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Mrs. Brown-Clair's Art Classes
Kindergarten
We will revisit the artist Vincent Van Gogh and talk about his masterpiece "The Starry Night." The students will be creating an artwork I call Texture Fish. We will effectively explore texture through painting, drawing and mixed media during the process of creating a fish in its' environment!
First Grade
Students will learn about the artist Andy Warhol as they create a unique print of their hands - "Warhol style!" We will talk about the screen printing process and discuss the term pop art.
Second Grade
While some are finishing up their Giraffe's Can't Dance project we will also begin another! We will talk about the artist Gustav Klimt along with viewing some of his works. We will discuss the art nouveau movement as we create a multi media picture based on one of his paintings entitled "Baby."
Students will finish up their Georgia O'Keeffe project with sharpies before beginning their next lesson. We will discuss the life and works of Roy Lichtenstein as we create a unique sef-portrait! We will learn about color, contast, and emphasis as we paint our own pop art masterpiece.
Fourth Grade
After Christmas we will begin a relief printmaking process as we study the artist Andy Warhol. We will create a self-portrait and learn about carving a soft linoleum to create a print. We will also work with Mrs. Smokovich in computer class to write a poem about ourselves to complete this project.
Fifth Grade
Students will then begin their santa pillows!!!! We will study the artist Claes Oldenberg and look at some of his monumental sculptures. We will also learn some basic sewing techniques in order to complete this soft sculpture project. The kids are always very excited about this lesson!!!! Some will be finishing this project after Christmas but we will then move on to learning about 2 point perspective as students draw a candy box. We will talk about Andy Warhol and pop art before creating our work of art.
Sixth Grade
Students will continue to work on thier metal tooling design as they learn terminoloy such as repousse, relief and embossing. Rocio Heredia and her artwork will be our inspiration as sixth graders learn the basic of metal working techniques by embossing lines and texture into soft metal. In conjunction with Mrs. Smokovich and their computer classes sixth grade will start a project called mini masterpieces. Each student will go through art books to find a artwork that inspires them in some way. In art they will then create a miniature of their chosen painting. At the same time in computer class they will research their artist and work of art to create a one page essay that will be shared with the class.
Seventh Grade
I am very excited to share the works of M.C. Escher with the students for our next project! We will learn about the life of Escher and discuss the complexity and truly amazing works that he has created. We will follow in his footsteps as we begin our own tesselation projects. This lesson can be time consuming but is well worth the effort!
Eighth Grade
Students will learn all about stained glass as they create an enmbossed rose window design using soft metal. We will talk about the history of stained glass and show examples of this craft. We will also be starting our CEL painting project. Students will learn about Walt Disney and the evolution of animation in creating their own CEL using the theme of their choice.
Mrs. Brown-Clair's Fourth Grade Homeroom
Weekly homeroom information will always be posted in this section.
If anyone has any questions please feel free to email me at any time!!
Please note that with every absence you must send in a note to me with an explaination of why they were out and your signature when your child returns back to school. All homeroom teachers are required to have this information on file per state requirements.
Our Bully class will deal with the following topics for the next couple of weeks:
Bullying on TV
Bullying Stories
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