Welcome back to school!

I love starting out the year with a collaborative installation which includes the entire student population.  Students used analogous colors and focused on the principles of design, variety and unity.  They were also introduced to the work of current day artist Lea Anderson.  

leaandersonart.com

Lea Anderson, Fuchsiabiotic, 2008, paper, mixed media on panel, 36x30 in

Lea Anderson

Lea Anderson

Lea Anderson

The installation is currently hanging in the hallway near the art room.

Rainbow School Portrait

Tonight is open house and the "Rainbow School Portrait" is up!  The students loved seeing this all come together.  They have been gathering around and searching to find their "selfie".  Many students got to help me piece it together and many also helped to hang it.  It was great seeing the entire school work together to make one big collaborative piece of art!

Massachusetts Arts Curriculum Framework:

2.7 For color, use and be able to identify hues, values, intermediate shades, tints, tones, complementary, analogous, and monochromatic colors

2.8 For line, use and be able to identify various times of line

3.4 Create 2D and 3D representational artwork from direct observation in order to develop skills of perception, discrimination, physical coordination, and memory of detail

Getting to know students with simple self portraits

This is my first year at Nissitissit so I need to learn each and every students name in grades 5-8.  I found a great idea to start the year off.

Students are creating a self portrait on a small piece of tag board (4.5" x 6").  We discussed contour drawing and analogous colors.  I want to get to know each student individually so I am allowing them to include a bit of themselves into the drawing.  I kept this project very open and free besides the talk of analogous colors and contour drawing.  I had students ask to use anime eyes and one student asked make himself half "Mind Craft".  I encouraged it.  I want to get to know the students beyond their names.  When all are finished, they will be displayed together with like colors (analogous) to create a giant rainbow of portraits.