Donte, 1st grade
Students used color and line in the background to represent the sound their robot makes. The green swirls and zigzags that fill the space in Donte's drawing show his robot must make quite a loud racket!
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Aaron, Dr. Mays' class
Students in Dr. Mays' class made compositions using squares in the style of Mondrian. Aaron did a great job stamping the lines on his paper independently. Esther, 1st grade
First grade students are studying the types of lines and how they can be used. They created robots from geometric shapes and decorated them with patterns made of various kinds of lines. They then used colorful lines in the background to express the sound their robot makes. Esther's robot is so whimsical! Michael, Kindergarten
Michael's one line design and watercolor has some beautiful and subtle colors. Easton, Kindergarten
One of the very enjoyable parts of this assignment was watching the students eyes light up when the paint revealed the lines they had drawn with a white crayon on their paper. This assignment was also an early opportunity to teach students how to properly use a paintbrush. You can see how Easton gently touched the paintbrush to his paper to make certain areas blue, yellow and green. Braylon, Kindergarten
Before starting their own pictures, students looked at how the artist Paul Klee would create works of art from one continuous line. Students discussed what pictures they saw in his art. Then they were given the opportunity to make a one line drawing with white crayon. The wax in the crayon resisted the watercolor painted on the paper and revealed their drawings. I like that when I look at Braylon's painting, I see different objects, animals and people. What do you see? Sanai, Kindergarten
Kindergarten students explored the definition of line as a path of a dot. Using a white crayon, they made a secret path or line on their paper. Then they painted their paper with watercolor to reveal their line. Sanai made a line that curved and twisted all over the paper and kept her colors bright and beautiful! To begin the school year, our essential question was, "How does an artist represent an idea like kindness through art?" We read the book Plant A Kiss by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and discussed how the illustrator, Peter H. Reynolds, represented what happens when we are kind to others. The book uses a wonderful visual metaphor that young students can easily grasp and older students appreciate on a deeper level. The theme of the book also ties neatly into the most important rule in the KES art class, which is to be kind. After reading and discussing the book, students shared ideas about what kindness looks like in the art room. This tree is filled with heart shaped leaves made by every student in the school from their first day in art class this year. Each heart is a symbol of kindness, and together they express how kindness can flourish and grow.
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