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Our newest unit is all about TEXTURE. Students are using implied and actual texture to create a wide variety of artwork.  Kindergartners are creating tissue paper and mixed media collages based on the writing and illustrations of Eric Carle. Hungry caterpillars and mixed-up chameleons all around!  First graders are learning about ways art can impact society. Artist Andy Lakey used texture in art to create work that people could feel. He was the inspiration for our actual texture paintings.  Second grade is drawing inspiration from Gustav Klimt's Tree of Life to create a textured tree of life that seems to pop off the page. Third grade is using implied texture to create landscapes inspired by traditional Japanese landscape painters. Fourth grade is also exploring implied texture by creating collage landscapes using magazine scraps in unexpected ways.  Fifth grade is using texture as a form of personal expression. They are creating abstract self-portraits and symbolic license plates. They are using found objects as a base and then using tin tooling for the surface textures. 
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Hope everyone had an amazing holiday and stayed warm! I didnt want to post information about our winter projects as I thought that some might be given as gifts. We created quite a few winter themed artworks over the past month. So, in case you missed it . . .  Kindergartners explored three dimensional shapes in their classroom so we created multiple three-dimensional artworks to mirror their learning. We made: colorful, spinning, tree mobiles; sparkling 3-d cone trees, and spinning tissue stars.  1st through 3rd grade worked with clay to create fun snowman decorations. The 4th and 5th graders were busy making functional coasters out of clay and three dimensional snowflake decorations.  All of the works were hand crafted and glazed by the students themselves. 
And this is a picture of my new Christmas tree. Just like Charlie Brown's!
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AuthorLauren Dziadosz is a K-5 art teacher at Hedke and Anderson Elementary Schools in Trenton, Michigan |
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