Daily Monster - mimoZine Artist Profile

The fourth graders at FMI have really enjoyed learning about artist Stefan Bucher and the creative process used to create his "Daily Monsters." We used black india ink with a soda straw to blow ink across our paper and produce our own "Fourth Grade Monsters" The results are fantastic! Students have named their monsters and a few are even writing poems and short stories about them. I am in the process of making a photo book of their work to keep in the art room. I will be sure and post when it is finished.

 

SECOND GRADE PULLED PAINT CASTLES

I saw this project on another art teacher blog last year and thought it would be a great way to introduce students to the concept of using alternative tools for creating a painting rather than the traditional paint brush. In this case students used pieces of cardboard cut into strips to pull acrylic paint across their paper. The resulting shape was the structure of a castle. Details such as doors, windows, gates, moats, stairs, vines and bricks were added using crayon and oil pastel.

Self-Portraits

The Third Graders at Emerson and the Fourth Graders at FMI are finally finishing their self-portraits and I am absolutely thrilled with how these are turning out. Both groups used colored pencils to add color to their sketches. The third grade classes looked at the art work of artist Andy Warhol, and his repeated images to develop their drawings. Fourth grade viewed the work of artist Chuck Close and his enlarged photo portraits created using a grid. Do you see any faces you recognize?????????

Third Grade Self Portraits

Fourth Grade Self-Portraits

KINDERGARTEN

Kindergarten classes at Emerson started the year learning about the art elements and how they can use them in their art work. We have been taking each element individually and creating a painting, collage, drawing or print. We have just completed line and shape. Stay tuned for texture, color, space, value and form.

 Kindergarten Line Paintings

 

Kindergarten Shape Collage

 

KEITH HARING FIGURE DRAWING

Fifth graders are finishing their unit on figure drawing by looking at the work of artist Keith Haring. Haring's dancing figures served as the inspiration for the students own brightly colored figures drawn on aluminum foil and colored with permanent markers.