Australian Aboriginal Dot Art

How has traditional art influenced modern art?

A method of art that focuses on "Time and Patience" to tell a story. 

Aborigines used natural materials from the earth to make paint and create amazing pieces of artwork with the method of dots. 

How can we create dot art? 

First project includes Do-A-Dot stampers

The next project we used paint and cue tips to create images; modern... 

 and traditional!

Modigliani Portraits~ How is every artist unique?

Our focus the past few weeks in third grade has been the famous Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. Infamous for his elongated and unique portraits.

We decided to mimic Modigliani's style and create our own  portraits using chalk pastel.

Focus for this project:
How is every artist unique?

The results were impressive!

3rd Grade Enrichment~Material Exploration

I order for artists to excel, it is important to learn about all different types of materials that can be used to create art. In our 3rd grade Enrichment Cluster we are doing just that!

For our first project we practiced drawing on aluminum foil in order to prepare us for our final project. This is unique because it is not your normal pencil and paper drawings which can help young artists learn about mixed media and explore different mediums. 

The following week were able to start on our following project; making Aztec snakes from foil, Styrofoam and card stock. First we cut out our snakes from card stock. 

Next, we used recycled styrofoam materials to cut out a variety of shapes and glued them onto the card stock snakes in order to create and "impression" of our design.

Afterwards, we wrapped our snaked in foil allowing the styrofoam impressions to show through so we could add color to the design. 

Our final project was colorful and full of mixed media and a variety of shapes! I wish snakes really looked this friendly! Great work artists!

First Grade Music and Art Enrichment

Alongside Ms. Nelly, we have learned about several cultures in music and art during our first 1st Grade Enrichment Cluster.

Studying folk music and folk art. students enjoyed learning how to draw typical folk art pictures from the 1940's.

The following weeks, in order to celebrate Costa Rican Independence day we designed our own traditional carretas using lots of unique shapes and colors!

Our final week together, Ms. Nelly and I combined music and art movement together in one class focusing on students expressing their emotion through drawing while listening to different types of music. The children showed a wide variety of creativity! I was very impressed with the results!