March 2020
First grade artists painted the sky this week after talking about God's sky paintings and Psalm 19. As an artist, I look for his designs each morning and evening as the sky bursts into beautiful colors of pink, peach, orange, lavender, blue-violet, and purple! I always stop to tell God how much I appreciate these displays of awesome beauty! He is an amazing Artist! Students also practiced observational drawing skills, looking closely at spring flowers and drawing what we see. Art can be one way we celebrate Who God is!
Psalm 19:2-4
The heavens tell the glory of God.
And the skies announce what his hands have made.Day after day they tell the story.
Night after night they tell it again.They have no speech or words.
They don’t make any sound to be heard.But their message goes out through all the world.
It goes everywhere on earth.
Night after night they tell it again.They have no speech or words.
They don’t make any sound to be heard.But their message goes out through all the world.
It goes everywhere on earth.
February 2020
First grade artists learned all about Gyotaku, the Japanese art of fish printing! Don't worry, we didn't use real fish - we inked some rubber fish and gently printed their forms onto newsprint paper. We also printed some "coral" forms onto our papers with sea sponges and added some circle bubble prints! Students enjoyed adding a bit of tissue paper seaweed and googly eyes to add some character to the fish prints. We loved it!
Gyotaku: The Ancient Japanese Art of Printing Fish, TED-ed
Psalm 8
1
Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
in the heavens.
2
Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
3
When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
4
what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?
5
You have made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor.
6
You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their feet:
7
all flocks and herds,
and the animals of the wild,
8
the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.
9
Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
December 2019
Check out our beautiful ornaments! We learned about casting and made some plaster Christmas ornaments and we also made our own out of homemade clay! We pressed textures into the clay and then added color.
September 26, 2019
First grade students reviewed how to make a pattern this week: we watched "The Detective Finds a Pattern" as well as the "Patterns Song." Then, we experimented with our own patterns by drawing with crayons or making patterns with the foam shapes, animals, play dough, etc. We also reviewed what happens when you mix together the three primary colors of red, yellow, and blue. Students folded coffee filters in half twice, then cut some pieces out of one edge to make flower petals. Then, they used red, yellow, and blue marker colors to make a pattern, sprayed it with water, and watched the colors mix! After these beautiful "tie-dye" designs dried, we scrunched them in the middle and glued them to a popsicle stick and; voila! We have a flower to give a grandparent next Friday!
September 19, 2019
Students watched a story about an elephant who learns to appreciate how different he is and to value himself; "Elmer the Patchwork Elephant." Then, students followed along step-by step in drawing their own elephant by using basic shapes! We also looked at several pictures of elephants: photos of real elephants as well as paintings and prints of artists' imaginative elephants. Students compared and discussed these images.
First Grade Visual Art Standards, ALCOS
Investigate, Plan, Make
1. Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with art materials.
2. Explore and experiment with a range of art materials.
a. Create two-dimensional art.
3. Develop skills by following a sequence of steps to create works of art on subjects that are real or imaginary
4. Demonstrate safe and proper procedures for using materials, tools, and equipment while making art
6. Use art vocabulary while creating art
b. Apply line.... in a work of art (Line: Horizontal, vertical, diagonal, straight, curved, dotted, broken, or thick/thin.)
12. Interpret art by categorizing subject matter and identifying the visual qualities. Example: Compare images that represent the same subject.
September 12, 2019
Our talented first graders have been creating beautiful collages with colored tissue, arranging both warm and cool colors on a background. We learned to differentiate cool colors such as blue, purple and green from the warm colors of red, orange, and yellow. Students looked at two landscapes and talked about temperature - one place looked like you would need to carry extra water with you if you visited that hot desert! It was painted with red, orange, and yellow. The other landscape was cool and calm, painted with blues, greens, and purples. The students were immediately certain of the temperature of that place, too! We looked at a few other paintings and talked about the artists' use of warm and cool colors before finishing our pictures with diluted glue and and a paintbrush. These backgrounds will be used in another art project next week!
Online resources:
Elmer The Patchwork Elephant, children's book read aloud, YouTube
Comparing Warm and Cool Colors, ArtQuest, NPT, YouTube
September 5, 2019
Students have been exploring shapes in art class this week: we experimented by making shapes out of Play Dough, blocks, and other assorted materials. We then experimented with making pictures with circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles, just like we saw in the book, Mouse Shapes! First graders also learned about the famous collage artist Henri Matisse. Matisse is one of the first artists to use paper cut-out shapes to make art.
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| What can you make with a circle? |
August 27, 2019
Today in art class, students used lots and lots of lines to draw a picture of a person with crazy hair! We heard Barney Saltzberg's book, Crazy Hair Day and then drew our own picture. We will be painting these on Thursday!
1st Grade
Investigate, Plan, Make
1. Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with art materials.
2. Explore and experiment with a range of art materials.
a. Create two-dimensional art.
3. Develop skills by following a sequence of steps to create works of art on subjects that are real or imaginary
4. Demonstrate safe and proper procedures for using materials, tools, and equipment while making art
6. Use art vocabulary while creating art
b. Apply line.... in a work of art (Line: Horizontal, vertical, diagonal, straight, curved, dotted, broken, or thick/thin.)
11. Compare and/or contrast similar images, subjects, or themes.
12. Interpret art by categorizing subject matter and identifying the visual qualities. Example: Compare images that represent the same subject.
August 22, 2019
Our first grade students are off to a great start! The first few weeks of Art class we will be practicing simple procedures such as entering the classroom calmly and quietly, listening to instructions, raising hands to speak, following directions, and lining up quietly. Also, we will be using our imaginations during each and every art class! (First grade students go to art class twice each week for forty minutes.)
Days 1, 2, 3:
We have been learning all about different kinds of lines; curving, zig-zag, straight, and dashed! Students viewed "Harold the Artiste" (in two parts), which is about a little boy who draws from his imagination, learning all about his own special abilities as an artist. He visits an art museum and tries at first to copy the paintings. He eventually learns that his own ideas are indeed wonderful, despite the fact that he can't seem to draw a "perfect" circle.
Mrs. Nichols also had several handmade art objects in the classroom for students to find; I asked students if they could find any art in the room and they immediately identified the paintings as art pieces. The ceramic, glass, and iron pieces were not noticed right away except by a few students.
During our first two art classes, we used a purple marker to draw from our imaginations. Students imagined rainbows, families, houses, and lots of wonderful things! We also did some "warm-up" exercises by drawing curving and zig-zag lines across our papers. These beginning drawings gave me a good idea about the students developmental level. I love these beautiful, creative, amazing art pieces and I can't wait to see our students grow in their skills!
1st Grade
2. Explore and experiment with a range of art materials.
a. Create two-dimensional art.
3. Develop skills by following a sequence of steps to create works of art on subjects that are real or imaginary
6. Use art vocabulary while creating art
b. Apply line.... in a work of art (Line: Horizontal, vertical, diagonal, straight, curved, dotted, broken, or thick/thin.)
1st Grade
The overall goal of the first grade visual arts program is to build on skills learned in kindergarten and to guide students in fine-motor development and foundational experiences. Students need opportunities that stimulate independent thinking and problem-solving. An effective visual arts instructional environment allows for creative and hands-on opportunities that integrate cooperative learning strategies and verbal communication. The innovative environment should promote cognitive, affective, sensory, and motor skill development. In Grade 1, students continue to learn about the elements of art and principles of design by adding form and texture to the art concepts learned in kindergarten. These concepts promote visual literacy while equipping students with the skills necessary for describing and explaining their works of art.
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