Students are experimenting with architecture through stations. The architecture station allows students to explore the visual interest of buildings while discovering how to make structures balanced and secure.
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Thursday, October 2, 2014
International Dot Day
This year, we celebrated International Dot Day! We made many dots, in many different ways! International Dot Day was inspired by the book, The Dot by Peter Reynolds. The Dot is a fantastic little story with a great message. We used the story as out inspiration to talk about how we can make our mark in the world, new things we can try, and ways to use our art knowledge to make many types of dots. Our dots are on display in the board room at the adminstrationg building and will also be put on display in the halls of Leib Elementary!
Monday, August 25, 2014
Welcome Back!
We are back! School has started and so has art class. Introduction to art class letters are going home with students after their first art class. Please take the time to read the letter. The letter shares information about our blog (you are here, fantastic!), Artsonia, and my teaching philosophy. It also reminds you to please, please, please send in an art shirt for your child. Art is messy and messy is fun!
Please remember that we are focused on the learning process in this art room. We are learning a variety of techniques, but we are also learning about the artistic process. We are learning about planning, working through mistakes, and evaluating our own work. At the beginning of the year, we are focusing on the basics- things like learning proper procedures and reviewing the elements of art. It may be a few weeks until your child brings anything home from art class, especially in the older grade levels.
One of the things we will address at the beginning of the year is mistakes. We will read Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg and take about mistakes (if you have not read Beautiful Oops, I encourage you to do so, it is a great story for children and adults alike!). Remember art is just as much about the process as the product. I want the students to learn from the process, not create picture perfect copies of my examples. We can learn just as much, if not more, from the mistakes we make. So, always remember in art, it is not a mistake, it is an opportunity.
Please remember that we are focused on the learning process in this art room. We are learning a variety of techniques, but we are also learning about the artistic process. We are learning about planning, working through mistakes, and evaluating our own work. At the beginning of the year, we are focusing on the basics- things like learning proper procedures and reviewing the elements of art. It may be a few weeks until your child brings anything home from art class, especially in the older grade levels.
One of the things we will address at the beginning of the year is mistakes. We will read Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg and take about mistakes (if you have not read Beautiful Oops, I encourage you to do so, it is a great story for children and adults alike!). Remember art is just as much about the process as the product. I want the students to learn from the process, not create picture perfect copies of my examples. We can learn just as much, if not more, from the mistakes we make. So, always remember in art, it is not a mistake, it is an opportunity.
Monday, June 9, 2014
Monday, June 2, 2014
End of the year SELF-PORTRAITS!
In September/October, we made a self-portrait. We revisited that lesson again at the end of the May/beginning of June. Students framed their beginning of school year portrait with their end of school year portrait. Grades 1-6 also filled out a self-reflection about their self-portrait called 2 Stars and a Wish. The growth many of the students demonstrated was amazing!
Fifth grade critique!
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