Painting by Joseph Paduchowski Third through fifth graders completed a unit on Impressionism focusing on the art of Vincent Van Gogh. We listened to Don McClean's Starry Starry Night on Youtube, which includes a wide variety of Van Gogh's amazing paintings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7tx1Un4shU. Students also learned about the importance of perseverance and how Van Gogh did not receive much recognition for his incredible paintings during his life. Next, I demonstrated how to re-create Van Gogh’s unusual painting style using dashes and small strokes, while blending different colors. Finally, students tried to put themselves into the scene, experiencing the sights and sounds of that night by writing a descriptive poem about it. My students put a great deal of effort into these beautiful paintings - please cherish them. If you get a chance, the movie "Loving Vincent" which is currently in theaters is an excellent adult movie about the life of Van Gogh totally done in painted frames.
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Students watched a slideshow of a variety of different multi-cultural masks. I showed them everything from Balinese masks, to African, to Native American masks. Then students used shapes, lines and symbols to complete their design. The following week they added beans, pasta and feathers. These were quite the hit with the first and second graders.
The week after Halloween is a great time to bring on the monsters! I read There's A Monster Under My Bed by James Howe to my first and second grade students. Then they jumped into this delightful project - creating monsters from construction paper complete with horns, wings, claws, and crazy hats and hair. This is a favorite lesson for my creative young artists!
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AuthorMy name is Mrs. Krupa and I'm an elementary art teacher at Oxbow Elementary. I'm a professional harpist turned art teacher of 20 years. I'll share art lessons and ideas on these pages, what works and doesn't. Enjoy! Categories
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