The fifth graders learned about famous artist Paul Klee and abstract art. Students used geometric shapes to create an abstract castle like Paul Klee. We then painted our castles using analogous colors which are colors that are neighbors on the color wheel. This gave our artwork a nice unified feeling. Check out our awesome abstract art!
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The third graders concentrated on organic shapes and the cylinder form when creating these beautiful goldfish bowl paintings. Before painting we talked about artist Henri Matisse and how he was a fauve painter that liked to use bright colors. Students also used bright colors in their paintings, just like Matisse.
After learning about famous artist, Henri Matisse, the first graders created these cut paper snails. We drew a spiral line with our pencil first and then cut and glued paper down in a pattern to look like a snail. We learned that drawing with our scissors could be great fun! Here are our versions of "The Snail": Here is a photo of a person looking at the original artwork "The Snail" created by Henri Matisse. If you would like to learn more about Matisse, click on this fun website for kids: https://www.artbma.org/flash/F_conekids.swf
We had a great turnout this year for the annual art show, ice cream social, and basket raffle. Families were able to view a "Hall of Art" featuring projects that focused on famous artists throughout history. Students learned about artists like Georgia O'Keefe, Leonardo DaVinci, Keith Haring, Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh, and many other amazing artists and then created a piece of artwork similar to the famous artist. Each class represented one artist. Also students were able to take their picture as the "Mona Lisa" and they could create a "mini masterpiece" at the art show. Students could take these home and display them on a popsicle stick easel.
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Mrs. W.
About Me: This is my sixth year teaching art at Switzer and I love creating awesome artwork with all of the students here. I see all of the K-6 students once a week for art class. Archives
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