Color Mixing, Color Math, Color Bursts!

We are working on color mixing! Such an exciting lesson! 

We have read Mouse Paint, Color Tree and Monsters Love Color over the last three weeks to prepare for mixing today! The children really enjoyed creating three new colors from just primary colors!

After we worked on color wheels we did color math. ie) R+Y=O, B+Y=G, B+R= P

The upper level did color bursts with a writing component. The mixed their own colors and painted with q-tips. Next they chose three descriptor words and finally wrote one word to describe how their work made them feel.

Chlorophyll Color Changes....

This week in the outdoor classroom we are talking about chlorophyll and the fall color changes outside!  Students are coloring three leaves on a worksheet. Each leaf has less sun and water finally changing the leaf color to red and eliminating the green.  What a great week to be outdoors to discuss this!

Nature Classroom

We have been working in the outdoor classroom creating pinecone bird feeders. The children spread crisco on a pinecone and then dip it into bird seed. It is wonderful to be doing projects outside on these gorgeous fall days! There are more to come.....

Beginnings of a fairy garden table....

Matisse Apples....

This week we took a look at apples for our subject! 

We also looked at some work by Matisse for inspiration! 

We focused on primary colors again this week using paints!

Archiving Your Artist's Work

As a mom and an art teacher I am keenly aware of the amount of artwork that comes home through the year. While I'd like to save every thing that my own kids do, all the paper can add up after a while. I ran across a wonderful app called Artkive the other day and I thought I'd pass it on. The app allows you to photograph your child's artwork, tag it with a date/year/class etc, share it with any family or friends, and best of all create books with their artwork! It is a great way to archive the progress your child has made through the year. http://www.artkiveapp.com/

Mondrian Primary Colors

Hooray for a back to school and back to art class! This week we are discussing primary colors and taking a look at work by Mondrian for inspiration! Students did a great job cutting squares and rectangles to complete the project!

The upper level became architects and created buildings of their own using a straight edge. We took a look at the work of Mondrian as well as that of Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry