(G1) Winter Experiments

Learning how to create shades of blue.

Some students created winter landscapes, while others

mixed the color blue with clay to make a snowman. 

We discussed how the use of white was important for the creation of blue shades. 

We used a variety of brushes and observed the uniqueness of each  brushstroke.

The students had fun creating the colorful clothing for their snowmen.    

Student comment: " I am skating."

Student comment: " I made flowers under the snow."

Student comment: " I am fencing my flowers from the winter storm."

Student comment: " My snowman is happy."

Student comment: " It is a snowstorm."

Student comment: " This is a pirate snowman."

Student comment: " These blue worms are freezing."

Student comment: " My snow-girl is pretty." 

Student comment: " The four blue aliens are dancing in the snow." 

Student comment: " I love my lines and circles."

Student comment: " This  picture looks like my grandfather's farm."

(G2,G3) Creating in the Style of Maggie Taylor

We looked at pictures of Maggie Taylor's work and discussed the way she

creates collages of digital images. We discussed how she makes her prints by scanning her objects

into the computer, where by layering and manipulation she  then creates her surrealistic montages.  

The students loved how Maggie Taylor used unusual images to create her montages.

We learned how artists integrate technology and the computer into their art process.

Some students decided to create their montages using pictures, while others decided to draw their

own images.

Maggy Taylor at her studio

Maggy Taylor

Small storm

Student comment: "This is the town where Stella Umbrella lives. 

In Stella's town there are  chocolate bar aliens that are nice." 

Maggy Taylor

The collector

Maggy Taylor

Woman with swan

Maggy Taylor

Woman who loves fish

Student comment: "This is Mr.Fish Face. He is not a nice guy, look at this teeth."

Student comment: "This was a boy that turned into a fish. Now he is a flying fish."

Maggy Taylor

Woman with a stone skirt

Students understood how to use images in an unusual way.

Maggy Taylor

Girl in a bee dress

Student comment: "This girl is turning into a flower."

(KG) Creating in the style of Brice Marden

Students learned about the work of Brice Marden by looking at and discussing the meaning of gestural abstraction in his art.
Brice Marden traveled in Thailand in the 1980s, where he became interested in Far Eastern

calligraphy and the art of the brush stroke.

Brice Marden

Students used four different color pencils to create the

overlapping lines in their work.

Students learned how to use overlapping in their artwork to show that

something is in front or behind another object.

Brice Marden at work creating his brush stroke with a wooden stick. 

Brice Marden

Brice Marden

Brice Marden

Students were encouraged to create overlapping lines using yarn.

Brice Marden

We tried to hide the ends of the yarn.