Monday Motivations - Hans Innemee

 Hans Innemee

Friday Photos - 7 December 2012

 music room door - fits his personality to a tee.  

 See that Taz poster in the background?   Yeah, that's him.  

 

After decorating my classroom door, "the Hallway" took a vote and decided they needed some festive cheer as well.   

 guidance door - simple hand cutouts and a bow

Wednesday Works - 3rd Grade - Molas

 Aren't these girls just the cutest.   

3rd grade started off our Mola project with a geography lesson, looking at the map to locate Central American, Panama, then the San Blas Islands. 

We talked about the culture and reasons behind the creation of the Molas.   We also looked closer at some examples to see all the hand stitching that went into them. 

When it came time to making our own, students first chose an analogous color group (three colors side by side on the color wheel)

 The animal is drawn on the first piece of paper and cut out with a scissors.   The outside piece is returned to the pile and used as a stencil.  This time the students trace 1/4" inside the animal shape.   Cut and repeat until all papers are cut with a shape. 

Final steps are gluing the shape pieces (positives) together to form a molita; meaning "little mola", the negative pieces together to show the edges which forms the mola.

We mounted them on black papers to finish it off.

Monday Motivations - LEGOS!

 

The Last Supper - Leonardo DaVinci

 Mona Lisa - Leonardo DaVinci

 

 The Scream - Edvard Munch

American Gothic - Grant Wood

 The Anatomy Lecture of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp - Rembrandt

Lego Bridge - Martin Heuwold (aka Megx) in Germany

friday photo - 30 Nov 2012

Wednesday Works - Hanoch Piven Relief Portraits - 5th grade

This is just one of the many new projects I've planned to try this school year.   Of the 5 for 5th grade - Hanoch Piven Relief Portraits is the one featured today.

If you're an art teacher like me, you have boxes and bags of "things" people thought you might be able to use.   Bags of spools, a box of wooden cones from thread, some small plastic lids from who knows what, washers and buttons and felt scraps, etc. 

I gave the students free-reign of the boxes.   With a medium sized piece of scrap mat board, they started planning out a portrait.

After all their items were arranged and glued into place, we painted them.   This year is also the first year to try out tempera cakes instead of the jars we've used in the past.   The first two classes have already decided they like these much better than the wet paints. 

 (paper towel for hair)

This one will be placed on the write-up pile and added to the curriculum lesson plan binder!

Did I also mention, we (I) wrote an email to Hanoch Piven and he sent an email back to us?    The kids were so excited!

Thank you Mr. Piven!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!   

We'll be back after the holiday break with more projects and artistic inspirations.  In the meantime, enjoy some time off with your family.