2015-16 Kindergarten Art Happenings
Paul Klee & Abstract Portrait Paintings
Kindergarteners learned about Portraits and painting with watercolors with this project. They learned that painters have painted people in different ways. Some are Realistic, as in the portrait of the little girl below. Some are Abstract, as in the many shaped and colored image done by Abstract artist Paul Klee. They learned that artist usually already have learned the correct way to draw a person and paint it to look realistic. Then they have fun exploring color, line, and shapes to create an Abstract looking person. This is exactly what the kindergarteners have done here in their Abstract portrait paintings. They also learned how to properly and carefully use and take care of watercolors through this artistic experience.
Kindergarteners learned about Portraits and painting with watercolors with this project. They learned that painters have painted people in different ways. Some are Realistic, as in the portrait of the little girl below. Some are Abstract, as in the many shaped and colored image done by Abstract artist Paul Klee. They learned that artist usually already have learned the correct way to draw a person and paint it to look realistic. Then they have fun exploring color, line, and shapes to create an Abstract looking person. This is exactly what the kindergarteners have done here in their Abstract portrait paintings. They also learned how to properly and carefully use and take care of watercolors through this artistic experience.
Clay Penguins
The first clay experience for Kindergarteners this year was to make their own 3D penguins out of clay. We first practiced making coils with our clay and then rolled them into a cone shape. After making the form of the penguin details such as wings, eyes, etc. were etched into the clay. Finally a hole was created in the bottom so these could be puppets when done! The children also learned about the special paint that we use to color our fired clay pieces. It is called glaze. They learned that we paint it on our penguins and then put them back into the kiln to melt the paint and turn it into a glassy protective, and pretty, covering. These are always a hit with the kids.
The first clay experience for Kindergarteners this year was to make their own 3D penguins out of clay. We first practiced making coils with our clay and then rolled them into a cone shape. After making the form of the penguin details such as wings, eyes, etc. were etched into the clay. Finally a hole was created in the bottom so these could be puppets when done! The children also learned about the special paint that we use to color our fired clay pieces. It is called glaze. They learned that we paint it on our penguins and then put them back into the kiln to melt the paint and turn it into a glassy protective, and pretty, covering. These are always a hit with the kids.
Antarctica Penguins and The Northern Lights
Kindergarten has been learning about Antarctica. What fun things they have shared that they have learned about!
Of course penguins of all kinds and sizes were discovered as well as "The Northern Lights". After looking at some pictures of both of these very interesting things, we got busy as artists. We discovered that we could make penguin shapes by looking, first at the many shapes that make up a penguin body. There are circles, ovals, triangles, and half ovals to name a few. We also saw pictures of The Northern Lights. How beautiful and mysterious! Nothing left to do, but create our own pictures of penguins in the Northern Lights. After creating a painting of our version of Northern Lights, we "built" our own paper penguins using the above mentioned shapes. They turned out great!!
Kindergarten has been learning about Antarctica. What fun things they have shared that they have learned about!
Of course penguins of all kinds and sizes were discovered as well as "The Northern Lights". After looking at some pictures of both of these very interesting things, we got busy as artists. We discovered that we could make penguin shapes by looking, first at the many shapes that make up a penguin body. There are circles, ovals, triangles, and half ovals to name a few. We also saw pictures of The Northern Lights. How beautiful and mysterious! Nothing left to do, but create our own pictures of penguins in the Northern Lights. After creating a painting of our version of Northern Lights, we "built" our own paper penguins using the above mentioned shapes. They turned out great!!
Patterns
Knowing how to make a pattern can be so very helpful in many areas of one's life. Kindergarteners are getting very good at making and recognizing patterns in their art as well as their everyday life. They are getting themselves ready to learn how to weave next, so knowing a pattern sequence will help them be successful. We read a book called "The Goat In The Rug" to get us started and then did simple cardboard weaving using an "over, under, over, under" pattern.
Knowing how to make a pattern can be so very helpful in many areas of one's life. Kindergarteners are getting very good at making and recognizing patterns in their art as well as their everyday life. They are getting themselves ready to learn how to weave next, so knowing a pattern sequence will help them be successful. We read a book called "The Goat In The Rug" to get us started and then did simple cardboard weaving using an "over, under, over, under" pattern.
The Very Busy Spider
Kindergarteners created these "Very Busy Spiders" in the style of artist/author Eric Carle. They used the papers that they painted during their Primary/Secondary color lesson below to cut out bodies, heads, and legs for their spiders. They glued them onto the spider webs that they drew using spiral lines and straight lines that divided their papers into 1/8ths. Some went on to draw "bugs" that their spider caught for dinner.
Kindergarteners created these "Very Busy Spiders" in the style of artist/author Eric Carle. They used the papers that they painted during their Primary/Secondary color lesson below to cut out bodies, heads, and legs for their spiders. They glued them onto the spider webs that they drew using spiral lines and straight lines that divided their papers into 1/8ths. Some went on to draw "bugs" that their spider caught for dinner.
Kindergarteners began their year in art learning about color. Primary colors to be exact! They had so much fun mixing two primary-red, yellow, and blue- colors together to get a new set of colors-the Secondary Colors-orange, green, and purple! It was pretty messy, but everyone had a chance to mix each new color and what fun they had doing it!
Now they know that if they are ever out of one of these colors they can make them by combining two primaries together to make them.
Now they know that if they are ever out of one of these colors they can make them by combining two primaries together to make them.
2014-15 Kindergarten Art
Look at these Collages that the Kindergarteners learned how to create in the style of Author/Artist Illustrator Eric Carle. After reading The Artist That Painted A Blue Horse by Eric Carle, the young artists created their own animals using the collage method of art. They painted the papers that they used for the animals at the beginning of the year when they learned how to mix primary colors into secondary colors. They also learned about German artist Franz Marc who enjoyed painting very unusually colored animals and scenery at a time when Eric Carle was a young boy.
A trip to the farm!
Kindergarteners honed their drawing and watercolor painting skills with these wonderful versions of some popular farm animals. After watching a short video of a little girl's field trip to a farm the children had all kinds of information about what animals could be found on a farm. They also observed what shapes go into drawing a variety of farm animals. Some have pointed triangular ears, whereas others have loopy lined or oval looking ears. Some have long rectangularish faces and others round as a ball. After practicing a few of these they set to work drawing their favorites. Then we talked about perspective a little bit, noting that things that are closer to us look bigger than those that are far away. We also talked about how the sky meets the ground in real life-not just a band of blue at the top of a picture. They also learned that drawing something in front of something else-like the animals in front of the fence-is called overlapping in art and helps the scene make sense and also show perspective. Watercolor techniques were learned and practiced. We were ready to do our paintings! I hope you like they way they turned out! They're pretty special!
Kindergarteners honed their drawing and watercolor painting skills with these wonderful versions of some popular farm animals. After watching a short video of a little girl's field trip to a farm the children had all kinds of information about what animals could be found on a farm. They also observed what shapes go into drawing a variety of farm animals. Some have pointed triangular ears, whereas others have loopy lined or oval looking ears. Some have long rectangularish faces and others round as a ball. After practicing a few of these they set to work drawing their favorites. Then we talked about perspective a little bit, noting that things that are closer to us look bigger than those that are far away. We also talked about how the sky meets the ground in real life-not just a band of blue at the top of a picture. They also learned that drawing something in front of something else-like the animals in front of the fence-is called overlapping in art and helps the scene make sense and also show perspective. Watercolor techniques were learned and practiced. We were ready to do our paintings! I hope you like they way they turned out! They're pretty special!
Kindergarteners continued exploring ways to show what they have learned about making penguins through this painting/collage picture of penguins in their environment...complete with the "Northern Lights" in the background!
A trip to Antarctica helped the Kindergarteners learn about many things including what penguins look like, where they live, what they eat, etc. So in Art they took their knowledge about working with clay and created a new work of art. Since they already knew how to roll a "coil" they were ready to create a figurative piece of clay. What Better animal to make than the penguin! A little bit of glaze added to it helped to make it look just right. Here is our "flock" of penguins! They'll be coming home to visit you soon where the children can use them as finger puppets to put on a "cool" show for you. :D
Kindergarteners have been having fun with weaving and clay!
They learned all about pattern and then they learned that they could weave using an over, under, over, under pattern. First they tried it with paper, and then yarn, and finally with clay.
They learned all about pattern and then they learned that they could weave using an over, under, over, under pattern. First they tried it with paper, and then yarn, and finally with clay.
Color is so wonderful to explore...
...and Kindergarteners have done just that!
After they learned what primaries mix to make new secondary colors, they started to use their art knowledge about color to create these beautiful pumpkins. Below you will see the process as well as the bulletin board pumpkin patch they made!
...and Kindergarteners have done just that!
After they learned what primaries mix to make new secondary colors, they started to use their art knowledge about color to create these beautiful pumpkins. Below you will see the process as well as the bulletin board pumpkin patch they made!
Kindergarteners started out their Elementary art learning about the art room and how it will work for them as well as others-where things are if they need them, and how to take good care of them by putting them back in good shape where they found them. We are also learning about important Life Skills like How to greet someone, or Listening to Directions, and How to appropriately get the teacher's attention. Once things started to become familiar, the actual art lessons began with learning about our first colors-The Primary Colors. Yes, we're talking about Red, Yellow, and Blue
Kindergarteners at LES have had a wide variety of experiences in art . They began their year exploring color and the basics of how that works. They did this through first identifying the Primary Colors: RED, YELLOW, & BLUE. Working with shapes and how they can be put together to create pictures of things like houses, cats, dogs and all the things that we think of to draw. Once aware of this, they began seeing things differently-artistically, and with purpose. We talked about the main things that go into art-Looking (observation), Thinking (using our Critical Thinking), Feeling (Relating to the art and making it personal), and Doing (actually Creating-making art).
Here Kindergarteners were exploring mixing the Primary Colors to get the next set of
colors we use called the Secondary Colors. When these dried the children were able to create collages using the secondary colors that they had created the week before.
colors we use called the Secondary Colors. When these dried the children were able to create collages using the secondary colors that they had created the week before.
After reading the book "Mouse Paint", these young artists used what they had learned in the previous lesson of color mixing to further illustrate what they learned about color.