Course Description

Class Title:	Art	Code:	E510
Text:	Various Resources	Rating:	1
Prerequisite:	None	Grade:	3-4, 5-6
Fees:	None	Max:	15
Can be repeated? Yes

Description: Come explore the exciting world of visual art! Students will create, imagine, and observe the world around them while exploring the art elements in 2D and 3D art. Art history will sometimes be included as it related to the projects. Students will be drawing, painting, sculpting, and constructing artworks using a variety of art mediums and techniques. There will be art show opportunities for the students during the year.

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District Art Show - April 14-19

Please submit artwork for the District Art Show to represent APEX! ANYONE attending APEX may submit their art, even if you aren't currently taking art.

Any art that you have made this school year (either at home or at APEX), please bring it in by the week of April 6-10 on the day you attend.

Submit your artwork matted with a black or white mat frame or mounted on black or white quality paper. Please, only quality art pieces: something you've thoughtfully created and are proud to display. Nothing torn out of your sketchbook will be accepted.

Be sure to include your first and last name, grade, title and art medium used (crayon, watercolor, etc).

3D art: please submit with a notecard that includes the above information in a container or plastic bag to keep it protected and with the notecard.

Elementary Art - January 2020

Happy New Year and welcome back!

Some things we will be working on this semester are:

Proportion (drawing snowpeople)

Monochromatic painting (Lawren Harris - Canadian artist)

Texture (clay medallions)

Large scale painting, creating a community art piece (Henri Rousseau)
Value and Pattern (Laurel Birch cats)

Monoprints using markers and transparencies

Self-portraits

Gustav Klimt (pattern with metallics)

Positive/Negative space (printing with leaves)

Georgia O'Keefe flowers

Holiday Art Show

Seems too early to start thinking about the holidays, but it will be here before we know it! We will have a display of student art work each day during the week of December 16-20. Sadly, I will not be here that week, however, Susan Steven will be my substitute.

At any point between now and the week of December 2, please bring in any art work to me that you have created this semester for our Holiday Art Show!

Please make sure it is labeled on the back with the following information:

Full Name, Grade

Day you attend, Class Period

Title (optional)

Material(s) used

If possible, please mat them with a clean black or white mat. Or mount them on larger clean white or black paper.

At the end of the day, you will pick up your art work from the display to take home for Winter Break! :)

Painting of three popsicles with a bite taken out of the third

Second through 4th graders discussed the art of Wayne Thiebaud, who is best known for his paintings of desserts. We discussed pattern and repetition when coming up with popsicle "flavors". Students traced three popsicles in a row using our new large beautiful windows as a "light table". They used oil pastels and watercolors to add color to their popsicles (this technique is called "watercolor resist").

a picture of a sloth hanging from a tree

Third and fourth graders are working on a mixed media project of a sloth. We discussed secondary colors and how they are made by mixing two primary colors. In this project, students mixed red and blue (with a little bit of white) to create paper for the body of the sloth.

Next, they will create a leaf stencil to sponge paint a leaf border for the background. Then they will assemble all of their created parts for their finished piece!