Students were able to choose their color schemes. Some stayed with the black and white, while others decided to use a larger palette.
Return to Op Art: Part One
Thursday, 28 November 2013
6th Grade Project: Op Art - Circles, Lines, and Curves (Part Two)
The 6th graders are currently finishing their Op Art pieces. These have taken awhile, but the results are worth the wait and the effort. These kind of posts run the risk of being lengthy because I want to show off all the great work that has been going on in my classroom.
Students were able to choose their color schemes. Some stayed with the black and white, while others decided to use a larger palette.
Students were able to choose their color schemes. Some stayed with the black and white, while others decided to use a larger palette.
Monday, 25 November 2013
4th Grade Project: Georgia O'Keeffe and Abstract Art
We began our study by answering the question: What is Abstract Art?
Students then learned about Abstract Art being not realistic. Many things can be abstracted: people, places, things, even ideas can be shown in ways that are different than they would be in the real world.
Now that students understood what Abstract Art was, we moved into our study of Georgia O'Keeffe and her monumental images. We looked through a collection of her paintings, especially highlighting the flowers and bone images she is famous for. Her zoomed in flowers took on an almost abstract look, students did not recognize that the images were indeed flowers.
We then made our viewframes so that we too could zoom in on everyday objects, composing monumental images.
With our viewframes made, we were able to move about and use them to help us compose our drawing.
When we completed our realistic drawings we then began the abstraction process. In this process realistic, natural shapes changed into geometric abstract shapes.
Natural colors did not have to be used either, so students happily chose their own colors for their images.
Students then learned about Abstract Art being not realistic. Many things can be abstracted: people, places, things, even ideas can be shown in ways that are different than they would be in the real world.
Now that students understood what Abstract Art was, we moved into our study of Georgia O'Keeffe and her monumental images. We looked through a collection of her paintings, especially highlighting the flowers and bone images she is famous for. Her zoomed in flowers took on an almost abstract look, students did not recognize that the images were indeed flowers.
We then made our viewframes so that we too could zoom in on everyday objects, composing monumental images.
With our viewframes made, we were able to move about and use them to help us compose our drawing.
When we completed our realistic drawings we then began the abstraction process. In this process realistic, natural shapes changed into geometric abstract shapes.
Natural colors did not have to be used either, so students happily chose their own colors for their images.
7th Grade Project: Impasto and "The Starry Night" (Part Three)
After weeks of work, the 7th graders are finished with their Van Gogh Starry Night pieces! The results are beautiful, enjoy.
Go to: Van Gogh: Part One
This post could be very long, but I will stop at three images. These students did a wonderful job, I am so impressed by their work and craftsmanship on this project. They imitated Van Gogh's style very faithfully, though it required extra work and time. What a joy it was to watch this process unfold and build into this fitting finale.
Go to: Van Gogh: Part One
Go to: Van Gogh: Part Two
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