It's a HAPPY December in the Art Room!

Here's a peek into what has been going on in Art at Brown and Lincoln lately:

Young Fives practiced painting while keeping their brush on its tippy toes.  We practiced letter identification and letter sounds along with our painting.

Young Fives also read It's Okay to Be Different  written and illustrated by Todd Parr.  We studied his portrait illustrations and experimented with Ink Daubers to draw our own Todd Parr-inspired self portraits.

Kindergarten artists continue to experiment with using shapes to create animals for their cave paintings.  We've drawn our animals on our "cave walls" and are working on applying crayon with our art muscles so the wax is thick for a wax resist.

First Graders are using geometric shapes, organic shapes, and line to create PATTERN on their fancy pattern birds.  Students used shapes to draw the birds, then filled them with different line and shape patterns.  We are currently reviewing the proper techniques to paint using pan watercolors.

Second Graders are putting the final touches on their James Rizzi inspired works of art.  Students created a Rizzi Self Portrait, then a Rizzi City.  We are practicing coloring with control in second grade and experimenting with shading.

Third graders at Brown are finishing up their Nutcrackers.  We missed a few art sessions due to Thanksgiving break and our snow day.  The third graders have been working diligently to finish before their performance!

Lincoln third graders are studying the life and art of American artist, Laurel Burch.  Laurel Burch was not only an artist, but a successful female business owner who turned her love for art-making into a very lucrative career.  Our third graders are applying their knowledge of proportion, detail, color, and pattern to create their works of art.  

Fourth grade artists at Brown are finishing their Matisse-inspired focal point projects (see past posts for images) . Lincoln fourth graders completed their Modigliani-inspired self portraits and are starting to experiment with using line to create value in a work of art.

Fifth grade artists are learning how to roll clay coils and use the coils to construct a coil vessel.  Students at Brown have finished their work and are waiting for the clay to dry and be fired, our Lincoln fifth graders are beginning the construction steps of the clay process and will be ready for glaze after our winter break.

Please continue to encourage your young artists to spend time creating at home!  Cutting and gluing to make a collage, going online and following Art Hub for Kids to do a guided drawing, finding toys around the house to observe and draw, sculpting with found objects (my own kids raid the recycle bin to do this),  letting them be the "art teacher" and guide you through a lesson they've learned this year, or sitting together as a family and painting are all amazing ways for your artist to practice their craft at home.