As November comes to a close, take a look at what we're making in art! As a reminder, artwork generally comes home once or twice a year (except for 3-D projects, which come home as soon as they are complete). Our kindergarten students began the year by learning about primary and secondary colors. We also talked about abstract art. Currently, we're creating shape-filled cities with textured grass and a mixed color background. OMS first grade students are working on "Fall Into Winter" paintings. We discussed warm colors and what changes happen to our world during autumn and winter. We also did a mini-project on architecture. After reading Iggy Peck Architect, students worked both with partners and alone on building (and drawing) Lego creations! Please see my previous blog post for our first project of the year: aquariums. Second grade students began the year learning about the life and work of Georgia O'keeffe and created soft pastel flower drawings. We created our flowers the way Georgia did, as though they were magnified. Our next project, which we just finished, was a Very Hungry Caterpillar inspired collage. Students also created a story about a "very" (tired, silly, artistic, whatever adjective they wanted) caterpillar! Our third graders are finishing up symmetrical alien masks. Prior to this we wove baskets. Check out the awesome variety of extraterrestrials below! Fourth grade students began the year creating van Gogh inspired oil pastel drawings. Currently we are making winter landscapes with warm & cool colors. Lastly, fifth grade students started the year creating silhouette collages (see previous blog entry) and are concluding a project on shades and tints. What are shades and tints you ask? See the picture below.
Thanks to everyone who came out for open house. It's always a pleasure. Look below for some recent projects!
Welcome back to school boys and girls! This is my 9th year at Olive. I feel like just yesterday I arrived here! It's with great pleasure that I start this year with Ms. Michelle Kasparzak (Ms. K) as Olive's itinerate teacher. Here is a note from her:
Welcome to Olive Art! My name is Ms. Kasprzak and I will be joining Mr. DeMarco this year in all the activities and adventures happening in the art room at Olive. When I am not at Olive, I will be teaching art at Windsor. I attended Northern Illinois University where I studied Art Education, and National-Louis University studying English as a Second Language. I've spent many years with District 25 in a wide variety of roles. I've substitute taught, was a teaching assistant, taught summer school, painted murals in both Thomas and South Middle School, designed the iLunch logo, and even attended District 25 schools as a student myself! If you have any questions or want to know more about me feel free to contact me at[email protected]. Our annual 4th grade field trip to the Art Institute was a success. This was the largest group we ever took; I think the museum staff was slightly alarmed when they first saw us! Below, students are looking at one of Claude Monet's waterlilly paintings. Here, students are in the First Americans section of the museum, looking at a painting on animal hide. Notice the warbonnet in the foreground.
Yesterday marked the opening of our annual Arlington Heights Memorial Library art show. The show contains work for all 9 of our schools and includes sculptural work in the display cases near the main entrance. The show is up for the entire month of May so make sure you swing by, look at the work, and check out some books! The job of an art conservationist is to preserve the condition of an art work so future generations can enjoy it. Click here to read about our very own The Art Institute of Chicago's work on a famous Renoir painting. One-point perspective is a system for drawing space in a way that looks three-dimensional on a flat surface. 5th graders are creating city drawings in pencil and permanent marker. The following pictures are from Mrs. Tranter's class.
It's the time of year when our artistic Olive owls begin making their clay projects. Every 1st-5th grader makes a clay sculpture. Our 4th grade students made clay sandals that expressed an interest of theirs or something they felt symbolized them. These images are from Mrs. Muhr's class.
Once again, I'll be teaching Summer U (summer school) art classes. I love Summer U because of its small class size and long class duration (art is only 45 minutes once a week for most students during the regular school year). Registration for District 25 students is March 13 - May 1, 2014. Click HERE for the link on the website.
These are the classes I'm teaching: Art Buffet – Grades 3-5 Morning 1 (9:00 am-10:25 am) Is one of your favorite parts of the school week art class? If so, Art Buffet is the perfect experience for you! Art Buffet is a general art class that explores a wide variety of materials and techniques. In previous years we wove pouches, used printmaking to create fantasy animals, painted with acrylic paint on canvas, and made paper mache masks. Here are some images from last year's class: Sculpture Spectacular Grades 3-5 Morning 2 (10:30 am-11:55 am) Usually my students' favorite projects during the school year are our 3-D, sculptural ones. If you feel the same, then this class is a dream come true! The class focuses on producing high quality sculptural work. We’ll make a ton of objects out of a variety of materials like clay, paper mache, wood, metal, and more. At the end, you'll have a range of 3-D works both big and small, some new friends, and lots of new skills. |
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