It's that time again. New art has decorated the halls with images of Chinese New Year roosters, winter cardinals, jolly penguins, peek-a-boo windows, and calming words of wisdom.
First graders have been extremely busy. Recently we covered artist, Jim Dine, and his love of colors, textures, and hearts. Students learned to tell the difference between "real" texture and "visual" texture and how they are used in art. Students also had a chance to dabble in printmaking using unusual found objects and fun gold paint!
But that's not all! First graders followed up with their knowledge of how artists use color with Jasper Jones, an artist who, like Jim Dine, loved color. Students had a chance to visually translate one of Jasper Jones's artwork and create a version of their own using their names!
But that's not all! First graders followed up with their knowledge of how artists use color with Jasper Jones, an artist who, like Jim Dine, loved color. Students had a chance to visually translate one of Jasper Jones's artwork and create a version of their own using their names!
Art is more about creating a pretty picture. It is about thinking outside the box and making connections with things we never thought of linking together before. In the art room, we try to make as many interesting and creative connections as possible which is why this time our 5th graders are contemplating: What does jazz music have to do with art?!
Improvisation, repetition, and rhythm; all words associated with music, and all words that can be connected with the art world as well. To start with, 5th graders focused on learning how they could improvise when making art by learning how to make collages. Jazz serves as our inspiration, a perfect topic to connect with our upcoming Black History Month in February. Students talked about how we improvise with collages by learning to "fill the space" with instrument shapes, music symbols, and actual music! To get us in the jazzy groove, we listened to Benny Goodman's 1939 hit "Sing, Sing, Sing" (a modern version of the song plays in the 1994 film "The Mask" with Jim Carrey).
Follow along as we continue to build our collages. In time, we will learn how repetition and rhythm translate into the visual world of art; learn about artist inspired by the jazz movement; and listen to even more great jazz hits!
Improvisation, repetition, and rhythm; all words associated with music, and all words that can be connected with the art world as well. To start with, 5th graders focused on learning how they could improvise when making art by learning how to make collages. Jazz serves as our inspiration, a perfect topic to connect with our upcoming Black History Month in February. Students talked about how we improvise with collages by learning to "fill the space" with instrument shapes, music symbols, and actual music! To get us in the jazzy groove, we listened to Benny Goodman's 1939 hit "Sing, Sing, Sing" (a modern version of the song plays in the 1994 film "The Mask" with Jim Carrey).
Follow along as we continue to build our collages. In time, we will learn how repetition and rhythm translate into the visual world of art; learn about artist inspired by the jazz movement; and listen to even more great jazz hits!