Conference Self Portraits and Interview

Before conferences I had each student draw a self portrait and answer a few questions. The difference between these and the portraits they did on their first day of school is so big! Students really paid attention to detail and focused on basic shapes for their eyes and nose. The interview was a fun exercise and only took a minute for each student.

 

Collaborative Works

I ran across these collaborative works from an art show I did in 2008. 

Each class worked on a different themed piece. 

Each student created a small piece to include in their class frame.

 The Aquarium

 Community

 Nesting Friends

A Beautiful Spring Boquet

Spring! Spring! Spring!

The snow has not melted but we are feeling Spring in the classroom! We continue to discuss Matisse and his many talents such as, cut paper designs. With Matisse as inspiration students created these wonderful flower scenes.

Letter of the Week!

Each day we focus on a new letter and try to come up with words that begin with it. Today the letter was K. This is a funky kangaroo. After lunch students take out their notebooks and draw a picture beginning with the letter of the day and label it. We have been having a great time coming up with new vocabulary this way and practicing drawing skills!

Pattern Play

We have been discussing Matisse quite a bit lately because the Matisse exhibit is at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. We have been focusing on his use of pattern mainly. To practice, each student had a worksheet like this (see below) to fill in with different patterns.

 

This student was experimenting with letter patterns.

Keith Haring Olympic Art

We took a look at some Keith Haring art for inspiration last week. 

Since we spent quite a while discussing the Olympics and they came to a close I thought it would be a fun idea to create an Olympic person in the spirit of Keith Haring!

 

I wanted to share this lovely shadow patterned nature shot. 

The blanket of white does offer a nice background..... if nothing else :)