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Art Instructor: Mrs. Lameiro

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Student Projects 2008/2009

Pre-K

September 2008

 

Project: Sunflowers

CT Visual Arts Standards Connection:

Students Learned:

  • Various types of lines and shapes

  • Gluing

Artist:Vincent Van Gogh

October 2008

Project:  Pumpkins

CT Visual Arts Standards Connection:

  • Language Arts

Students Learned:

  • Shapes (circles), lines (wavy).

  • Sizes (large, medium, small)

  • Top, bottom and sides of paper.

  • colors.

Author: Tommie Depaolo, "The Three Little Friends and the Pumpkins"

February 2009

Project: Abstract Art

CT Visual Arts Standards Connection:

Students Learned:

  • Shapes & colors

  • Tracing, gluing, painting

  • Mixing materials

  • Overlapping

  • Using various art tools

March 2009

Project: Self-Portrait

CT Visual Arts Standards Connection:

Students Learned:

  • Shapes (oval)

  • Details

  • Facial features

  • Left, right

  • Top, middle, bottom

Kindergarten

September 2008

Project: Lines, Shapes, Colors, Space

CT Visual Arts Standards Connection:

Students Learned:

  • Various types of lines, shapes and Colors

  • Painting with watercolors

  • Using art tools

Artist:Wassily Kandinski

October 2008

Project:  Autumn Trees

CT Visual Arts Standards Connection:

Students Learned:

  • parts of a tree, seasons.

  • Overlapping lines and using the letter "y" to create branches.

  • Using tempera paint and brushes

  • Left, right, top, bottom, sides.

  • Primary and secondary colors.

February 2009

Project: Blotto Hearts

CT Visual Arts Standards Connection:

Students Learned:

  • Symmetry

  • Folding paper evenly

  • Texture

  • Integration of Music & Art

March 2009

Project: The Three Little Pigs

CT Visual Arts Standards Connection: Language Arts

Students Learned:

  • Left, Middle, Right

  • Patterns

  • Texture (straw, sticks, bricks)

  • In front of, in back of

  • Read "The Three Little Pigs"

Grade One

September 2008

Celebrating National Peace Day

Project: Peace

CT Visual Arts Standards Connection:

  • Language Arts

Students Learned:

  • How would you contribute to Peace in the world.

  • How to draw a full figure portrait.

  • Details

  • Understanding how to use different Media to create art.

Artist & Author: The Peace Book by 

Todd Parr

October 2008

Project: Leaves/Mixed Media

CT Visual Arts Standards Connection:

  • Science, Language Arts

Students Learned:

  • Looking at various leaves.

  • Blending colors with watercolor pencils and watercolor paint..

  • Outlining/tracing.

  • Pop-up art/3-dimensional.

  • Texture.

Artist: Vincent Van Gogh, "Autumn Trees"

Author: Ken Robbin, "Autumn Leaves"

 

February 2009

Project: Ocean Life

CT Visual Arts Standards Connection:

  • Science, Language Arts

Students Learned:

  • Dolphins.

  • Various sea animals including mammals.

  • Difference between fresh water and salt water fish.

  • Warm & cool colors.

  • Watercolor resist.

Story: "Dolphins First Day"

March 2009

Project: Red Tail Hawks

 

CT Visual Arts Standards Connection:

  • Science

Students Learned:

  • Birds of Prey.

  • Anatomy of birds

  • What prey is.

  • Profile & Front views

  • Background/horizon line

  • Blending colors

  • Warm & cool colors.

Grade Two

September 2008

Celebrating National Peace Day

Project: Peace

CT Visual Arts Standards Connection:

  • Language Arts

Students Learned:

  • How would you contribute to Peace in the world?

  • How to draw a full figure portrait.

  • Draw Details

  • Understanding how to use different Media to create art.

Artist & Author: The Peace Book by

Todd Parr

October 2008

Project: Birch Trees/Mixed Media

CT Visual Arts Standards Connection:

  • Science, Language Arts

Students Learned:

  • Looking at various trees and the their types of leaves.

  • Read and study about Birch trees and how Native Americans used them in everyday life.

  • How to draw Birch trees.

  • Demonstrating knowledge of mixed media.

  • Using watercolor pencils and watercolor paint.

Artist: Andrew Wyeth

 

February 2009

Project: Snow Monster

CT Visual Arts Standards Connection:

  • Math, Language Arts

Students Learned:

  • Geometric shapes & symmetry (drew geometric shapes for body parts of snow monster).

  • Used a ruler to divide the snow monster into parts.

  • Create texture (snow) through use of pointilism technique

  • Add clothing/details to snow monster.

  • Expression/feelings

  • Write descriptive story about snow monster .

March 2009

Project: Eagles

CT Visual Arts Standards Connection:

  • Science

Students Learned:

  • Birds of Prey.

  • Anatomy of birds

  • What prey is.

  • Draw a bird in flight.

  • Background/horizon line

  • Blending colors

  • Warm & cool colors.