Week of 11/7/2021 Relief sculpture

This week both 2nd and 3rd graders worked on creating relief sculpture to explore the element of art "form". 

 

2nd graders used strips of paper to fold, cut, bend and glue to create lines that popped out. I started this lesson by having them look at examples and write what they saw and compare them with the flat artwork that we have done so far. It was interesting to see and hear their thinking when they are writing and sharing their answers.

Students created pencil lines and glued their paper strips to create bright relief sculpture artworks.

3rd graders created relief sculpture inspired by the works of artist Halima Cassell. Students responded to her works using a quick write, pair share and class discussion. We folded paper squares in different ways and arranged them on a 12"x12" piece of paper while incorporating symmetry.

 Students also wrote a short constructed response by comparing and contrasting their works with that of the artist.

 

Week of 10/31/2021 - Reggie Laurent and Caroline Dowsett

Inspired by artist Reggie Laurent, 2nd graders worked on drawing, cutting, assembling and gluing geometric and organic shapes and adding line patterns with metallic markers on black paper. We first looked at Laurent's art and engaged in a class discussion about what we noticed. We followed this up by practicing geometric and organic shapes on paper with pencil before cutting them from printed paper.

 

3rd graders created shape art with text inspired by artist Caroline Dowsett. They first responded to the artist's works via a quick write on a whiteboard. It's always wonderful to see what each student notices and this gives them the time to write how many ever words they wish to.

Next, each student picked a word that was meaningful for them, added lines they learned about last class to give each letter more focus and combined geometric and organic shapes to complete their work. I love how they embraced the movement, playfulness and bright colors from the artists work!

  

 I also had the opportunity to present Kolam art at the California Art Education Association conference in Anaheim this weekend and attend several workshops. It was a great way connecting with other art educators, learning and bringing back ideas to implement at Zamorano.

 

 

Week of 10/24/2021 - LINE with kinders and 1st graders

 Kinder art was inspired by the book "Not a Box". We created a scaffold of different geometric shapes and organic shapes first. Each student was given a rectangle piece of paper that they changed to something else using line and shapes with metallic markers. It was interesting to see what each changed their "box" into and the details they added!  

Vocabulary learned - Geometric and organic shapes

  

 

1st graders worked on their houses inspired by the book "The Big Orange Splot". I love this book for the flexibility it allows students in combining organic and geometric shapes. We practiced creating geometric and organic shapes first. Each student cut paper and created 3 houses - popcorn house, mushroom house, cupcake house....to name a few. They added details like door, windows, roof and garden using metallic markers to complete their work. 

Vocabulary learned - Geometric and organic shapes.