Monday, June 13, 2011
Tessellations
Fifth graders learned about the artist M.C. Escher and tessellations. This was a great art & math connection. We used the translation, rotation and transformation (slide, turn, flip) techniques, which are also 5th grade Math SOL's. Tessellations are created by making a repeated pattern and shape, and then fitting those pieces together like a puzzle.
Monet Waterlilies
First grade students used a variety of Claude Monet's water lily paintings as inspiration for their own artwork. We talked about Monet as an artist, and the impressionistic time period. This was a two day project.
Day 1- As a class we aanalyzed the paintings & discussed the cool colors. Then I demonstrated how to draw a bridge. Students used cool color crayons to add waves and color to the bridge. Next, they painted the background with cool color water color paints.
Day 2- Students discovered that the basic shapes of a circle & triangle can be used to create a waterlily. They used green construction paper and green tissue paper to create the waterlilies. To add the flowers, they used yellow and pink tissue paper scrapes.
Day 1- As a class we aanalyzed the paintings & discussed the cool colors. Then I demonstrated how to draw a bridge. Students used cool color crayons to add waves and color to the bridge. Next, they painted the background with cool color water color paints.
Day 2- Students discovered that the basic shapes of a circle & triangle can be used to create a waterlily. They used green construction paper and green tissue paper to create the waterlilies. To add the flowers, they used yellow and pink tissue paper scrapes.
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