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Painting for The Fall in the Hall Art Show

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Homage to Joan Miro

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First grade artists explored the work of Joan Miro then used tempera paint and oil pastel to create their own non-objective piece.  the emphasis of this assignment was creating a balanced composition and controlling an opaque paint medium using the correct size brush.

Second Grade Leaf Paintings

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In this second grade exploration of color and depth, students used tints of colors to create a background and true hues of colors to add leaves into the foreground.  The challenge of controlling a thicker, more opaque paint was present as well as the importance of choosing the right size brush for each area of the work.  While employing previous base knowledge of color concepts, students were encouraged to blend colors within their leaves. 

Action Paintings: Jackson Pollock

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Kindergarteners were exposed to the action paintings of Jackson Pollock.  They created warm and cool color bases using colored tissue and a glue mixture.  They then used the contrasting color group to create action in their non objective art work. 

Fifth Grade Collaborative Leaf Abstraction

Fourth Grade Landscapes

Fifth graders were challenged to work in teams to create these fantastic leaf abstractions that feature color connections, pattern and rhythm of line, and balanced composition.

Fourth graders learned about landscapes and how to create distance using horizon lines, tints and shades, and changing the size of an object.  Drawing inspiration from landscape artist Tim Gagnon they began by using tints to achieve a ​light background.  As their forest of trees moved forward students made the hues more true and eventually added black to create a shade for the darker value in the foreground.  They were also challenged to add multipl horizon lines and change the thickness and size of the trees as they worked forward in the composition. 

Students began with an investigation of symmetry and asymmetry, identifying examples of each in art, architecture, jewelry, and nature.  Using trees as a main subject, students sketched on white paper using black oil pastel.  Next they chose three analogous colors .  (Colors that "touch" on the color wheel.)  Using this  color scheme they created a work that was balanced and rhythmic.

Third Grade Analogous Trees

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Fourth graders create mixed media fish in the style of the artist J.Vincent Scarpace.

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