Week of 10/28/2024 - UTK, K and 1st grade

This week UTK students worked on printmaking. Each student was given a 6"x9" piece of styrofam on which they created line patterns. We pressed the pencil not too hard to avoid the styrofoam getting ripped. We used printmaking ink to roll on the patterns with a brayer. Students pressed a piece of color/ pattern paper on the styrofoam and peeled it back to reveal their pattern. 

 Kindergarten students created a mixed media work of a sunflower on watercolor paper. We first compared and contrasted  a photograph of sunflowers and a painting of sunflowers by artist Vincent Van Gogh. Students noticed how one was outside, the other inside on a table, the real flowers had a brown center while the painting had a green center and so on. Once done, students first traced the center using a template and added the petals, stem and leaves.  We used oil pastels to add colors and blended them in to achieve a natural effect. We used broken lines to create the outlines. Students use glitter water colors to paint the background and complete their work.

 

1st graders created a sculpture inspired by the glass blown works of artist Dale Chihuly. We first looked at examples of his work and discussed what we saw and guessed the material the works were made from. We also saw an interesting video of the artist blowing glass and creating beautiful forms. Each students drew lines using a black Sharpie on a transparency. They then used chisel tip Sharpie markers to color them in. Students then cut on the lines, I helped punch holes on each piece. They threaded their pieces on to a wooden dowel that was glued into a hole on a 2" wooden block. We added a wooden bead at the top of the dowel so the pieces would stay in place and not unravel.This was a high engagement and successful lesson - students were thrilled at how their sculpture created color shadows outside in the sun!