First Grade artists reviewed color, shape, and pattern while creating their cute chameleons. They were challenged to use a ROYGBIV rainbow color order somewhere on their chameleons. Check out the tails and feet on these cute little guys!
Pattern
Springy Folk Art Birds
Third grade artists are dreaming of spring while creating these colorful Folk Art birds. Working in the style of American Folk Artist Heather Galler, their birds reflect the many patterns and bright colors that Galler loves to use in her art.
Love the way these artists have arranged their markers in rainbow order so they can select just the right colors for their project!
I CAN goals: compare and contrast folk art with other works of art; use pattern and color in the style of Heather Galler.
All About Pattern and Color
What to do with six back-to-back 25 minute art classes? Grades K-5 created these awesome pattern drawings during our September early release half-day. It turned out to be a relaxing morning of art making…my kiddos came in, sat down, and just added patterns and colors to large drawings of leaves, pumpkins, and other designs. They were free to wander from table to table, choosing the drawings that they wanted to work on…kind of like adding color to giant coloring book pages! As one of my kinders said: “This is fun, Mrs. B, we should do this every day in art!”.
Here’s a little video of our morning in the art room.
Galler Houses
Third Grade artists have been working on a colorful architecture project in the style of American folk artist Heather Galler. They learned that Galler is inspired by the things she loves, including animals, flowers, and houses. After examining Galler’s house paintings from the New Orleans French Quarter and noticing the many details on these beautiful homes, they created their own “double gallery” New Orleans houses.
New Orleans House by Galler
Georgetown Galler inspired houses – aren’t they fabulous?
See more of our 3rd Grade Galler Houses at our ARTSONIA on line art gallery here.
I CAN: tell a friend three facts about New York folk artist Heather Galler; create an architectural house drawing in the style of Galler; Use color, line, shape, and pattern in my work.
Two More…
Almost forgot about these little beauties! First grade artists explored PATTERN as they created these sweet pattern owls.
Second graders reviewed primary and secondary colors and fine tuned their color mixing skills as they mixed green, purple, orange, and brown to create gorgeous ears of fall Indian corn.
See more of these projects at our on-line art gallery, ARTSONIA.
Fifth Graders Explore Metal Repousse
Fifth Grade artists learned about metal repousse, the ancient art of embossing or pressing shapes into metal.
Embossing the metal foil
After embossing their designs, they wiped India Ink on the surface to bring out the textures and patterns.
applying India Ink
applying India Ink
They finished their piece by extending their patterns from the foil onto black paper.
Some students preferred the shiny surface instead of their india ink side…they chose which side to display.
Thanks to the March 1999 Arts And Activities magazine for this project idea.
Snow Angels
Georgetown Fourth Grade Artists recently completed these beautiful Snow Angels. As they created their colorful angels, fourth graders focused on three art principles: pattern, emphasis, and balance. More student pieces from this project can also be found in our on-line art gallery, ARTSONIA.
Turkey Day Turkeys
Hoot! Hoot! First Grade Pattern Owls
Gotta love these pattern owls created by my awesome first grade artists! Aren’t they a hoot?
drawing…and finished painted pieces. Awww.
See more owls – visit Georgetown’s art gallery on ARTSONIA!
Third Grade Architecture Study
Third grade artists have begun their study of Middle Eastern Art, our Cultural Focus for this school year. We began by comparing and contrasting Middle Eastern architecture with buildings that we are familiar with here in Michigan. Everyone was fascinated by the domes and arched doors of the Middle Eastern mosques, and could hardly wait to begin their own drawings, especially the fantastic “onion domes” that look like Hershey kisses.
Since I really wanted the beautiful drawings to stand out, we added our color to the background – with great results!
This project was inspired by “Fireworks” on Kajakas’ Photostream via Flickr. See it here.
One more fun collage with circle close ups.
