ART
Drawing the Figure
Kindergarteners
Kindergartners looked at Ezra Jack Keats and learned how to look for the shapes in the body. The head is an oval, the neck is a small rectangle, the torso is a larger rectangle and the arms and legs are each made of two long ovals. Hands and feet are like ovals or trapezoids. Looking at generic photos of a standing child to use as a model, they drew self-portraits and put themselves in a place. They drew horizons or floor lines and filled the page with color.
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Fifth GradeFifth graders used photographs of athletes in motion as reference to produce posters promoting fitness. These five were submitted to a national contest which Mr. Bakovic brought to our attention. There will be more of the posters exhibited at the Barnes and Noble Book Fair & Art Show.
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LINE!
Kindergartners
Kindergartners learned that everything can be drawn with curves and straight lines. They explored using watercolor to finish their line and shape samplers.
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Grades 1 - 5
Through directed line drawings the children learned how to take the edge of the page into account when they compose. I introduced Mondrian, Rothko and Matt Madden's "20 Lines" to illustrate how artists take an idea, a favorite subject or a self-imposed rule and make variations of the work. They were delighted to see the 20 or more variations produced in one class from the same directions.
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Up next: Kindergarten and 1st grade have begun working on painted autumn landscape collages.
Grades 2-5 are learning to draw the figure in an environment.
Stay tuned!
Grades 2-5 are learning to draw the figure in an environment.
Stay tuned!
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