Teacher Reflections: Piecing it all Together
- colringbk
- Feb 9, 2014
- 2 min read
It has been a long time since I've filled out a Teacher Reflections blog, and I think it's honestly because there have been so many days off that I can't remember the last time I taught a full week. The breaks in the schedules have interfered greatly with the progression of the art projects.
One of these broken up projects is the Island Collage piece my 3rd graders do. It's a long project because we spend the first few days painting and adding texture to paper. WHile we are doing this, we talk about Paul Gauguin and how he moved from France to Tahiti. We also talk about the color changes and how the scenery affected that. After we have all the paper we need, the students begin to compose a paradise island. Anything can go on this island except for pencil marks. They have to sketch everything on the other side of the paper when they cut it out.
The 6th graders are working Monochromatic Self-portraits. I tend to steer away from self-portraits because it is something I worry that failure will push students to quit. But, this time I was proven wrong. There were some really hard times, but I feel like as the students worked their way through the problems, they were content with their drawing. The next problem they are working on is applying monochromatic colors to their artwork. First they worked on a value scale so they can judge how to use their color.
The last project comes from an art night that I hosted for parents and children. I showed them Georgia O'keeffe's Oriental Poppies, and then I divided into different sections. Each parent/child pair then drew and painted it. I stressed that the colors different have to match. I also showed them a little bit of blending with paints. Then, I just let them create. The results are diverse and colorful, and I think the parents had a good time working with their children on art.
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