Art Spirit

1st Grade Family Portraits

 

 

 

1^st Grade Family Portraits

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

 -- George Santayana

The family is certainly one of nature’s masterpieces and here is an expression of this in these beautiful Family Portrait paintings created by the artists in the 1^st grade classes.  The students explored drawing the human face then created paintings of themselves at the center of the composition with their family all around.

Wonderful!

The following Visual Arts CAP Standards were addressed in this art making:

Understandings  

Students will understand that…

t  art has vocabulary.

n  lines can form shapes.

o  repetition creates pattern/rhythm.

v  artists make portraits.

Students will know:

t  Shape - geometric: square, rectangle, triangle, circle, oval, diamond, organic.

n  the difference between shape and line.

n  shapes are everywhere. (faces, objects, etc.)

o  Pattern/Rhythm - regular, alternating.

v   a portrait represents a specific person, group of people, or animal.

Students will be able to…

t  draw examples of shape vocabulary in sketchbook.

t  create artwork using shapes.

n  compare and contrast shapes in works of art.

n  draw shapes as described in verbal directions.

n  create an original shape by joining different types of lines.

o create a regular pattern and an alternating pattern.

v   locate, identify and analyze shape in portraits as well as other artworks.

Renoir Inspired Still Life Pastel Paintings created by the Artists in the 6th grade

Maybe I push too hard,maybe not... What I do believe in is the power of creating and the real need to respect --- completely respect the process of creativity. The way the students feel about the pastel paintings that they made demonstrates that through their hard work they learned to care more deeply about color and color application. At first I could feel the pull of empathy soak the room when we started our copy of this Renior Still Life. As we worked toward creating an 'interpretation' of the painting through pastel on black paper the students layered color over color--- finding the depth and the light close to where Renoir began--- wonderful learning.

The 5th day. This American Life : Guns

Several things have kept me on target this week. The challenge , the fear of slacking off and listening to my favorite podcast--- This American Life ---  the most recent episode entitled  Guns is really wonderfully created. Listening to this  I moved through 4.02 miles  of running for 1 minute and walking for 4minutes. Good.