a variety of shapes into the correct size categories.

Our Sorting Game-The students were able to walk up to the
SMART Board and drag the different shapes into the correct categories.

Part 2 of our Small, Medium, and Large project series involved the students picking from a pile of shapes on their tables.  These piles were made up of small, medium, and large triangles, squares, and rectangles.  The students had to select a small, medium, and large shape from the pile and then glue those 3 shapes down in order of smallest to largest.

The final stage of our Small, Medium, and Large lesson had students create a Shape Bug using small, medium, and large shapes.  We viewed a PowerPoint, that showed the students how our Shape Bug was created. The students drew along with the slides as our Shape Bug started out as a medium circle and grew to 4 medium circles with small shapes attached to it.

Here are some examples of the great Shape Bugs the students created.

Tech Art Stage Types

STAGE TYPES

& 

STAGE LINGO

This year's Tech Theatre class is focusing a great deal on theatre theory, as well as designing concepts for our upcoming school drama production.

One of the first topics the students learned about were the variety of stages and performance areas there are to act on.  

The 4 types of stages we learned about.

The students took notes off a Powerpoint and viewed a youtube video hosted by Krista Price that described the different types and uses for the performance spaces. 

(if interested in viewing the video copy the link below into your browser)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L99g_Wg5Gh8&list=TLl6H9vFFaaSS-BPBIruvXWTeqkeuIyX5w

Today we went over the basic theatre terms and acting areas.

Rigging 

Batten

GOBO

Scrim

Cyclorama (CYC)

Taveler 

We have covered a lot this week and all this information will help the students design their floorplans next week.