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In 1st grade we have just finished our drawings of von Eckenbrecher's Summer on the Ljingen-Fjord, and are now moving on to a fascinating work of art by the 19th century American artist Thomas Cole, The Titan's Goblet, which imagines a mythical landscape that has been shaped by a tremendously large goblet left behind by a Titan long ago. The students were awestruck by the sight of tiny villages and forests along the rim of the goblet, as well as a lake with ships formed within the goblet itself. In kindergarten, we have begun working on a drawing of the 19th century American artist Albert Bierstadt called Mount Hood, which is a painting of the mountain by that name in the state of Oregon. This is, for most of the scholars, their first attempt at a complex landscape painting, and we have begun sketching the lower hills and forest below Mt. Hood during our first week. We will begin sketching the upper cliffs in the later part of this week and then moving on to the mountain itself. As always, I am incredibly grateful to be able to see the beautiful art that our scholars are able to produce. Greetings!
Last week in kindergarten, we finished creating our own stained glass windows on transparency film and aluminum foil. In 1st grade, we continued working on the mountain detail on Themistokles von Eckenbrecher's Summer on the Ljingenfjord with closer attention to forming the snow banks on the sides and peaks of the mountains. This week, the scholars in kindergarten will begin a new work of art by the early 20th century American artist, Georgia O'Keeffe, called My Shanty, Lake George. This is a landscape painting of the mountains and trees surrounding a farm house where O'Keeffe spent a summer in 1922. The scholars will immediately notice that despite being an impressionist painting, My Shanty has particularly dark shading and color (with the exception of light green on the grass), contrasting sharply with the very bright impressionist work of Claude Monet that they have been working on for the past 2 quarters. In 1st grade, the scholars will continue working on Eckenbrecher's Summer on the Ljingenfjord, as they will be finishing the mountain detail and begin working on the subtle shading of the clouds above the mountains. As this project comes to a close, I am amazed at the incredible effort and detail being put into the student art. I look forward to seeing the continued artistic growth of our scholars! Welcome back everyone!
In kindergarten, we recently had the chance to finish Monet's Manneporte at Etrétat, and last week we began looking at and discussing art from the Middle Ages, in particular the stained glass art and architecture of gothic cathedrals in France. This week we will begin work on a simplified faux-stained glass replica of the rose window at the Cathedral of Notre Dame. The students will be using transparency paper on a background of aluminum wrapped card stock. This will allows the colors drawn on the transparency to shimmer like a stained glass window. In 1st grade, we are continuing detailed colored pencil work on the mountains and lake of Themistokles von Eckenbrecher's Summer on the Ljingen-Fjord. The progress and detail I have seen in the work of the 1st grade classes have been fantastic. I look forward to seeing the continued progress of the students in the weeks to come! Greetings!
The past few weeks, our first grade and kindergarten scholars have been working with diligence in finishing their respective projects, and I have been delighted to see how well each grade was able to imitate the detail of the art. This upcoming week, we will be transitioning into new projects that will carry us into the early weeks of 3rd Quarter. In first grade, we will begin working on a very special work of art by German artist Themistokles von Eckenbrecher named Summer on the Lijngen-Fjord. It will introduce the scholars to the concept of color shading and allow them to create subtle texture with wavy lines in the lake beneath the mountains. In kindergarten, we will begin a work by Claude Monet named The Manneporte near Etrétat. This work is significant for its use of texture on the rock art as well as its complex use of color blending. I look forward to continuing to help our scholars develop their artistic talent with these works of art! Hi everyone! Last week, our first grade scholars began working with the concept of a gradient, which I explained as a series of successive changes from one color or value to another, often moving from warm colors to cool colors or vice versa. They spent time trying to create both a black to white gradient and a color spectrum gradient.
This week, first grade will use those skills that we cultivated in the previous week by re-creating a famous painting by a late 19th/early 20th century American artist, Edward Hopper, called Railroad Sunset. In this painting, a vertical color gradient is used to create a beautiful sunset over the mountains in the background as the fading light reveals a partial glimpse of the colors of the railroad and the control tower next to it. In kindergarten, we have been working since last week on a work of art by Claude Monet named The Cliff at Fécamp. This work is significant for its use of perspective and texture, and we have been imitating the texture of the cliff and the sea by having the scholars color their papers on top of a bumpy surface. We will be continuing on this work of art during the upcoming week as we work towards applying oil pastels with better detail. Welcome back for our second quarter of art! At the end of the first quarter we finished Henri Matisse's painting, The Swan, in first grade art. In kindergarten we finished Claude Monet's Nympheas, a water lily painting with varied color contrast.
During this shorter week we will begin with reviewing in both grades the concepts that we have learned over the course of the first quarter. We will go over the concepts of line, shape and color, the differences among different kinds of lines, what lines are used in making basic shapes, the distinction between primary and secondary colors, and the distinction between warm and cool colors. Remembering each of these things will be important for moving forward next week when we begin a new project in kindergarten and a new concept in first grade. I hope all of you have a wonderful week, and I look forward to beginning our second quarter together! Greetings! Both the first grade and kindergarten classes have been continuing to work on the Kandinsky circles over the past few weeks, focusing especially on how we can use the techniques we have learned already to make a beautiful work of art. This week, first grade will move on to a new work named The Swan by Henri Matisse. This work will help our scholars develop a refined skill with drawing each of the lines we have discussed since the beginning of the school year. Kindergarten will spend this week finishing the Kandinsky circles with oil pastels. I have already seen some very beautiful drawings from our young scholars; I look forward to seeing the finished projects!
Greetings! This week, both kindergarten and first grade will be continuing or beginning work on the Kandinsky circles and learn how to use oil pastels in painting. This is their very first art project for the year!
Hello once again!
Last week, Kindergarten learned how to mix the primary colors to make green, purple, and orange and continued to practice the skills we have been learning to use for drawing lines and shapes. In first grade, we began to apply all of the skills that we have learned to re-creating a work of art created by Wassily Kandinsky called Color Study Squares with Concentric Circles. This week, in Kindergarten we will continue exploring the significance of color in art by considering the distinction between warm and cool colors and how they affect the 'mood' of a work of art. In first grade, we will continue working on Kandinsky's Color Study Squares with Concentric Circles while paying close attention to how we can apply all of the skills we have already learned to re-creating this painting. Hello everyone! As we begin our second week of art, both first grade and kindergarten are learning about lines in all of their various forms (straight, curved, zigzag, wavy, spiral, etc.). Lines are in many ways the building blocks of art, so it is important for us to learn how to draw lines with precision and care. We are also discovering how to use these lines to make all sorts of conventional and non-standard shapes. These shapes will become especially important when we undertake imitating classical works of art. I hope the students enjoy our continuing journey towards learning the great works of art belonging to the Western tradition!
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February 2019
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