Week of 3/6/23 - UTK, Kinder and 1st grade

 UTK, kinders and 1st graders were back and we were busy!!

UTK and kinders created sculptures while 1st graders painted on their fired clay projects.

My friend Tony is a wood worker and donated close to 800 wooden pieces!! We looked at the work "Seven magic mountains" by artist Ugo Rondinone and talked about what we see, why the artist made this artwork and how this work is in fact a "sculpture". I explained the difference between creating a regular work on a paper versus building, balancing assembling and arranging pieces to create a sculpture.

UTK students glued 4 wooden pieces on a wooden base and painted their pieces with tempera paint. Each student also glued a cork piece to their work.

. I encouraged them to keep turning their work so it looked interesting from all sides.

 Kinders used popsicle sticks, buttons, corks in addition to 4 wooden pieces and glued all to a base after arranging materials in different ways to see what looked interesting. They also added line patterns on their wood blocks with tempera paint sticks which ended up making the sculptures look even more beautiful and interesting. I love how unique each looks!

 1st graders painted their clay works - I had students create clay tiles with their initials, mugs and cacti. We used oil pastels and tempera paint depending upon the project and used the entire hour of 1 class to paint these as it takes time for the color to get into the designs and bumps. I encouraged students to keep turning their work to make sure all sides were covered in color!