The Elements of Art

The Elements of Art are the basic building blocks to all works of art. 

Every work of art has at least 1 element of art or like we call it in class EofA.  

The students this year created foldables to help them remember the 7 elements of art, their definitions, and some visuals to represent them.  

Paper Sculpture Contest

One Day Lesson!

To wrap up the end of the school year the middle school students participated in a Paper Sculpture contest with a theme of Amusement Park. 

7 Paper Sculpture Techniques were discussed/introduced 

They also viewed some famous paper sculpture artists that can be found at the link below.

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/masters-of-paper-art-and-paper-sculptures/

Pablo Picasso's Old Guitarist

Concepts Covered:

Artist introduction- Pablo Picasso 

Art Discussion- Class Critique/Discussion on

 Picasso's Painting "The Old Guitarist"

New Material Introduced- Oil Pastels

Method/Application of Oil Pastel on Paper

Review- Patterns (A/B; ABC; Size; Color Patterns)

1 Point Perspective- Level 1 Art Majors

For our 4th quarter "Design" project, the Level 1 Art Majors are learning all about 1 point perspective.  

We have covered the basics of horizon line, vanishing point, and how to build or create a shape that looks 3-D and goes back in space. 

The students practiced creating numerous different shapes, letters, and objects in 1 Point Perspective.

Van Gogh Sunflowers- Kindergarten Style

I saw this great short, but sweet post on another art teacher blog called ART PROJECT GIRL (the link is shown below).  I thought it was a great one day project for kindergarten that covered some key art concepts and ideas.

http://artprojectgirl.blogspot.com/2010/04/easy-project-you-can-do-tomorrow.html

Concepts Covered:

• Artist Introduction- Vincent Van Gogh
• How to Talk About Artwork (Class Discussion on the shapes and colors we see)
• How to hold a paintbrush
• How to make thick and thin lines using the same paintbrush
• How to outline using paint
• How to create a flower similar to Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers

Look at these students hard at work!!!!

First we started by making dots.
Then we used our paintbrush to make thick or thin lines.
And lastly we used a small paintbrush to make our black outlines. 

Finished Student Examples to be Posted Soon

Laurel Burch Cats and Dogs

The students in third grade are learning about a new contemporary folk artist.  We learned that folk artists are artists are people that have no formal art training and the artwork they create represents their culture, traditions, or the things they see around them.  

To begin students selected either a cat or dog inspired by Laurel Burch.  

Then using the following directions for assistance, the students drew some practice sketches.

Mural

The upper level art majors were given a wonderful opportunity this year to create a mural and permanently leave their mark on the school for all to see.  

It has been a long process and we are almost finished, the only thing slowing us down at this point is the wall...it took 4 gallons of paint!

Such a nice blue!

Original Design and Color Concepts
The approved design has even more bears one for each academic area.

The students hard at work creating all those bears!
 

THIS MURAL WILL BE FINISHED BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR!!!!