Winter 2012 Art Term Reports
Art with Ms. Crespi
First Grade
The first graders began this term by entering the Anti-Tobacco Poster Contest sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society. They created thoughtful and impressive drawings that illustrated the assigned theme of ‘How Tobacco is Bad for Your Body’. Students are eagerly awaiting the results of the drawing at the end of April. For their next art project first grade artists ‘traveled’ to the country of Japan to explore and observe the tradition of Japanese kimonos. Through literature and samples of kimonos students sketched their own kimono designs on paper before coloring with crayons. In March students learned about cray-pas resist painting when they made underwater tropical fish scenes. Students are currently working on strengthening their drawing skills by creating a royal pet, complete with a castle home! First graders will color their pets with bright cray-pas while exploring the medium’s blending capabilities.
Second Grade
The second grade students began the term by entering the Anti-Tobacco Poster Contest sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society. They created thoughtful and impressive drawings that illustrated the assigned theme of ‘How Tobacco is Bad for Your Body’. Students are eagerly awaiting the results of the drawing at the end of April. For our next project we discussed Chinese New Year and explored Chinese culture and its view of the dragon as a symbol of good fortune. Students then created incredible dragon puppets! Second graders are currently studying the life and work of the artist Vincent van Gogh and applying elements of his Starry Night to their own versions of the famous artwork.
Third Grade
The third graders began the term by entering the Anti-Tobacco Poster Contest sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society. They created thoughtful and impressive drawings that illustrated the assigned theme of ‘How Tobacco Affects Others’. Students are eagerly awaiting the results of the drawing at the end of April. In observance of Chinese New Year last month students were introduced to Chinese culture, calendar and celebrations. Students made colorful Chinese paper lanterns and also learned how to fold origami animals! Third grade artists are currently learning about the life and work of Pablo Picasso, while taking a closer look at his great contribution to modern art with the creation of cubism. After studying his work, Three Musicians, students are applying his cubist style to their own musical band collage creations.
Fourth Grade
The fourth grade students began the term by entering the Anti-Tobacco Poster Contest sponsored by the Massachusetts Medical Society. They created thoughtful and impressive drawings that illustrated the assigned theme of ‘How Tobacco Affects Others’. Students are eagerly awaiting the results of the drawing at the end of April. In February students learned about Chinese New Year. For the year of the dragon students made colorful drawings of their own Chinese dragons. For their next project students learned how to draw the human figure using the correct proportions. They then drew figures in action playing a sport. Students are currently learning about the life and work of contemporary artist Wayne Thiebaud. They are creating their own delicious works of art inspired by Thiebaud’s paintings.