Kindergarten – Ms. Whitley January 27, 2010 The task this day for the Art Appreciation Lesson was to sculpt figures, either animal or human using the elongated, stretched-out forms sculpted by Giacometti as inspiration. The children used pipe cleaners and wrapped them in tin foil, then molded their figures. Giacometti’s sculptures were very often of [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Simple Sculpture :: Alberto Giacometti
Posted in PROJECTS, Uncategorized, tagged KINDERGARTEN, Sculpture, Whitley on Friday, September 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Amish Quilting
Posted in PROJECTS, tagged Add new tag, AMERICAN, GRADE 3, PETERSON, Quilting on Sunday, September 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Third Grade – Mrs. Peterson May 21, 2009 Project Synopsis: Today in Art Appreciation, Mrs. Peterson’s students learned about the history of Amish Quilting in the United States. They learned that the tradition of Amish quilting began in the late 1800′s. the quilts were very conservative in pattern and color, consisting mainly of black, blue, [...]
Lesson in Pointillism
Posted in PROJECTS, tagged KINDERGARTEN, PAINTING, Pointillism, Whitley on Saturday, September 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kindergarten – Mrs. Whitley April 7, 2010 Project Synopsis: The students in Ms. Whitley’s kindergarten class were introduced to the pointillism method of painting, and were shown many samples of Georges Seurat’s paintings through his career. A projection of Seurat’s “Eiffel Tower” was shown as inspiration, and the students were asked to make their own [...]
Who Am I? The Self Portrait
Posted in PROJECTS, tagged GRADE 4, PAINTING, Self Portrait on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
4th Grade – Ms. Fotopoulos & Mrs. Musselman Project Synopsis: Why do artists create self portraits? Why do they create other peoples portraits? Today your child participated in an Art Appreciation project that centered around the questions that arise when one tries to answer the question, “Who am I?” and “Who are you?” We looked [...]
