Have you seen this? It is so cool!
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Fourth Grade Giants!
Fourth graders are having fun combining two ideas from art history:
cityscapes and giants!
They learned about Goya’s painting, “The Colossus” and about the many different ways busy city life has been portrayed by artists old and new. We talked about perspective and design techniques artists use to give the feeling of depth in their cityscapes.
Students are now designing their own cities and giants.
Here are some pictures of their work so far...
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| The Colossus |
The Dragon Factory
Third Grade art students are still working on their papier-mache Chinese dragon puppets. They are beginning to paint and add details and should finish up soon!
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| Dragons, dragons everywhere! |
Cats a la Klimt
Kindergarten art students just finished up a lesson about the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt. They learned that he not only loved the color gold and swirly lines, but cats too! Inspired by his art, they created cat collages!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Chinese New Year in the Bradfield Art Room
Third grade and Kindergarten students have both been learning about the tradition of Chinese New Year.
Third graders are building dragon puppets from papier-mache. They don't look anything like dragons yet, but hopefully in a few weeks they will look more like this:
This week, they are working on building an armature from newspaper and cardboard:
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| Armatures ready for papier-mache! |
According to the Chinese calendar, this year is the Year of the Rabbit.
In Kindergarten art classes, students have been learning how to draw a rabbit!
Happy New Year!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Third Grade Family Paintings
Family is a popular subject matter in artworks by Mary Cassatt, Romare Bearden and Carmen Lomas Garza. Third grade art classes have been expressing their feelings about family and friendship by creating paintings that depict a scene from a family tradition or daily routine.
Here are some of the paintings in progress. They are turning out great!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Still Life Painting in Fourth Grade
Fourth grade art students are focusing on realistic drawing skill this week. They are learning about contour lines and different ways to use line for shading. They are also studying value and contrast.
Currently, they are creating a still-life painting inspired by artworks like this one by Paul Cezanne.
Here are some pictures of the artists in action:
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