Portraits and More

We have spent most of September delving into the the following projects. I have included the basics tenets of the standards or artists that correlate with these projects:

Kindergarten:

1. Fish Collage
• Combines materials in new and different ways.
2. Letter Birds
• Combines materials in new and different ways.
• Added focus on letters and shapes.

First Grade: Self Portrait

• Artwork fills composition space.

• Awareness of shape, pattern, texture.

Second Grade: Family Portrait

• Landscapes with a horizon line

• Social Studies family unit

Third Grade: Portrait in a Landscape

• Landscape- foreground, middle ground, background

• Perspective- Size and Placement

Fourth Grade: Portraits (Matisse, Van Gogh, Britto)

• Landscape, still life, portrait from direct observation
• Mixes and uses color schemes.

•              Solar System science unit and Van Gogh's Starry Night

Fifth Grade: Portraits (Pop Art/ artist Romero Britto)

•              Emphasize proportion/distortion.
•              Uses color schemes in work.