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 :)

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

 This week we looked at Kandinsky's Concentric Circles and the kids made their own version with hearts!

Happy Chinese New Year

Year of The Horse!

Triangle Trees

We have started a unit looking at shape. We have been discussing what you can turn different shapes into. Below is an example of a little forest project that we did....

Paper, Glue and Scissors

We are setting aside the crayons and markers for the month in art class and using paper, scissors and glue to create works of art. I can see that this is going to be a fun challenge for them to think outside "the box".

With that in mind... I read the book Perfect Square by Michael Hall. The book uses illustrations to demonstrate how to transform a perfect square in to many different things.

Students started with a square to create the foundation of their project and then added other scraps to enhance.

Monster

The Arctic is Here!

The frigid temperatures and blanket of snow outside are inspiration for our next unit...

 Arctic Animals!