Fuller Meadow's Secret Artist Vol. 2

Announcing Fuller Meadow's Secret Artist's for the week of November 13th!

This week artist's stood out for their hard work and effort, their politeness, 

their helpful attitude, and expert direction following. 

Group 1: Izzy C. (2M), Piera N (1K), Lavinia L. (1T), 

Lucianna D. (KL), Joey D. (2K), Matthew K. (KH)

Group 2: Garrett N. (2B), Liam M. (1KH), Vanessa F. (1EH), 

Faith M. (KN), Massimo P. (KO), Michael M. (KM)

Unpictured: Ellie J. (1S), Lily L. (2L)

Way to go!!

   

Introducing Fuller Meadow’s Secret Artist!

Something new is happening at Fuller Meadow!

During each class I am going to be looking for a “Secret Artist”. 
A Secret Artist is NOT about having the best art skills.

A Secret Artist is respectful, engaged, focused, and puts effort into their work. 

They demonstrate that they are “art ready” for the whole class. 

At the end of each class one Secret Artist will be selected and they will 

get to take their picture in my new Mona Lisa frame. 

I’ll be posting each week’s secret artists on my blog! 

Check out this past week’s first two Secret Artists! 

Way to go, Cameron (1S) and Jillian (KH). Keep up the great work!

November Mystery Artist!

We had so much excitement over October's Mystery Artist: Tim Burton.  

November's artist is a little trickier.  It's going to take some research! 

November Mystery Artist Facts:

I was a Southern African American artist who lived from 1940-2015

My work included drawings, paintings, sculpture, prints, and photos.

My work displayed themes in Southern Architecture, 

specifically dwellings for the poor such as "Shacks".

I used tools common to self-taught artists, such as found objects and texts. 

 

Submit your guess in the envelope at school or in the comments section below! 

* Include your first name, last initial, and class code ONLY for online guesses (ex. George S., 5Ha)

3rd Grade Leaf Prints = Crowd Pleaser!

Leaf Prints

3rd grade artists have been exploring one of my favorite mediums, printmaking!

We started out by making connections to learn more about what printmaking is,
such as a foot print or a hand print, or a stamp. 
Printmaking is anything where you transfer an image from one surface (the printing plate) to another.

These prints are so easy and the students loved them.
They simply painted on the surface of leaf with water colors. 
The trick is to get the right balance of water to color. 
Then students transferred the print by placing paper over the painted leaf and rubbing.

Everyone had success!

You can see 3rd grader, Emma D. demonstrate the process here.

Students' prepared their leaves for a group display and also created a finished composition.
The colors are so beautiful!

Stop by and see our group display in the Howe Manning Lobby!

What other things could you use to print?

Monster Mania!

Kindergarten artists have been finding their inner monster in art class!

First they explored all different types of lines.  They used this wonderful video from Scratch Garden to get them thinking about what a simple line can become.

Next they used oil pastel and watercolor in a resist technique to create colorful line art.

The next week in class they were so excited to learn that 

we were going to turn their line art into MONSTERS!!!! 

They read a few great books for monster inspiration and to advise on the hazards of glue! 

Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberly and Too Much Glue by Jason Lefebvre

Finally, students tore and cut scraps of paper to finish their monsters with faces and accessories. 
We discussed how monsters could have many of the same features that people do, 
such as eye brows, eye lashes, nostrils! 

The finished products are great. I love the individuality of each monster!

The monsters below are from Mrs. Libby's kindergarten class.

 They took them and used them as inspiration for a writing prompt!
Students were prompted to use learned sight words (or popcorn words),
such as look, like, my, for, see, and the to describe their monsters.
They did a great job!

Next time you're at Fuller Meadow check them out in person!

4th Grade Artovation Challenge: Geometry Meets String Art

4th Grade “Artovators” have been busy exploring the beauty of

geometric shapes for their next Artovation challenge.

Artovators started out imagining all the possible designs they could make with shapes.  

They explored regular and irregular shapes as well as the parabolic curve. 

They loved creating their nail beds and were so excited to use actual nails for this project. 

Finally 4th graders got to stringing! 

Check out some of the beautiful designs they created using simple geometic shapes.

The next two designs were created by 4th graders in Mrs. Deeley's class.  

Each design used 4 parabolic curves which students coined the "fourabolic" curve!

Love their humor!

This week I had a big surprise for them....

We are going to create a huge string art installation on the grounds of the school. 

 Each 4th grade class is going to contribute to finished product. 

 We took a google form survey so they could give their input on which design and grid to create.

 Stay tuned over the next few weeks as this project takes form!

October Mystery Artist

October Mystery Artist

I have a special mystery artist this month, perfect for October.
I wonder how many students will know who it is without looking it up!

I was born in 1958

I am an American film director, producer, artist, writer, and animator

I am known for my dark, gothic, and quirky fantasy films.

Some of my most famous works are Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, and Frankenweenie.

Submit your guess in the envelope at school or in the comments section below! 

* Include your first name, last initial, and class code ONLY for online guesses (ex. George S., 5Ha)