From Miss Fisher, Art
Hello Patterson families! Here is an overview of some of the art projects that the students at Patterson will be working on this year. I incorporate the State and National Standards for Art Education in the lessons. In elementary school, we concentrate heavily on the Elements and Principles of Design. We also learn various techniques and work on fine motor skills while working on our projects. Concepts build upon each other as students progress through the program. In the upper grades, the techniques and processes become more difficult and we work on our projects in more depth. For third through fifth graders, writing and self-assessment are integral parts of the learning process as the students reflect and evaluate each finished project.
Artists, elements, principles, styles, and techniques include:
Kindergarten
Piet Mondrian’s, Broadway Boogie Woogie *line (horizontal and vertical) and color (primary)
Jackson Pollock’s, 1948 or The Composition *line (expressive) and abstract expressionism
Paul Klee’s Head of a Man *color (warm and cool), line, shape and abstract
Claude Monet’s Field of Poppies *line, shape, pattern and impressionism
Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar *shape, pattern, and space
Primary and Secondary Clowns *color, shape, and line
Oil Pastel Fireworks *line
First Grade
Self-Portraits *line, shape, and facial proportions
Multimedia Texture Owls *line, texture, and pattern
Ed Emberly’s Squiggles, Dots, and Lines *line, shape, texture, and pattern
Henri Matisse’s Goldfish *line, pattern and shape
David McKee’s Elmer’s Colors *color, line, shape, and pattern
Dr. Seuss’s There’s a Wocket in My Pocket *line, texture, shape and 3-dimension
Mosaic Tile Landscape *horizon line, color, and design
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly *line, pattern, and rhythm
Second Grade
Dinosaur Landscapes *line, shape, overlap, and perspective
Chalk Pastel Pumpkins *line, depth, and blending
Where the Wild Things Are Texture Monsters *line and texture
Printmaking *expressive line, fine motor gluing string, and process of printing
Grant Wood’s American Gothic *personal reflection and expression, and history
Origami Frogs with Lily Pads and Bugs*fine motor folding, line, 3-dimension, and shape
Value Mountains *color, value, line, and mixing paints to create different values
Fairy Tale Figures *3-dimension, form, and fine motor cutting and gluing fabric
Third Grade
Pablo Picasso *cubism, line, and shape (geometric)
Kuna Indian Molas *shape, pattern, design, and history
Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night *line (expressive), color families, post-impressionism
Georges Seurat *pointillism, impressionism, light and shadow, and mixing paints
Weaving *line, pattern, process, and fine motor skills
Fourth Grade
Value Scale *color and value
Self-Portraits *value, blending, facial proportions, and shape
Aboriginal Art *history, line, pattern, and color
Wet on Wet Silhouette Landscapes *line, shape, blending, aesthetics (visual interest)
Soft Cut Block Printmaking *process-carving image, printing, positive and negative
Georgia O’Keeffe Flowers *history, blending chalk, color families, and shape
Fifth Grade
Line Designs *line, pattern, illusion, and process
Op Art *line, pattern, rhythm, illusion, and color (complimentary)
Edvard Munch’s The Scream *history, line, color (warm and cool), expressionism, rhythm, and one point perspective
Artist Reports *artist of their choice, research, writing, composition, styles of art, presentation, and peer assessments
The Great Kapok Tree Jungle Resist *history, perspective, unity, and process
Model Magic Sculptures *form, 3-dimension, process, and aesthetics
National Standards for Art Education