What another wonderful week we have had in the LP art room! We are are still working on getting settled into our art room routines. I have officially seen every class three times, with the exception of two 5th grades who missed art last week for a field trip. Children have verbally opted out of getting their photo taken for the newsletter, but please let me know if you do not wish for your child's photo to be posted here. Read below to see what we learned this week in each grade!
3rd Grade:
Third graders learned the importance of keeping a sketchbook in our PYP How We Organize Ourselves unit. Many artists keep sketchbooks to brainstorm ideas, practice new materials, or to just simply clear their mind. We also talked about how patterns are all around us in the world, and had a challenge to see how many patterns they could draw in four minutes. All 3rd graders then designed a cover for their sketchbooks using patterns. This is an ongoing project that we will continue to work on throughout the year. Next week we will be starting our first big project, a painting project!
4th Grade:
Fourth graders started the first step of their weaving project in our PYP How the World Works unit! We talked about radial symmetry and students designed a plate that has radial symmetry using crayons and watercolor paint. These plates will become our looms next week when we start learning how to weave. We also refreshed our memory on using watercolor paints and how to take care of our paintbrushes. Next week we will get out the yarn and get started setting up our loom to weave!
5th Grade:
Fifth graders have been having very productive art classes! This week we painted our clay flower pots we made on the first day of art. Students learned how to mix any color using only the three Primary Colors: Red, blue and yellow! They also had access to white to make a tint, and black to make a shade. Color mixing is very difficult because it comes down to proportions of one paint color to another. So we remember "More light and you'll get it right". More light paint, less dark paint, otherwise the dark paint will overpower the light paint. I am so proud of them for mixing beautiful colors we'd never be able to find in a paint bottle. Next week I will give each student a leaf from one of my succulents, or some flower seeds, to grow in their pot!