5th Grade- "Bad Hair Day" Patterns

We used exaggeration to create these big-haired portraits.

We used repetition and patterns to make the hair interesting.

We also learned about warm, cool and neutral colors.

Did you know that if you cut the color wheel in half, one side will have all the warm colors and the other will be cool?

Here is a cool video featuring a musical arrangement from Raymond Scott, a famous composer of electronic video game and 'cartoon' music. Notice the patterns in the music, as well as the patterns in the artwork on the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SHJ6CcML80

4th Grade- Pointillism Portraits

We learned about the artist George Seurat and how he used many little dots of paint in a style called Pointillism.

We also learned that there is a mathematical way that everything lines up on our faces; this is called facial proportion.

We only used the three primary colors for our portraits. If you stand back and look at our portraits from a distance, the little dots will blend together to create the secondary colors.

Here is a very interesting video about some professional artists who were inspired by George Seurat and Pointillism. Like the 4th graders, they also only use yellow, red, and blue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxCeJUOfKmM

3rd Grade- Name Color Wheels

We practiced making line-shape letters and color mixing to create our own personal twist on ROY G. BIV.

We only used the three primary colors- Red, Yellow, and Blue- to create Orange, Green, Indigo, and Violet- the secondary colors.

We also learned that Black and White are not colors, but all colors and the lack of color, respectively.

Isn’t it interesting how the waxy crayons repel the watercolors?

2nd Grade- "The Dot" Color Wheel

We read “The Dot” by Peter H. Reynolds and discussed how all great artwork starts with a mark.

We learned that all we need are the three primary colors to create all the other colors of the rainbow.

If you stand back and look at our color wheels from a distance, the little dots will blend together to create the secondary colors.

Here is a link to Peter Reynold's website: http://www.peterhreynolds.com/

Check out "The Dot" and his other great books.

Look Inside Our Art Room

Miss Frerking spent her summer break getting the art room in tip-top condition for the young artists at Amber Terrace... and after hours, and days, and weeks of hard work and dedication...

TAAAA DAAAAAAAH!

1st Grade- Oil Pastel Color Mixing

We learned that the three primary colors- Red, Yellow, and Blue- can be mixed together to make three new colors!

The new colors- Orange, Green, and Purple- are called secondary colors. We’ve made apattern with our rectangles. Can you see it?