"An idea is our visual reaction to something seen - in real life, in our memory, in our imagination, in our dreams." --Anna Held Audette from the book, The Blank Canvas
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Peacocks!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Collage in the style of Henri Matisse
The fifth grade students learned about the paintings and the life of the French artist Henri Matisse (1869-1954). Henri Matisse is particularily noted for the various patterns that he uses in his paintings. after viewing Matisse's goldfish painting (shown below) the student used collage/multimedia techniques to create their own fish bowl scenes.
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
flower collage
Relief Printmaking
100 Year Portraits
Last month, the kindergarteners celebrated the 100th day of school. In art class, the students drew portraits of themselves today. The students also used their imaginations to create drawings of how they thought they would appear 100 years from now. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing their interpretations!
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
Painting without Brushes
Friday, March 5, 2010
Jim Dine Hearts
Monday, March 1, 2010
Forests inspired by the artist Emily Carr
After viewing the paintings of Emily Carr, the third grade students were inspired to create forest paintings! Emily Carr is a Canadian artist who drew inspiration for her paintings by her natural surroundings on the northwest coast. The students viewed pictures of the Manistee National Forest, and we discussed the differences between the forests of the northwest coast and the forests in the midwest. They used tints and tones in order to indicate highlights and shadows.
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