Fun Facts!
*weighs 24 tons
*about 12 feet across
*discovered in Mexico City in 1790
*displayed in Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology
*carved in the 15th century
Fourth grade students learned about the Aztec Sun Stone and made paintings inspired by the stone. They had a discussion about why the sun may have been so important to the Aztecs and then thought about why the sun is important to us too. They learned about the principle of balance and radial symmetry. Their Aztec Sun was filled with opposites: curvy lines/straight lines, warm colors/cool colors. After drawing their artwork, students used paint for color and outlined with a black oil pastel. Their artwork looked fabulous lining our hall along with third grade sombreros and art club papel picado. Fun Facts! *weighs 24 tons *about 12 feet across *discovered in Mexico City in 1790 *displayed in Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology *carved in the 15th century
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Students discussed positive/negative space in 3rd grade. First they cut a symmetrical shape out of paper to create a stencil and they learned how to use chalk pastels to magically turn their shape from positive to negative or negative to positive!
Second grade learned about the migration of the monarch butterflies from North America to Mexico. They were fascinated that such a delicate butterfly could make that trip. We are also learned about the difference between geometric and organic shapes, symmetry and line of symmetry. Students each drew half their butterfly, made monoprints and learned how to blend oil pastels on the wings. We reviewed the difference between relief prints and monoprints. Lots of learning going on in art! The background was colored using texture plates and construction paper crayons while students patiently waited for their turn to print. They used their very best cutting skills to cut out their butterfly, put a line of glue down the body and decided where to best place it on the background. Students in first grade learned about Leonardo da Vinci and all his inventions. They came up with their own inventions...like a machine to put all their toys away, or a robot to do their homework! Students used shape tracers, cut out their shapes and then added lots of creative lines to make the invention work!
First grade learned about two more elements of art, color and shape. Students have been singing along with videos about the colors of the rainbow, the primary colors, and shapes! You can find these under the "website" tab. We looked at some artwork by Piet Mondrian. He used lines, squares, rectangles and primary colors in the art we viewed. There was much excitement when we created our art...students were gluing and PAINTING!!
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Mrs. Kendell
I was a graphic designer for many years, and then decided to make the leap into art education. I taught elementary art for 8 years. Archives
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