Good Stuff From The Art Room

Georgetown artists have been busy, busy busy! Here’s a look at some of their latest creations!

Sweet little oinkers from first grade…exploring 2D and 3D concepts with fun “Pig In A Puddle” landscapes.

Second grade Van Gogh landscapes with a warm color “Starry Night” sky – gorgeous!

Fourth grade abstract paintings in the style of Kandinsky’s “Several Circles No. 323”. Love these bright oil pastel and watercolor beauties!

More piggies, starry nights, and abstract circles can be found on ARTSONIA, Georgetown’s on-line art gallery. Visit HERE!

February 27, 2014 by josettebrouwer

Mondrian + Kandinsky = ABSTRACT ART!

Fourth grade artists have really been flexing their art muscles this month! Their latest creations combine their understanding of the abstract art of Mondrian and Kandinsky, plus their recent study of color families, AND our school goal of improving number sense and fractions. Whew!

After viewing work by Mondrian and Kandinsky, students discussed how both artists might have divided up their picture space as they created “Broadway Boogie Woogie” and “Several Circles No. 323”.

After folding their paper into halves, thirds, and quarters, students carefully planned where to place their lines and shapes to create a strong abstract composition. Color was added after considering color families, and a printed border pulled their pieces together. The final result? Stunning!

See more of our abstract pieces at our ARTSONIA on-line art museum!

November 14, 2012 by josettebrouwer

Kindergarten Circle Trees

Kindergarten artists worked hard creating their circle trees. After learning about shape, they had to cut, draw and stamp circles to create their trees. They did a fabulous job! Their artwork was on display in the hallways during conferences, and is on display at the Artsonia website.

October 11, 2012 by josettebrouwer

Going In Circles With Kandinsky

Fourth grade artists have been exploring the abstract work of Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky. They loved watching this short video, “The Kandinsky Effect”. They kept saying… play it again, play it again!

Inspired by Kandinsky’s “Several Circles” piece, fourth graders printed circles with black tempera paint and colored their circles with oil pastel. We finished with a yellow watercolor background.

Kandinsky’s “Several Circles”

Printing circles

Student work

This project was inspired by this post from the blog, “A Faithful Attempt” .

January 18, 2012 by josettebrouwer

Kandinsky Project

Georgetown fourth grade artists are finishing up a big Kandinsky project this week. The project is stunning, and we can’t wait to hang these in the hallway!

After looking at Kandinsky’s Several Circles No. 323 and discussing abstract art, we got started.

Several Circles No. 323

We began by thinking about texture and color as we created our background.

texture background

Next came tempera paint in rainbow order, with a little white thrown in for playing with tints.

painting – rainbow order

We traced circles and painted over our marker lines with black tempera paint.

tracing circles and painting with tempera

Then – more color, this time thinking about warm and cool colors as we painted the circles.

One more look at Kandinsky’s circle painting and a big discussion about eye path and leading the viewer through the artwork by using shape and color….and finally, cutting our circles, carefully placing them on the background, and gluing the circles down. The results….stunning.

Assembling Kandinsky project

Finished pieces!

This project was inspired by “Brooke’s Quilt #3” …. check it out, it is lovely!

April 25, 2011 by josettebrouwer

Fourth Grade Kandinsky Project

My fourth grade artists are finishing up their study of Kandinsky this week. We’ve been looking at Kandinsky’s Squares with Concentric Circles and experimenting with color to create our own color study in the style of Kandinsky.

We used water soluable oil pastels to create these pieces – after coloring in their squares, my students lightly blended the colors with a small brush and water. The results are really nice!