Good Morning! As we are approaching the halfway point in the second quarter, we are finishing up our current projects in art. In 3rd grade, we are working on apple still life drawings in pastel. We studied how light and shadows work and how artists use value to create the illusion of 3D objects. 4th grade has started to transfer their unicorn drawings onto their final paper to create their unicorn tapestries. We talked about the importance of tapestries in the Middle Ages and how they told visual stories. In 5th grade, students are beginning their final copies of their realistic still life drawings in colored pencil. They are amazed at how the Renaissance artists created photo-realistic artwork as they are beginning to understand the time and patience it takes to blend and shade properly. I can't wait to begin to put up more photographs of student art!
I updated the sidebar of this blog to include a sample of my own artwork from the past 10 or so years.
Several parents have asked if there is anything they can donate to the school in which their child attends, so I have put together a general wish list of supplies that are always needed in every grade.
Dixon Ticonderoga pencils
Erasers- we have been using Pink Pearl
Crayola colored pencils
Construction paper of any color
White 9x12 drawing paper
Paint brushes
Tempera paint- white, black, red, yellow, blue
Crayola markers
Crayola crayons
I hope everyone is having a wonderful week!
