Art History
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Let’s go to the Jackson Pollock Art Gallery 🎨
Grade 3 learned how to create an Abstract action painting inspired by Jackson Pollock. They learned how to critique their artwork as an artist and a viewer. This was part of their Aesthetics PYP UOI Unit. They are ready to go on their field trip now to view artworks of the Expressionist movement 🖼️🤩 Read more
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Claes Oldenburg 🍔🍟🍕🌭Pop Art ~Grade 6~ Collage
Students learned about American Artist Claes Oldenburg. They created Hamburger 🍔 collages inspired by Oldenburg. Students used a variety of materials to create their toppings, they were encouraged to think out the box and recreate their favorite foods as hamburger toppings some included ice cream 🍦, chicken 🍗, egg 🍳, pizza 🍕, sushi 🍣, and… Read more
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Kandinsky 🎵🎼🎹🎶🔴🟡🔵 Grade 3
Students learned about Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky. Students learned about abstract art and how to express feelings through color, shapes and lines while listening to music for inspiration. Students created a Kandinsky inspired painting using all elements of art in one composition. Last students used yarn adding actual texture and emphasis to lines. Read more
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Andy Warhol “Campbell’s Soup” Pop Art
Grade 4 students learned about Andy Warhol and his contributions to the Pop Art movement. Students learned why Warhol was inspired by Campbell’s soup and used it for his print making technique. Students learned about form and how to draw using this element. Students began by designing their Campbell’s soup can. Some invented their own… Read more
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Viva la Frida 🌺🌼🌸💓🙌🏽
This is one of my favorites! My Grade 4 students learned all about Frida Kahlo and her brilliant self portraits. This was a multi-media lesson beginning with a guided demonstration on how to draw Frida. Students used oil pastels and watercolors to design their portraits and background. Lastly students created tissue paper flowers for her… Read more
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Native American Art
After discussing the history of Native Americans and their art, totem poles, tee-pees, dream catchers and watching a quick introduction video, we began our projects. 1st Grade Tee-Pee Project: Involved lines, shapes, foreground, middle ground, and background. They first used crayons to draw different lines on manila paper. Then they painted white paper using brown for… Read more
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Totem Poles
Through this lesson, students will learn about Native Americans from the northwest. Students will study the culture and artwork of these native people. The idea of stylizing artwork will also be addressed as students work together to make a two dimensional version of a totem pole. Finally, students will learn about symbolism and what… Read more
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Bienvinidos a Mexico
Welcome to Mexico My students visit Mexico twice a year in October for “El Dia de los Muertos” and again in May for “Cinco de Mayo”. So Lucky 🍀 of course they need their passports. (Which I created for them for my “Art around the World” unit. In May students learn that Cinco de Mayo is a… Read more
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Tar Beach
For Black History month in February I teach my students about the African American artist Faith Ringgold and her style of art, which was Quilting. My favorite story to do is Tar Beach. I have my students imagine that they can fly, and ask them to draw themselves flying over their favorite place with their… Read more
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