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Posted on March 11, 2010, by Monica Connelly, under Art.
Blessed 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.
Right 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.
I 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 Anne Shelton, under Art.
It 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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