Category: Art Programme
Our Finished ‘Picasso’-Style Faces
Here they are:
Abstract Faces – in the style of Pablo Picasso
We looked at some art pieces by Picasso. We read a story book about him called, “Pablo Picasso and the Girl With the Ponytail” by Laurence Anholt.
We then created our own ‘abstract’ faces on tag board with black Sharpies. We worked through the sections together as a directed drawing lesson. We incorporated eyes, eyebrows, noses, mouths, cheeks, necks, jawlines, hair, and head dresses.
Students then added ‘embellishments’ such as waves, squiggles, squares, dots, or their own inventions. We will be colouring these, a section at a time, over the course of next week. Students have really been enjoying this project. I can’t wait to show you all their finished results.
100’s Day Fun
Directed Drawing – Dragons
On Tuesdays each week we have a directed drawing lesson. As it will be Lunar New Year this coming Friday, our lesson this Tuesday was a dragon.
The students did such a great job that they needed to be on display! They are on the bulletin board in the hallway between our classroom and the Office.
A Few Words About Penguins
This week we created little booklets containing some facts about penguins. These are folded, accordion-style, and are attached to cut-out King penguins.
We also created cute penguins out of looped construction paper. These are both adorning our classroom bulletin board.
Penguin Art
Last week we painted colourful background papers onto which we (this week) mounted the penguins that were made from construction paper. Some students decided to add extra feathers and colourings to make their penguins into Rockhopper or Macaroni penguins. These are on the bulletin board in the hallway outside of our classroom.
PENGUINS🐧
Pringle, the Penguin arrived on January 13 in a very cold box from the South Pole. Along with Pringle we received the novel “Mr. Popper’s Penguins”. Due to Covid-19 restrictions this year we are not able to send home the actual stuffy. Instead students are taking home a laminated photo with an individual Journal page for students to record their fun and experiences with Pringle. When they bring them back the next day they share their Journal entry with the class as part of our daily Calendar time.
Along with Pringle, a few other penguins have joined our class for the next two months while we study all about penguins.
Tertiary Colours
This was from our Art lesson the week before last; sorry for the delay in getting it posted. Students learned how to make tertiary colours by using secondary colours. These colours (russet, slate, and bronze) are more muted and less vibrant than the primary and secondary colours.
Students were to use wax crayons and create an Autumn picture with a tree with colour changing leaves. Here are the individual pictures:
And all together on the bulletin board in our room …
Poppies, in the Style of Georgia O’Keefe
After looking at several pictures of Georgia O’Keefe’s artwork students had a directed drawing lesson to create their own poppies in pencil. They then used china markers to outline these poppies. Painting came next. When the pieces were dry the next day they were re-outlined, cut out, and glued onto green construction paper.
Amongst their individual poppies are the Indigenous poppies created by Robin Roberts, a Tsimshian/Haida artist, and coloured by the students.
As we have been discussing since the beginning of the school year, each poppy is unique unto itself just as each artist is unique unto themselves. Here they are individually:
