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 Mrs. Brown-Clair's Art Classes
Kingergarten students will learn how to be an architect. We will talk about Frank Lloyd Wright and create our own Geometric Houses. First Grade First graders will celebrate our diversity by creating self-portraits and learning about Leonarda Davinci and the Mona Lisa.
Second Grade Students will finish up their project I call Garden of Weavin. When our sunflowers are complete we will learn about the artis George Rodrigue and his famous "Blue Dog" paintings. Students will draw their own dog based on a unique theme that they create. Then we will work on our patriotic art! Second graders will learn about the history of the Statue of Liberty as they create our Lovely Lady Liberty. By studying the Elements of Design - shape and line each student will draw their own unique version of of this symbol of freedom.
Third grade will learn about Georgia O'Keeffe and her beautiful flower paintings. Students will create their own version of her artwork by creating a crayon resist watercolor flower!!!
As we finish up our Falling for Foreshortening project students will learn about the artist Mondrian as they learn how to hookrug their own unique design!
Fifth graders will create a repousse by using glue and paint. We are also learning about animation by creating an original flip book!
Sixth graders will learn about the life and works of Pablo Picasso. After being inspired by his work they will create a work of their own entitled A Hair Raising Experience. We will discuss terms such as abstract, and cubism to fully understand Picasso's art and to create a masterpiece of our own! Our next artist for reference will be Georgia O'Keeffe as we expand our review of perspective and learn about 2-point perspective. We will create a beautiful cityscape scene.
Seventh graders will learn about M.C. Escher and study his tesselations. By following some simple rules they too will be able to create their own unique tesselation drawing! Our next project is always a favorite of students. We will learn about the art of marbeling paper. This year we will incorporate our finished paper into a unique scene.
Eighth graders will be bringing art to life as they put themselves in the center of their artwork! We will learn about the artist Edvard Munch and his famous painting 'The Scream'. We will talk about Expressionism and the techniques for uising oil pastels in creating this truly unique art project. In the middle of this project we are lucky enough to take a break at the Pittsburgh Glass Center. Students will get a tour of the facility, view the current show by Sheila Klein and create their own glass flower! |
