Our recent self portraits sparked a discussion of different shapes and lines necessary to draw our bodies and features. We noticed we needed straight lines, curved lines, dotted lines and more! After this discussion, we completed an quick, individual line study. We brainstormed and practiced drawing many lines with crayons, our chosen art tool for experimenting. We will use these lines again and again, whenever we are drawing our self-portraits, pictures in our books in Writer's Workshop or drawing observations in our notebooks. After that, we chose our favorite line to paint to create a collaborative line study. We liked a variety of lines! Additionally, we experimented with mixing different shades of color. We discovered that when we added white to a color, it made the color lighter. When we added black, it made the color darker! We only needed to add a little bit of black to darken our color, but we needed to add a lot more white to create a lighter shade of color. After we made many shades of our color, we made a painting with them. We named our paintings and noticed the different lines that we used to create our artwork! Since we had so much fun mixing shades of color, we have been experimenting with color mixing in the art center. We are exploring many combinations including red-orange, grey, neon green and, of course, brown! Let's see what other colors we will make!
Kyla and Kathleen's Class
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In the first days of school, we read a book called The Secret Birthday Message, written and illustrated by Eric Carle. In this book, a little boy receives a mysterious message with clues that lead him through a tour of his house, backyard and basement to find his birthday gift. When we finished reading the book, we found a secret message at the end! It had instructions to find different colored shapes in and around our school. Our message led us on a tour of our school. We got to see the music room, library, office, playground, Robot Park and meet many of the teachers and staff in our school. Now, we definitely feel like we can navigate the school with ease. We are the biggest kids in the school now, so this is important! Best,
Teacher Kyla and Teacher Kathleen |