Mondrian Boxes

Today we learned about the Dutch artist, Piet Mondrian.

Mondrian loved color and was inspired by the Impressionist painters.
He created bold paintings that incorporated the primary colors, as well as, horizontal and vertical lines.

We learned how to create an asymmetrical design that incorporates the principle of balance.
His work was often an inspiration to product design.
We created boxes (a useable work of art) in the style of Mondrian.

One Point Perspective

I had a fabulous time with your students!  What an amazing group of artists.  I am so sad that this Smart with Art session is over and I look forward to working with them again next year.

We ended our Back to the Drawing Board session with a lesson on one point perspective.

 Our work appears to be 3D.

Students learned about horizon lines and vanishing points to make a piece of art that look realistic.

If your student was absent today (or forgot their artwork), I gave all their artwork to their classroom teachers.

David Hockney Inspired Swimmers

3rd Graders learned about the artist, David Hockney, and his pool paintings.

Students then created their own underwater self-portrait in his style.

Charcoal

 The Friday Smart With Art Class led by Linda Romero-Kirschner learned about drawing with charcoal.

  Charcoal drawings remain an essential skill for budding artists.

Working with charcoal serves the dual purpose of building artistic creation skills and
developing art appreciation skills.

We worked with vine charcoal and used gum erasers and blending stumps to
create a still life.

 We learned the properties of charcoal and how to work with this material.

We discovered that erasing charcoal creates light areas; smudging charcoal
creates value; and drawing lightly with charcoal creates contour lines.

  We also discussed overlapping shapes, and where it exists in a still life set up.
 Students practiced on newsprint and then did a final still life on white charcoal paper.

2nd Grade Lizards

2nd Graders learned about form and sculpture and created paper sculptures of their own.

Monochromatic Landscapes

 Today we learned about monochromatic landscape paintings.
We learned how to mix colors with paints.
We created tints and shades by mixing white and black paint with the color (hue) of our choice.

We also were able to meet with the principal, Mr. Blomquist, and he showed us the color palette sample for the new school!  We saw how our new school has tints and shades of blue and brown. 

 We began our landscape drawings on a canvas board.
Objects that appear farther away are lighter in color and objects that appear in the
foreground are darker in color.

 We worked with acrylic paint on the canvas boards to create this large scale work of art!   We will be finishing these projects next Monday.

2nd Grade Ceramic Cupcakes

Here is a sample of the painted ceramic cupcakes that went home for Mother's Day.   Students painted the ceramic with acrylic paint and then they were coated with a glossy spray.