Fall Pumpkins

Artists this week are being introduced to Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama. Yayoi Kusama, (born March 22, 1929, Matsumoto, Japan) Japanese artist who was a self-described “obsessional artist.” She employed painting, sculpture, performance art, and installations in a variety of styles, including Pop art and Minimalism. 

I told students that She is 83 years old and lives in Tokyo, Japan. Kusama draws dots and lots of them!  She creates spaces/rooms and paints/draws dots on the ceiling, walls and floors. Some of the dots flash. 

Secondary Colors

Last week, students learned how the PRIMARY COLORS mix together and make the SECONDARY COLORS. Students listened to the book, "White Rabbits Color Book" and also watched a quick video on the Smart Board: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu44JRTIxSQ&feature=results_main&lr=1&ob=4&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active


Students received 3 pieces of white paper. Each paper they made one of the secondary colors. When the paper is dry, they will create a Fall Pumpkin picture.

Mondrian Inspired Art

Last week, students were introduced to famous artist, Piet Mondrian, a Dutch painter from Holland. We discussed the simplicity of his art: use of straight lines to create squares and rectangles and the PRIMARY COLORS. Students learned that the primary colors are: red, yellow and blue. They know that the primary colors make the other colors of the rainbow. Students compared Mondrian's art to Kandinsky's art too. They thought Kandinsky's art was "crazy" compared to Mondrian's. 

For this lesson, students had to:

1. Draw 4 up and down lines 

2. Draw 3 side to side lines

(By drawing these, students created lots of squares and rectangles)

3. Paint one shape red, one yellow and one blue making sure none of their colors touched. 

4. Paint one shape black. 

This coming week, students will glue black construction paper lines to the top of their pencil lines. 

Fall Leaves, Monday Rotations

Monday rotation classes are starting to learn about HOT colors (red, orange, yellow) and will color a color diffused leaf. The leaves are similar to coffee filter material, but stronger. Students will learn the different parts of a leaf: stem and veins. Students will draw the veins with a brown marker and color the rest of the leaf with the hot colors. When done, students will paint water over the top and watch all of the colors blend. Once dry, I plan to hang these up in the hallway windows leading to library. If you feel like helping, please email me!