Kluender A2 Art 6

Wow! Look at these finished pieces by Art 6!

Art 6 students combined all the skills we have learned so far into one AWESOME COMPOSITION!

Czaplicki A2 Clay Whistles

A prarie dog whistle!

And a sea turtle whistle!

We have our first few whistles today. Soon they will be fired in what is called a "bisque firing." This will heat them to tempertures close to 1800 degree! It will cure them and make sure that all the water is removed. It will make them very hard and durable. Then we will glaze them. They will be fired one more time and then our beautiful musical instruments will be ready to play.

Czaplicki B1 Sketchbook and Masks

Today after our sketchbook we did an informal critque of our drawings. We talked about "glows" and "grows." Each student chose another student's sketchbook  and gave one succesful part of their drawing. Then we gave a grow- or something that the artist could work on. We worked on constructive criticism. Critiquing is a great way to work on our analytical skills. We have to evaluate the artwork, make decisions about the quality, and express it elequently. 

Our masks are almost done. We based these off of fear. See if you can figure out who is afraid of spiders, who is afraid of chickens, who is afraid of snakes, and who is afraid of mythical creatures!

Now we're going to paint them with acrylic paint! THEN we'll critique them!

Kluender A2 art 6

 

Art 6 learned how to create the ILLUSION OF DEPTH by drawings 3D forms instead of 2D shapes. Do you know what the 3 dimensions are in 3D?

They learned how to draw and shade a cone, cube, cylinder, and sphere.

Then, we were introduced to Pop Artist, Wayne Thiebaud. Do you know what Pop is short for? Thiebaud is known for his paintings of cakes and pies. We decided to do a party scene inspired by his work.

  

Students are using their new knowledge of mixing and blending colored pencils to make tints and shades on their forms. This helps to add more depth into their artwork!

Stay tuned for finished examples! :)