November 2016 - Fall Leaves

Kindergarten and 1^st Grade

Project Title:   Fall Leaves  

Description:

• "Frottage" is a French word which means "to rub".  K-1 artists chose a variety of fall leaves that had been collected to create a fall motif.  Warm or cold colors were selected to complete our backgrounds using the water color resist technique

Examples of art using frottage:

Vocabulary: 

• Frottage
• veins
• texture
• hot/warm colors
• cold colors
• resist

Resources:

• Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf  by Lois Ehlert

Materials:

• assorted fall leaves
• oil pastels
• watercolor paints

Examples of Student Artwork:

October 2016 - Hundertwasser Landscapes

Kindergarten and 1^st Grade

Project Title: Hundertwasser Landscapes

Samples of Fredensreich Hundertwasser's art:

Irinaland Over the Balkans (1969)

Green Town (1978)

Description:

• Students were given a brief introduction to Hundertwasser's life and to his paintings.  His goal was to live in harmony with nature.  He was fascinated by spirals and he used "dunkelbunt" colors; bright colors found on a rainy day.  Students crafted oversized flowers to create happiness in our SES courtyard in the style of Hundertwasser.

Vocabulary: 

• landscape
• horizon line
• organic shapes/lines
• nature
• “dunkelbunt” colors= (bright colors on a rainy day)
• spiral lines

Resources:

• Harvesting Dreams: Hundertwasser for Kids by Barbara Stieff
• PowerPoint presentation

Materials:

• graphite pencil
• water
• water color crayons

Examples of Student Artwork:

  

  

  

  

September 2016 - Hundertwasser

Kindergarten and 1^st Grade

Project Title: Hundertwasser





Samples of Fredensreich Hundertwasser's art:

Silent Flowers (1991)

The Blob Grows in the Beloved Gardens (1975)

Description:

• Introduction to Fredensreich Hundertwasser’s life and artwork (Powerpoint presentation). Hundertwasser was an Austrian artist who lived from 1928-2000.  He loved nature and wanted people to respect and to take of our environment.  His pictures reflect this life message.  Hundertwasser flowers represent peace and hope the artist wished to restore to his city, Vienna, post WWII.

Vocabulary: 

• Environmentalist
• Hundertwasser 
• “dunkelbunt” colors= (bright colors on a rainy day)
• spiral lines
• nature

Resources:

• Harvesting Dreams: Hundertwasser for Kids by Barbara Stieff

Materials:

• cardboard circles
• tempera cakes
• varnish
• dowels

Examples of Student Artwork: