5th Grade Assign #2

This week in art you are working on a color wheel using your name. In your sketchbook, you need to draw a different kind of color wheel. Choose a shape or object, draw three of those shapes overlapping each other. Then you need to color the primary colors inside the shapes, the parts that overlap should be colored with the secondary colors. Use whatever you have to color with at home, just be sure to use the correct colors in each space.



Example: The space where the red shape overlaps the yellow shape should be colored orange because red and yellow make orange.

4th Grade Assign #2:

This week you are learning about radial designs and radial symmetry. In class you are working on a radial design using your name. In your sketchbook you need to create a different radial design.

Remember, radial symmetry goes around in a circular pattern. Each section should have the same design. Here are some examples to help you out:

ATTENTION 4TH & 5TH GRADERS:

Your first sketchbook assignment:

Draw something you did during summer vacation. It could be a place you went or something you did around Oak Park.
*Don't forget to write "1st Trimester" and the date at the top of the page.

(Example: I got a new dog over the summer and named her Penny. I would draw a picture of me and Penny playing fetch, her favorite game.)

I can't wait to see your drawings at the beginning of your next art class!

What I did this summer:

In July I went to New York and visited MOMA (the Museum of Modern Art). Here are some pictures of the artwork I saw there. Do you recognize any of these paintings?

Welcome Back!

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone back at school this week! I have been changing some things around the art room, so we'll see if you can figure out what's new and different.

See you in art!

IRVING BLOOMS!

The school year is flying by!!!

Sorry it's been so long since my last post. The art room has been busy lately!

The students have been working hard and have created some really amazing artwork. Check out the latest masterpieces on Artsonia. Remember that 15% of all sales from Artsonia comes back to Art at Irving.

Here’s a look at what we’ve been working on:

5TH GRADE

The 5th Graders looked at visual culture images of iPod advertisements as inspiration for their latest paintings. Using overhead projectors and cutouts from magazines, each student traced a silhouette of a person in motion. The students added lines around their person to emphasize the action.
In class we discussed complimentary colors, opposite colors on the color wheel. The students chose a pair of complimentary colors for their painting, one for the person and one for the background. We also talked about value and how to create lighter or darker values by adding white or black to a color. When a color is mixed with black, it becomes a shade. When a color is mixed with white, it becomes a tint. By mixing tints and shades of their background color, each student created 4 or more values in their silhouette paintings.

3RD GRADE

The 3rd graders looked at many examples of self portraits by famous artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, Chuck Close and Jean Michele Basquiat. We discussed the different styles the artists used and the basic proportions of the face. Then the students were ready to start their own self portraits! They drew themselves from memory, without looking in a mirror. Once the initial drawings were done, the students helped each other find colored pencils that matched their hair and skin color.

Everyone got a special treat before winter break when Robin, a local artist, came to talk to each of the classes. She showed the students some of her own portrait work and gave them tips for drawing people which they were able to use for their self portraits.

See if you can name the students from their portraits below: