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Mrs. Green – PK, K, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th Grade Art
Posted on January 27, 2012, by Michelle Green, under Art.
Print“The arts teach children that in complex forms of problem solving purposes are seldom fixed, but change with circumstance and opportunity.”
Lesson 4 in 10 Lessons the Arts Teach by the NAEA
We are continuing to learn and create in the art room. All of the classes will participate in the Catholic School’s Week Poster Contest during the last few weeks of January. Then in February we will move onto something special for Valentines. We are studying the art element, space, and the principle of design, emphasis. Our artist of the month for February is Frida Kahlo.
PK is moving right along in art. They have been working on winter trees, snowflakes, and snowmen. We will be working on their scissors skills with our next project, Valentines.
Kindergarten just learned about printmaking and created some of the most beautiful leaf prints. They also made some of the cutest trees. They will be learning about 3 dimensional artwork next as we create something special for Valentines.
1st grade became professional embroiderers. I am so proud of them! We are learning to draw snowmen now and will be working with foil next to create something special for Valentines day.
2nd grade just finished up the most beautiful stained glass crosses. They are currently working on a leaf collage. We were not able to get to our birch trees so we will be working on those next.
4th grade has finally finished their pot holders! YEA!!! We will be learning about sculptures next and will create one of our own.
6th grade just finished up their death masks. The boys worked with clay while the girls worked with copper foil. They both turned out fabulous.
7th grade learned how to sew and completed their textile art project. It took quite a while and we had some pricked fingers but everyone survived and their artwork looks amazing. They will be making abstract sculptures next.
8th grade just completed the hardest project of the year, their self portrait. I’m sure they are all tired of drawing now so we will move onto 3D artwork.
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Mrs. Connelly – 3rd & 5th Grade Art
Posted on January 27, 2012, by Monica Connelly, under Art.
Print“A sculpture is just a painting cut up and stood up somewhere”. Frank Stella
Many thanks for all the wonderful gifts, cards and well wishes during the holidays. Thank you for your thoughtfulness and generosity.
Art classes have completed a study of Impressionism. The students produced some awesome watercolor paintings in the style of Henri Matisse and Vincent Van Gogh. Paintings are hanging in the downstairs art gallery.
For the month of January, art classes will be making posters for Catholic School’s Week. The posters will be judged in the Catholic Schools Week Art Poster Contest. The winning art will be announced during the Awards Assembly on the Friday of Catholic Schools Week. The posters will also be displayed in the school cafeteria during the Family Appreciation Spaghetti Dinner on Monday, January 30th.
Upcoming art projects: 3rd & 5th grade students will get a chance to work with clay, offering students the opportunity to be messy.
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Mrs. Green – PK, K, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th Grade Art
Posted on November 30, 2011, by Michelle Green, under Art.
Print“The arts celebrate multiple perspectives.”
Lesson 3 in 10 Lessons the Arts Teach by the NAEA
We will be focusing on the art element, texture and the principle of design,variety with our next projects. Our artist of the month is Leonardo da Vinci. Hopefully your children have talked to you about him. He is one of my all time favorite artists.
PK just finished up their fall leaves. They each picked their own leaf from outside, drew the contour of the leaf, then colored it in with oil pastels and watercolor paint. They turned out beautiful. Traditional hand turkeys will be going home for Thanksgiving and we will be working on something special for Christmas.
Kinder has been learning about the primary and secondary colors. Some even already knew them. Thank you Mrs. Strunk, Mrs. Guerrero, and Ms. Lane!! We made a dot painting using the colors and learned how to properly mix colors. This was lots of FUN! Next we will be working on something special for Christmas.
1st grade is doing so well in art. They finished up there Van Gogh Sunflowers which turned out great and they just completed some of the cutest turkey’s I’ve ever seen. They will learn to weave in our next project as we learn about texture. Wish us luck!
2nd grade has finally finished their self-portraits. YEA!!! Next, we will be working on a tempera painting of winter trees. We will focus on the texture of the tree’s trunk.
4th grade was not able to get to their weaving project just yet because our other project took much longer than expected. However, it was well worth the wait because they are breathtaking. We took a little breather from such intense drawing with a fun project that included writing in cursive. We call this artwork, Name Aliens. They all wrote their names in cursive and then created an imaginary alien from the lines of their name. Here are a few that really turned out well. See if you can figure out whose they are. We will making something for Christmas and will finally get to our weaving project.
6th grade just finished up there folk art paintings. The boys painted with mud, really sand and the girls painted with glitter and colored sand. They had a lot of fun making these and I had a lot of fun teaching them. Our next project will be interdisciplinary and relate to something they are learning about right now in Social Studies, the Egyptians. We will be making death masks out of clay for the hens they are mummifying.
7th grade just finished up their coil baskets. They look fantastic! Next we will create a stained glass themed piece of art using fabric and felt.
8th grade just finished their hand charcoal drawing. This was very difficult for some of them but they all turned out really good! We are working on watercolor leaves right now and will be drawing self-portraits next. Thank you for letting me borrow those photos.
A very special thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Goza, Madison Goza’s (2A) parent’s, who donated supplies to the art room. I feel very blessed to be able to teach here at St. Elizabeth. If anyone has any OLD nuts, bolts, screws, or keys lying around I could use them for a new project.
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Mrs. Connelly – Third & Fifth Grade Art
Posted on November 30, 2011, by Monica Connelly, under Art.
Print“Great art picks up where nature ends.” – Marc Chagall
All 3rd and 5th grade students have concluded their unit on Line, Color, Shape and Form. Students have completed Fall and Thanksgiving projects. Art classes used both balance and symmetry in their designs of Day-of-the-Dead skulls, Harvest trees, Thanksgiving grids, Fall leaves and turkeys. We have done a lot of painting using oil pastels, chalk pastels and watercolors. Students also learned how colors can depict different emotions. All projects utilized the elements of art we have previously studied and did an awesome job incorporating them into all our projects.
For December, students will put art basics they’ve learned to replicate work by other artists. Classes will be learning about artists. 3rd grade will study techniques and styles of Vincent Van Gogh and Marc Chagall. 5th grade will focus on Henri Matisse.
For the month of January, classes will be looking at movement in works of art. Each class will be showing movement in their work in different ways. Later in the month, classes will be making posters for Catholic School’s Week that is later in the month. Some of the posters will be entered into the Diocesan poster contest.
As the year comes to an end, I am thankful for many things, but most of all, for the opportunity to teach your children. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Mrs. Green – PK, K, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th Grade Art
Posted on October 21, 2011, by Michelle Green, under Art.
Print“The arts teach children that problems can have more than one solution and that questions can have more than one answer. “
Lesson 2 in 10 Lessons the Arts Teach by the NAEA
We are moving right along learning about the elements of art and principles of design. This month we even learned about our first Artist of the Month, Vincent van Gogh. The students are doing very well, and I am so proud of them. I love that they are so interested in art!
PK 4 has been doing so well. We have covered our second art element shape and made a shape ice cream cone. We learned about colors and made a primary and secondary painting. We just started learning about form and they made their first sculpture, a clay snake. We will be making something spooky for Halloween and thankful for Thanksgiving.
Kindergarten has been working on shape and is creating a shape ice cream cone too. We will be moving on to form and color next. They will also be making something spooky for Halloween and thankful for Thanksgiving.
1st grade has been cranking out the artwork. I think I have more projects for 1st grade than any other grade. We finished up our Shape City and moved onto a Favorite Food Collage. We also learned about colors and created an abstract color painting. Now they are learning about Vincent van Gogh and are creating their version of his painting, 12 Sunflowers. They will be using oil pastels and watercolor to complete their painting.
2nd grade just finished their Kuna Molas. They really turned out great. Now they are learning about self-portraits’. They will be using shape and color to create their own self- portraits. These self-portraits will be a mixed media composition, consisting of pencil, oil pastel, and watercolor.
4th grade is learning about the famous American women painter, Georgia O’Keefe. They will be using the art elements, shape and color, to create an O’Keefe inspired chalk pastel drawing. Here are a few that have already finished. We will move into textile art next with a weaving project.
6th grade has been making piñatas. We are donating these to a new booth for the Halloween carnival. The students not only learned how to make piñatas, but they also learned about the history of the piñata, which is very interesting. We will be moving into folk art next and creating our own piece of folk art. Towards the middle of November, 6th grade will go on a field trip to The House of Blues, which houses and extensive collection of folk art.
7th grade has been learning about form and value. They just completed their Charcoal Still-life. Some of these were absolutely beautiful. They will move onto sculpture next and make a functional reed basket.
8th grade has been learning about form, value, and color. They just completed their monochromatic squash painting. This involved a lot of color mixing and blending. It was definitely an exercise in trial and error for them. We will be moving into a Day of the Dead project as well as silk screening.
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Mrs. Connelly – 3rd & 5th Grade Art
Posted on October 21, 2011, by Monica Connelly, under Art.
Print“Sometimes I have resisted painting something that seemed to me so ordinary, hardly worth doing. But when I do it and it’s done, it’s different from what other people see. It’s ordinary to me, but not to you.” Georgia O’Keefe
Art classes are moving right along learning the Elements of Art. We have completed LINE, COLOR and beginning SHAPE and TEXTURE. Although our main focus was color (primary, secondary, warm/cool/complementary) many other elements were incorporated e.g. students experimented with how color can suggest certain emotions.
October Fun
3rd Grade – Fall and Halloween projects. Students will start using paint.
5th Grade – Fall Harvest Tree. Students will start using watercolor paint.
November
Classes study perspective, the art of Paul Cezanne and Henri Matisse and will have several projects to complete using these themes.
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Mrs. Green – PK, K, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th Grade Art
Posted on September 15, 2011, by Michelle Green, under Art.
Print“The arts teach children to make good judgments about qualitative relationships.”
Lesson 1 in 10 Lessons the Arts Teach by the NAEA
We are already learning, exploring, and creating in the art room. We are staring out at the very beginning with the art element, Line. We will move onto Shape and Form next. I am trying to introduce as many mediums as possible to the students. The more we experiment the better we will become with our materials.
PK 4 & Kinder have created all sorts of artwork. They have been drawing, coloring, and painting lines. Pk has completed 3 pieces of art and Kinder has completed 2. We have just begun learning about our second art element, Shape. We will be reading “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and making our own using painted circles. Please practice cutting and gluing with your children. Remember, “dot, dot, not a lot!”
1st grade has been working on two pieces of artwork using lines. One is hanging in the hallway outside their classrooms. Go take a look if you get a chance. Below is their abstract line coloring. I love how colorful they turned out to be. We are moving onto shape next and will be creating a Shape City Collage.
2nd grade has completed a line watercolor resist painting. Their next project will focus on shape as we learn about the Kuna Indians from Panama and one of their art forms, Molas.
4th grade has been creating an abstract line and shape design. This artwork will be a mix media composition using pencil, oil pastel, and watercolor. We are still in the process of completing this artwork but here is a little sneak peek of how their progressing.
6th & 7th just finished their Zentangle hand designs. They look so good. I am so proud of these students!
8th has also been working on a Zentangle design, but with circles which is a much more difficult process that requires concentration and precision.
I want to thank all the families who volunteered to help with the Arts Fest this year. I would also like to thank Monica McCalister who donated supplies to the art room.
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Mrs. Connelly – 3rd & 5th Grade Art
Posted on September 19, 2011, by Monica Connelly, under Art.
PrintWelcome!
Artists of the month:
Wassily Kandinsky “Everything starts from a dot” and Paul Klee “A line is a dot that went for a walk.”
St. Elizabeth of HungaryCatholicSchool’s art program offers students the opportunity to understand, interpret and appreciate the visual arts and to explore their creative potential through hands-on art projects. The art program’s emphasis is on exploration and manipulation of art materials along with an exposure to a new visual language, perceptions, materials and the world of art and artists. 3rd and 5th grade students will view and discuss various works of art from different time periods and cultures.
As students learn to recognize, discuss and work with art, they will build a foundation for making judgments about its form, content, technique and purpose. Discussion, critical analysis and observation of art will provide a basis for understanding, supporting and enjoying the visual arts – now and throughout their lives.
3rd & 5th GRADE ART: classes will be learning the 7 Elements of Art. In the first quarter, art classes will review line, color, and shape. We will begin with LINE. Art would not be art without line, sometimes known as “a moving point.” It is absolutely essential as a concept to depicting objects and symbols and defining shapes. All students are learning about the many different kinds of lines to create abstract designs. Featured artists are Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, and Paul Klee.
We will then move on to Color and a study of Henri Matisse. We will study his use of color as well as positive and negative space. Students will learn about primary and secondary color; warm, cool, and neutral colors; as well as value and intensity.
I am happy to be here with your children again this year. Thanks for your support and have a great month!
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Art – First – Eighth Grade
Posted on May 27, 2011, by Monica Connelly, under Art.
PrintWhat a creative year we’ve had!! I’m so proud of all our young artists!!
St. Elizabeth’s 2nd Annual Art Fest was a tremendous success. School hallways and stairways as well as cafeteria windows proudly displayed students’ artwork. Paintings and art projects looked absolutely awesome.
Individual Art Portfolios will be going home next week so please be on the lookout for these. Please keep the art department in mind if you decide to clean out any closets, attics or garages this summer. If you think we might be able to use any of your findings, please send me an email. It never hurts to ask.
Thank you all for a successful, colorful ART year! And THANKS for sharing you talented art students with me and St. E. I hope everyone has a restful and fun-filled summer. See you next year!
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Art 1st-Eighth Grade
Posted on April 18, 2011, by Monica Connelly, under Art.
Print“?No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination” Edward Hopper – American Realist Painter
What an exciting month we have had in ART!! Throughout the year St. E’s talented artists have been working very hard to produce the wonderful and fantastic works of art that they will present at the 2nd Annual Art Fest, May 19, 2011.
1st and 2nd Grade students are learning about color schemes using oil pastels and watercolors. 3rd and 4th Grade students are creating a self-portrait using oil pastels. This project will represent their unique personalities. 5th Grade students will paint a Pointillism landscape to reinforce their understanding of primary colors producing secondary colors. I know that they will be just beautiful when they finish this art project. 6th and 7th Grade students will begin a study of Pop Art.
Have a beautiful Easter break!!
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Art-First-Eight Grade
Posted on March 7, 2011, by Monica Connelly, under Art.
Print“Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colors, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential.” Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
What an exciting month we have had in Art! Congratulations go to the following students in the Catholic Schools Week Poster Contest: 6-8 Grades: Johanna Alvarado; 4-5 Black History Month by looking at 20th century African American paintings, by such artists as Jacob Lawrence, Philip Everman, and Faith Ringgold.
The lower grades, 1st & 2nd, completed the study of value, pattern, and balance while designing colorful fishes using chalk pastels. This month students will experiment with tempera and watercolor techniques in producing “fun time” paintings similar to Pieter Bruegel’s colorful multifigured painting style. 3rd grade students completed 3-dimensional mummy cases. This month, students will develop an appreciation for art that depicts events from the founding of our country. The program “Picturing America” will be featured.
4th grade students will finish symmetrically balanced African Masks using glitter, beads and feathers. This month students will study Wassily Kandinsky’s color palette. 5th grade students will learn and examine Pointillism and Surrealism.
In February, 6th and 7th grade students finished their stain-glass window designs using an oiled crayon technique. Sketchbook activities revolved around Chinese New Year, drawing sketches of Chinese etchings. Cityscapes will be the focus during March. Students will learn how to draw a dazzling, towering skyline in five steps.
Thanks for your continued support and for letting me share my love of art with your children.
Have an enjoyable spring break!
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Art-First-Eighth Grade
Posted on January 18, 2011, by Monica Connelly, under Art.
PrintThrough his eyes, Marc Chagal saw the world bubbling with life, color, tenderness and happiness. Marc Chagal July 7, 1887 – March 28, 1985 (January Artist of the Month)
I hope everyone had a blessed Christmas and a nice restful break. I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for the wonderful Christmas gifts, well wishes, and thoughtfulness. It is truly a blessing to teach here and to have your children in my art classroom. That is the greatest of gifts!
For the month of January, classes will be making posters for Catholic School’s Week, January 31-February 4. The theme is “St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic School: Growing Hearts and Minds”. Our school’s winning posters will be entered in the Diocesan poster contest later this month.
The lower grades will complete the study of value, pattern, and balance while designing colorful fishes using chalk pastels.
Intermediate grades will continue their study of balance. 3rd Grade students will complete three dimensional mummy cases. 4th grades will finish their own symmetrically balanced African Masks, and 5th grade students will continue making their paper-formed totem poles.
The upper grade students finished their own stain-glass window designs using an oiled crayon technique and will present them to the class for critique.
Thanks for your continued support and for letting me share my love of art with your children.
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Art – First – Eighth Grade
Posted on December 8, 2010, by Monica Connelly, under Art.
Print“No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination” Edward Hopper – American Realist Painter
1st and 2nd grade students will study value, pattern, and balance. Students will work with watercolor creating snowflakes.
3rd grade students will develop an understanding of symmetrical, or formal, balance and produce their own three-dimensional mummy cases.
4th grade students will develop an understanding of balance as a basic principle of art. Students will produce their own symmetrically balanced masks using a fold over technique.
5th grade students demonstrate the principle of symmetrical/formal balance in their paper formed totems. Students studied the totemic art of the Northwest Coast Indians in order to appreciate its symbolism.
6th and 7th grade students reviewed analogous and complementary color schemes, split-complement, triadic and monochromatic color schemes. Students will incorporate color schemes into their own stained-glass window designs using an oiled crayon technique.
For the month of January, classes will be making posters for Catholic School’s Week that is later in the month. Some of the posters will be entered in the Diocesan poster contest.
As the year comes to an end, I am thankful for many things, but most of all, for the opportunity to teach your children. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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ART – First-Eighth Grade
Posted on October 28, 2010, by Monica Connelly, under Art.
Print“Seek the strongest color effect possible.. Creativity takes courage” Henri Matisse
During the month of November, Art classes will continue learning the basic elements of art with a deep understanding of color and shapes. Primary students will make animal collages. Intermediate students will work with watercolors.
Continued study of Pre-historic and Ancient art will have primary students investigating cave animal art and catacomb wall art. Intermediate students will focus on Southwest Indian designs and Northwest Indian Art. Middle School students will continue designing Egyptian art pieces and working on an Autumn still life in their sketchbooks.
October art classes have been very busy and productive. Primary classes learned all the wonderful things about lines and what they do. 1st and 2nd grade students designed geometric abstract drawings. 3rd & 4th grade students finished line landscape paintings using chalk pastels.
5th and 6th grade students studied pre-historic art, focusing on cave dwelling paintings. Student drawings depict pre-historic events. 7th grade students designed Egyptian cartouches.
3rd grade experienced “Stories in Art” and 2nd grade enjoyed “Searching for Faces” through the Go Van Gogh Art Program. Presentations were also made to 4th grade students “Art of the Lone Star Sate” and “Me and My World” for 1st grade. Upcoming November visits will include: “Picturing American History” for 5th grade and “African and African-American Art” presented to 6th grade.
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Art – First – Eighth Grade
Posted on September 29, 2010, by Monica Connelly, under Art.
Print“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.”
~Georgia O’Keefe (artist of the month)
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic School’s art program offers students the opportunity to understand, interpret and appreciate the visual arts and to explore their creative potential through hands-on art projects. The art program’s emphasis is on exploration and manipulation of art materials along with an exposure to a new visual language, perceptions, materials and the world of art and artists. This year students will view and discuss various works of art from different time periods and cultures.
As students learn to recognize, discuss and work with art, they build a foundation for making judgments about its form, content, technique and purpose. Discussion, critical analysis and observation of art provide a basis for understanding, supporting and enjoying the visual arts – now and throughout their lives.
First-Seventh ART: classes will be learning all the Elements of Art this year and we will begin with LINE. Art would not be art without line, sometimes known as “a moving point.” It is absolutely essential as a concept to depicting objects and symbols and defining shapes. All students are learning about the many different kinds of lines to create abstract designs. Featured artists are Joan Miro and Wassily Kandinsky.
Next we will move on to Color and a study of Henri Matisse. We will study his use of color as well as positive and negative space.
The Dallas Museum of Art is once again bringing the Go van Gogh program to our school for students in 1st through 6th grade. Programs will begin September 28 with 2nd grade exploring “Searching for Faces”, followed by 3rd grade students learning about “Stories in Art”. “African and African-American Art” will be presented October 13th to 6th graders.
I am excited about the opportunity to get to know all the students through art, and I’m looking forward to a happy and productive school year. Thank you all for your support in creating a successful art program at St. Elizabeth.
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Art Department
Posted on March 11, 2010, by Monica Connelly, under Art.
PrintBlessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.
~ Camille Pissarro
What an exciting month we have had in Art! The Dallas Museum of Art’s Go Van Gogh Program has been very successful. 4th grade students enjoyed Art of the Lone Star State, 3rd grade enjoyed Art of Africa, and 6B boys enjoyed Lights, Camera, Action! All Go Van Gogh programs feature hands-on activities that provide opportunities for individual creative expression.
Pre-k & Kindergarten
We will be making a card with Saint Patrick leaves and water colors for the month of March. We will also be working on Robots made out of shapes.
3rd & 4th Grade
During the months of January and February, students looked at movement in works of art. The focus: Impressionism. Students were presented with a brief history of the Impressionism art movement, focusing on capturing the overall impression of a scene through effects produced by using light and color in various ways. Students studied Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, Camille Pisarro, Alfred Sisley, Claude Monet, Eduoard Manet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, and Paul Cezanne. Impressionism will evolve into Post-Impressionism with artists such Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.
Beginning in March, students will study Henri Matisse, Paul Cezanne and Pablo Picasso. Students will examine their paintings, their works of art. Students will study why these artists were inventive and perfect in the many different aspects of their art. Lesson overview will focus on shapes and structures, shapes and spaces, and drawing people who pose.
1st, 2nd, 5th , 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades
In Art the 1st and 2nd graders are busy mastering “Line Abstract Drawing” and “Watercolor Seascapes.”
The 5th and 6th graders are learning about surrealist artists who are well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images.
The 7th and 8th graders are learning about one of the most prolific artist ever, Pablo Picasso. We are studying and will be drawing one of his contributions to the art world, cubism. Cubism is the idea of looking at something from different angles. We will be working with oil pastels.
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Art Department
Posted on December 10, 2009, by Admin, under Art.
PrintRight now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
Artist of the month Paul Cezanne
PK & Kinder – Mrs. Barrientos
It is almost Christmas in the art class for Pre-K and Kinder – I hope that you are enjoying our little projects as much as I am. As you have noticed we are concentrating on seasonal projects. We will be working on a snow man made out of paper plates and cotton balls.
3rd & 4th Grade – Mrs. Connelly
Students were introduced to still life. Students explored lighting, shadowing, perspective, texture, shapes, color, and size. Charcoal was the medium used in students’ still life drawings.
1st, 2nd, 5th–8th Grade – Mrs. Shelton
The students will be making Christmas cards, and working with pony beads to make candy canes and wreaths.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from your Art teachers!
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Art Department
Posted on November 11, 2009, by Admin, under Art.
PrintI try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.
Joan Miro, November Artist-of-the-month
PK & Kinder – Mrs. Barrientos
Our rainbow fish are very cute! We are currently working on a tissue paper collage. They are practicing gluing squares of different colors of tissue paper into a printed elephant.
We will be talking about fall colors and working on our fine skills by tearing pieces of construction paper and putting together a collage of different colors in our cornucopias for Thanksgiving.
I hope you are enjoying your children’s art project as I am enjoying working with them.
3rd & 4th Grade – Mrs. Connelly
After discussing Abstract Expressionism and Surrealism and looking at artwork by Joan Miro and Wassily Kandinsky, students practiced drawing images in the style of Miro and Kandinsky. Students will also put the finishing touches on their ancient coins. Thanksgiving is just around the corner so students will be starting projects that have a Thanksgiving theme.
1st, 2nd, 5th-8th Grade – Mrs. Shelton
The 1st and 2nd graders are weaving place mats.
The 5th and 6th graders are completing their charcoal still life.
The 6th and 7th graders are putting the finishing touches on their stain glass project and will began still-life painting.
Mrs. Barrientos, Mrs. Connelly and Ms. Shelton are looking forward to meeting parents this Friday at Parent-Teacher Conferences.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Art
Posted on September 24, 2009, by Saints Author, under Art.
PrintIt had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
Leonardo da Vinci (artist of the month)
Welcome to St. Elizabeth’s Art Program. We are looking forward to another successful year of exciting children’s art created by your talented students and engaging classes taught by Rosa Barrientos (PK and Kinder), Monica Connelly (3rd and 4th), and Anne Shelton (1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th).
Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten
We are busy in ART CLASS – We have learned all the wonderful things about lines and what they do. Lines can be straight, curvy or zig-zag and lines define shapes. I hope you have enjoyed looking at our lines project with water colors. We will be focusing on shapes and a city collage for the remainder of the quarter. We are having fun!
3rd and 4th grade students are off to a fantastic start. The students started by designing their own personal portfolios to house all their wonderful art projects, and they look awesome! Students started reviewing the basic elements of art – line, shape, form. Focus for September is ancient coins Students have designed from research and created ancient coins, using modeling clay and learned techniques. We are off to a great start in Art and we’re really looking forward to future projects.
The 1st and 2nd graders will be introduced to the technique of creating Molas.
The 5th and 6th graders are learning the art of making Tessellations.
The 7th and 8th graders are learning the art of stained glass and will be creating their own stained glass creation.
We are excited about the opportunity to get to know you, and we’re looking forward to a happy and productive school year. Again, we sincerely thank all of you for your help and support in creating a successful art program at St. Elizabeth.
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