The Art Room

December has been a short yet crazy month with the holiday approaching.   We have busy working on finishing and sending our projects home before the break. Kindergarten This month kindergarten completed their mouse paint pictures.  We cut out ovals, semi-circles, or circles for the bodies of the mice.  We placed them in a circle to make the color wheel. Next after the mice we glued down we started to add in all the things that could help make it look like a mouse: hands and feet, nose and whiskers, ears and eyes and last but not least a tail.    We used the rest of the month to fit in a quick Christmas project.  Using simples shapes: squares, rectangles, triangles to create a tree with present underneath. Later if there was extra time bows, ornaments, and other details were added. 1st grade This month we finished our shooting stars!  Next we started a winter landscape.  We reviewed warm and cool color families.  Everyone used each family once. One family for the trees and the othe

This November was short but full of activity.  Students in 2nd and 3rd grade started their online portfolios with Artsonia. 3rd grade had been bouncing around between their ninjas and Chihuly's Macchias.  As our first clay project we talked more about glazing.  Although chihuly worked with glass we were able to get a glass look with our glaze.  Students used our glaze sample chart to select their glazes.  They were able to use two different glazes on the inside and outside or just one all over.  We discussed what made each brand's glazes different from one another. 2nd grade finished their landscapes and have started to talk about repetition.  We have used repetition to create our stacked cups and will be starting a snowflake piece that also will include repetition.  We are making the same things and repeating them, making each on a little bit different. 1st grade has just finished their shooting stars!  Watercolor paints, permanent markers, with lines and shapes an

This October was quite busy causing me to be so late on our monthly post.  The kids have luckily been so flexible between all the assemblies and the holiday and even my absences.  This month has really started the ball rolling on skills and knowledge that we will be using this year. Kindergarten has probably had the biggest month.  The month began with the story The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds.  This will not be the only book of his we look at this year. We look at one of our basics shapes a dot or a circle.  We create a dot series just like Vashiti did in the story.  We created a large dot by coloring a coffee filter with watercolor markers (Mr.Sketch) and spray it with water and watched how the colors ran into one another (or bled together).  Another pieces had lots of dot in all sizes and colors.  Our last dot was made by making a dot by not drawing a dot.  Students colored the space around a dot so the 'negative' space was left us with a dot. This was many of the students f

Our first month has been quite busy!!  Each grade has completed at least one project so far. Kindergarten This month was a testing period to see where each student is with their motor skills and listening skills.  They completed their I CAN CUT, COLOR, AND GLUE booklets.  Next we talked about texture . We experimented with texture plates.  This led us to creating texture burgers!  Students were able to create each layer in their burger with different textured materials, mainly papers but also included foam and cardboard.  Students were also able to choose what went on their burger. It's finished and should be graded and sent home soon. Remember Kindergarten can receive an 'S' satisfactory, 'W' working towards goal or 'N' needs improvement.   1st Grade We took a look at Henri Matisse for our first project.  We create free form shaped mobiles.  (You can see our artist below, he's one of our table artists) Students created at least 3 shapes so we c

The main thing we value in this room is doing our best.  Art is a subject that can be frustrating for some if they believe they are not artistically inclined.  My main focus here is introducing students to new subject and ways to make art.  The wide variety is to help students find the area they are comfortable and confident in.  We also use other subjects here in art also.  We have a world map that we look at frequently.  Math, writing, and reading make an appearance here as well. Students make about one project each month.  Sometimes there are two.  Art work is sent home after it gets graded and is done on display.  There are time when I may keep the work a bit longer when we have art shows.  During our school art show every student will have a piece of work displayed. Art Club is available for our 3rd Graders in the Spring.  It is every other week incase we need time for buy more supplies, drying time, and in case you need a week were you need your child.  This is were we explor

My name is Mrs. Joseph and this my K-3 art class blog.  This site is for anybody who is curious what we are doing in the art room here at Marzolf Primary.  I will do my best to keep this up-to-date as possible.