Day & Night

Themes of DAY & NIGHT

Musicians have come up with many songs on the subject like the songs you are learning for your concert.

Artists have come up with many artworks as well.

Vincent Van Gogh - Starry Nights

Edward Hopper - Nighthawks 1942

Henri Rousseau - Sleeping Gypsy 1897

Ed Smiley - Sun-illumined Lantern Held In Midnight

Hannah Höch - Little Sung

Stelios Votsis - Untitled 2003

Edvard Munch - The Sun 1909

Olafur Eliasson - The Weather Project (2003)

Photography

You may feel inspired by Day or Night as well.

Collage

Drawing

Drawing/Painting Collage

Before getting started

Are you a night owl or an early bird?

What are some images that symbolize or make you think of daytime?

What are some images that symbolize or make you think of daytime?

Nature's Beauty: Observing Nature Up Close

 

Nature's Beauty: Observing Nature Up Close

Create

1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

B. Investigation

Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.

Today we will learn to look carefully at flowers and leaves to discover the beautiful details in the natural world.

During this week, you can look for other natural objects that you might like to observe closely and draw.

Have you ever looked at a flower up close?

What did you notice that you didn't see from far away?

Here is a painting from far away of a field of poppies

Here is a painting close up of a single poppy

Do you think this artist could paint this flower from memory? 

Or would the artist need to see the flower in real life?

This artist, Georgia O'Keefe would study flowers in real life so she could notice all the lines, shapes and colors.

Some artists like to observe nature from a distance, far away

Some artists like to observe nature up close

Which way do you like to observe nature?

Kindergarten - Paper Playground

 

 Making a Paper Playground Sculpture:

Today we are going to make a paper sculpture of a playground. Sculpture is three-dimensional. You can see it from many sides because it stands up from the base. 

Think about last time you played on a playground...

What were some of your favorite things to play on?

Materials:

- Paper strips 1" wide

- Base

- Glue stick or Elmer's Glue

photo from RaisingArizonaKids.com

Playgrounds: 

Look for lines and shapes as you watch!

Paper sculpture techniques:

Roll

Accordian Fold 

Fringe

Video for techniques

Paper Sculpture

 

The Sculpture Studio

Create	1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.	A. Play & Ideation	Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials
		B. Investigation	Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.

Welcome to the Sculpture Studio!

This week we are learning about working in the sculpture studio, using construction paper!

Materials Needed:

Colored construction paper

Scissors

Glue (bottle)

First Grade Sculpture Lesson

Second Grade Sculpture Lesson

Third Grade Sculpture Lesson

Marisol Escobar, otherwise known simply as Marisol, was a Venezuelan-American sculptor born in Paris, who lived and worked in New York City.

Marisol created wooden sculptures out of rectangular pieces of wood and wooden boxes.

"...it is my goal as an artist to create works that expose injustice and reveal beauty. the rainbow is literally a spectrum of color while...a symbol of hope and promise."
— Betye Saar

Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan explore the idea of moving, community and memory in their cities and structures made of cardboard

Other artists who work with boxes  

Mark Dion is a contemporary artist who explores our curiosity. A shed packed with hundreds of small boxes, containers, and tins – each filled with old trinkets, toys, debris, or dried plants. Few visitors know that you can enter and open any box (do it!) You are invited in and are welcome to take out the boxes and look inside.

Memory boxes can be all shapes and sizes. Objects inside bring about the senses of sight, touch, smell or sound will evoke some of the strongest memories.

Each box has an object or several objects that are waiting for discovery.

Artist Ibrahim Mahama transforms materials and found objects to explore themes.


Ibrahim lives and works in Ghana.

As you watch this clip:

What were the boxes in this artwork originally used for?

What doe Ibrahim compare the boxes to?

Ibrahim creates walls and installations constructed in common materials. He often works with found objects, transforming them and giving them new meaning.

Painting Studio

 

The Painting Studio

Create	1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.	A. Play & Ideation	Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials
		B. Investigation	Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.

Welcome to the Painting Studio!

This week we are learning about working in the painting studio. 

We are going to learn studio procedures for set up and clean-up, look at some paintings by master artists, learn how to care for the materials in the painting studio, and explore painting with watercolor paint. 

We will complete the skills we learn in our Studio Practice books.

(If you don't have a studio practice book, you can complete the lesson using 2 pieces of white paper)

Materials Needed:

Studio Practice book or 2 pieces of white paper

Watercolor paint

Paintbrush

Cup or bowl of water

Paper towel

1st Grade Video Lesson:

Second Grade Video Lesson:

Third Grade Video Lesson: