Welcome to my Art Smart Blog!
The purpose of this website is to communicate with my students and their families. I will be updating with art happenings at each grade level and any important art related events each semester. On the right are MANY links to different art related websites for creating art, learning about art, and viewing art. Thanks for visiting!
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Check out the ART ACTIVITIES links I've added. ARTSOLOGY has lots of cool online art games to try. You'll love it! Other new links are: Keith Haring Kids, Picasso Head, NGA Kids Jungle, Build Your Wild Self, BeFunky Photo Editing, Getty Games, MOMA, Tate Kids Museum, Mimeo, SketchUp, Kerpoof Studio, Faces iMake, Doink, and Play Pac-Mondrian. We love Art & Technology!!!
Wow, the new school year is already here! With the new school year brings lots of exciting changes. Rahn Elementary is our new Arts & Technology Magnet school where I am the art teacher. I will be using strategies from the Responsive Classroom approach in my classroom so our first month will include discussing expectations and creating art room rules, establishing hopes and dreams for the art year, and learning common procedures in the art room. We will also be learning about Hispanic artists during September for Hispanic Heritage Month, and we will be traveling on a journey through time and across cultures as we create art inspired in this year's theme of One World.
Kindergarten – The first few times in the art room is very exciting so we have to move slow for our youngest artists. We will begin by using guided discovery to explore the many things in the art room and drawing a portrait of our art teacher, Mrs. Petri.
First Grade – We will be learning about the Art Elements including line, color and shape. We will begin this exploration by creating artwork to correspond with the book "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds. Next we will be painting concentric circles using color harmonies and contrasts in the style of Vassily Kandinsky.
Second Grade – We will be reading the book "Ish" by Peter Reynolds. Learning how to draw self portraits will be part of our focus at the beginning of this year. Second graders be concentrating on shapes and color and look at the artwork by artists who have used squares in their art; Mondrian, Vasserely, Rothko. We will be making our own "Boogie Woogie" artwork.
Third Grade – Third graders will start out the year learning about the Art Elements by completing their own Art Elements packet. They will be introduced to beginning facial proportions and completed a self portrait on the cover of their packets. Each page will be completed using a different art medium and focuses on a specific element.
Fourth Grade – Our introduction to the Art Elements and Principles this year will begin with the art of Joan Miro. We completed a group project called "Exquisite Corpse" where each student completed a different portion of a silly character to complete a Miro style drawing. Student also create their own "Alien" using organic shapes, repetition, pattern, and color.
Fifth Grade – Wassily Kandinsky is the inspiration for our first art unit exploring line, shape, and color. Students completed individual watercolor paintings, and then worked together for a group mural on large paper using tempera paint.
Sixth Grade – The sixth grade students created a watercolor designed "Elements" pocket folder with art trading cards they will be making and sharing which represent each of the Art Elements. Each set of cards will explore a different Art Elements through use of a variety of art mediums. The pockets and cards include the definition of each of the elements and a few of the art principles as well.
Wow, the new school year is already here! With the new school year brings lots of exciting changes. Rahn Elementary is our new Arts & Technology Magnet school where I am the art teacher. I will be using strategies from the Responsive Classroom approach in my classroom so our first month will include discussing expectations and creating art room rules, establishing hopes and dreams for the art year, and learning common procedures in the art room. We will also be learning about Hispanic artists during September for Hispanic Heritage Month, and we will be traveling on a journey through time and across cultures as we create art inspired in this year's theme of One World.
Kindergarten – The first few times in the art room is very exciting so we have to move slow for our youngest artists. We will begin by using guided discovery to explore the many things in the art room and drawing a portrait of our art teacher, Mrs. Petri.
First Grade – We will be learning about the Art Elements including line, color and shape. We will begin this exploration by creating artwork to correspond with the book "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds. Next we will be painting concentric circles using color harmonies and contrasts in the style of Vassily Kandinsky.
Second Grade – We will be reading the book "Ish" by Peter Reynolds. Learning how to draw self portraits will be part of our focus at the beginning of this year. Second graders be concentrating on shapes and color and look at the artwork by artists who have used squares in their art; Mondrian, Vasserely, Rothko. We will be making our own "Boogie Woogie" artwork.
Third Grade – Third graders will start out the year learning about the Art Elements by completing their own Art Elements packet. They will be introduced to beginning facial proportions and completed a self portrait on the cover of their packets. Each page will be completed using a different art medium and focuses on a specific element.
Fourth Grade – Our introduction to the Art Elements and Principles this year will begin with the art of Joan Miro. We completed a group project called "Exquisite Corpse" where each student completed a different portion of a silly character to complete a Miro style drawing. Student also create their own "Alien" using organic shapes, repetition, pattern, and color.
Fifth Grade – Wassily Kandinsky is the inspiration for our first art unit exploring line, shape, and color. Students completed individual watercolor paintings, and then worked together for a group mural on large paper using tempera paint.
Sixth Grade – The sixth grade students created a watercolor designed "Elements" pocket folder with art trading cards they will be making and sharing which represent each of the Art Elements. Each set of cards will explore a different Art Elements through use of a variety of art mediums. The pockets and cards include the definition of each of the elements and a few of the art principles as well.
SKETCHING
Sketching is an important tool for every artist so we will discuss the importance of this tool and include some art history with this mode of learning. Students in grades 1-6 will be sketching in the classroom throughout the school year to help them plan out and visualize their projects. This process is an important practice step in the development of artistic thinking and doing. There will be more to follow about incorporating preliminary sketching with projects at each grade level .
ART SCHEDULE
Twelve day specialist rotation, each class has three days per rotation for 50 minutes.
RAHN Weeks A B Weeks C D
CT/MM 8:20 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. CT/MM 8:20 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.
5th Grade 8 :55 a.m. - 9 :45 a.m. Prep/Set up 8:55 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
6th Grade 9:45 a.m. - 10:35 a.m. 4th Grade 9:45 a.m. - 10:35 a.m
RAHN Weeks A B Weeks C D
Art CT 7:15 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. Breakfast Duty 8:10 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
CT/MM 8:20 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. CT/MM 8:20 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.
5th Grade 8 :55 a.m. - 9 :45 a.m. Prep/Set up 8:55 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
6th Grade 9:45 a.m. - 10:35 a.m. 4th Grade 9:45 a.m. - 10:35 a.m
Prep/3rd Gr. 10:35 a.m. - 11:25 p.m. 3rd Grade 10:35 a.m. - 11:25 p.m.
Lunch/Duty. 11:25 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Lunch/Duty 11:25 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Lunch/Duty. 11:25 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Lunch/Duty 11:25 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Kinder/Prep 12:20 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. Kindergarten 12:20 p.m. - 1:10 p.m.
1st Grade 1:10 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. 1st Grade/Interv 1:10 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
2nd Grade 2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. 2nd Grade/Interv 2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
1st Grade 1:10 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. 1st Grade/Interv 1:10 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
2nd Grade 2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. 2nd Grade/Interv 2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
Bus Duty. 2:55 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Bus Duty. 2:55 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Staff Meeting. 3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Committee Meeting 3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
ART at HOME
"Never stop learning" is a saying that I truly believe in! I think it so important for student's learning to continue outside of the classroom. This might mean sitting at the kitchen table and drawing fruit, sitting outside and drawing trees, or laying on the floor and drawing whatever comes to mind. Having a special place to sketch at home can be very helpful and a sketchbook to keep drawings in can be as simple as a notebook. Our young artists use a variety of art materials in our art room and the children really enjoy trying out lots of different techniques with these materials to help develop their art skills. Most of the materials we use can be found at Michael's, JoAnn's, or Target, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Office Max, Office Depot, Staples, and even some of the dollar stores also have a small art supply section. If you are ever curious about the materials we are using please feel free to ask!
ART ROOM RULES
RESPECT ... Yourself
RESPECT ... Others
RESPECT ... Property
Always Act Respectfully, Responsibly, and Safely
AIM
Honor Self and Others
Inquire and Achieve
Grow as a Community
Hope and Dream
RESPECT ... Others
RESPECT ... Property
Always Act Respectfully, Responsibly, and Safely
AIM
Honor Self and Others
Inquire and Achieve
Grow as a Community
Hope and Dream
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