So much Fall Art at Fayston School!

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#watercolorresist #leaves by #gradetwo at @faystonschool #elementaryart #liquidwatercolor #warmandcoolcolors

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Sunflowers/ "Fun"flowers by grades One and Two

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#firstandsecondgrades were inspired by #vangogh #sunflowers #liquidwatercolors @faystonschool

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Kindergarten Sunflowers inspired by Van Gogh

Kindergarten artists looked at Vincent Van Gogh's famous sunflower paintings, then made their own using liquid watercolor paints. 

Click here to see the finished sunflower paintings on Instagram! 

Arctic Landscapes inspired by Canadian Artist Ted Harrison

#landscape paintings inspired by #tedharrison by #faystonschool #gradesoneandtwo

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Collages inspired by Rex Ray by Grades 3 and 4

A few examples of Rex Ray's Collages:

Look for:

Warm and Cool Colors

Organic Shapes

Positive and Negative Space

Texture

Murals Inspired by Wassily Kandinksy

First and second grade artists learned about Wassily Kandinksy and explored his artwork in several ways. Click here to see more about our work with Kandinksy.  

We worked collaboratively to create these two large murals in the style of Kandinsky's abstract expressionist work.  We used shapes and themes from his paintings and worked with warm colors first, then added cool colors. 

Portraits inspired by Sandra Silberzweig

Sandra Silberzweig is a contemporary artist from Toronto. She has a condition called synesthesia, which is a crossing of the senses.  This means that she may "hear" colors or "see" music.

Here is a poem she wrote called "When you are a synesthesia goddess ...... your day dreams are always in color"
I am a synesthesia goddess
I have no fear of color
It lives in my soul, dances in my heart
Spills out of my fingers flowing down a canvas
I can see your aura
Taste the color black
Feel the chill of the green wind
Smell blue butterflies
Hear the yellow rain
Life is never boring when inspiration is always around


Click here to read more about Sandra Silberzweig, the work she has done to share her experience with synesthesia and how she has turned this condition into a driving force for her creative work.


Silberzweig's paintings are bold, colorful and imaginative.  She primarily paints stylized, patterned-filled portraits. 

I worked with the third and fourth grade classes to create an assessment rubric for this lesson. We talked about what qualities artwork would need to get into the "Wowy-Zowy Zone." Students used this rubric to inspire revisions of their work and self-evaluate.  Click here to view this rubric.


Third and fourth grade artists looked at examples of Silberzweig's artwork, then created portraits inspired by her unique style.  We used chalk pastel and oil pastel and focused on choosing warm and cool color combinations and creating patterns.

Faux Leaves Stained Glass by Grade Three & Four

Third and fourth grade artists looked at several examples of leaf artwork, including Georgia O'Keeffe. We also examined  Stained Glass Windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany.  Then we went outside to collect fallen leaves to inspire our work.  Artists traced their leaves on the paper to create a balanced composition. Then they traced their lines with black glue (glue+black tempera paint). When the glue dried (into a giant black puddle on my art room floor... oops!), they used warm and cool color groups to paint their leaves and backgrounds. We used liquid watercolors.

 

 Stained Glass window by Louis C. Tiffany and Leaves by Georgia O'Keeffe.

This lesson was inspired by Crayola Lessons