Good Morning!

 

Happy Tuesday. I hope you all enjoyed your weekend! 

 

What's on the Docket for this week?

 

2nd Grade - This week, students will be delving more into patterns and how to create and use patterns in art. We are making their hands filled with zentangle patterns. Students will also use their abstract art knowledge to create a colorful background to contrast their patterned hands. 

 

3rd/4th—This week, we are beginning our self-portraits, where students will be given a photograph of half of their face, and they will have to draw and shade the other half to complete the full image. Students will be learning proportion, scale, value, and gradation. 

 

5th/6th—This week, we are jumping into painting our self-portrait project inspired by the work of Pop Artist Roy Lichenstein. Students will be working in reverse, starting with the details and ending with the full-color backgrounds. Students will be working in a color scheme, painting on transparent paper to achieve the desired effect. 

 

7th/8th - This week, students are finalizing their History of Photography unit, by creating a photograph without a camera. These images are called photograms and use the cyanotype process to complete. We will be finalizing these on Friday since we need direct sunlight to do so. In the meantime, we are going to learn about the photo triad and how each choice an artist makes within the triad effects the outcome of the photograph. 

Good Morning and Happy Monday!

 

Welcome to the final rotation of the 2024-25 school year! We are in the home stretch.

 

This week is Earth Week! Although Earth Day was last week, we at Westgate feel the earth deserves more recognition than that, so we spend an entire week learning about and giving thanks to our home. Huge shout out to Mrs. Kahn for organizing and leading our Earth Week.

 

For art this week:

 

2nd Grade - This week, students will be delving into patterns and how to create and use patterns in art. We will be making 2 small drawings, that will contrast each other on where there is a pattern and where there is color. 

 

3rd/4th—This week, students will learn about and begin planning their clay creations for this year. We are going to be creating tic-tac-toe boards, encouraging self-expression through themed boards. We are starting this early so that students will have an ample amount of time to be able to paint their pottery at the end of the rotation.

 

5th/6th—This week, we are jumping straight into clay. Students are going to learn about Japanese culture and create a Japanese Tea Bowl that is unique and personal to them. Students will sketch out multiple design ideas this week, and start creating hopefully on Thursday. We are starting this project first so that students will have an ample amount of time to be able to paint their pottery at the end of the rotation.

 

7th/8th - Welcome to the second half of Quarter 4 where we are exploring art through the lens of a camera. This week students will be thrown way back to the history of photography and will use a process called a cyanotype to create a photograph without the use of a camera. This project gives students a glimpse into how photography was developed and how photographs weren't always just a snap on our cellphones. 

Good Morning!

 

Happy Monday. I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend! 

 

What's on the Docket for this week?

 

Kinder - This week, Kindergarten will jump into our next element of art, value. Value is the use of lightness and darkness within an artwork, whether black and white or tints and shades of a color.  We will be creating a winter scene utilizing value to show shadows. 

 

2nd Grade - This week, students will be delving into patterns and how to create and use patterns in art. We will be making 2 small drawings, that will contrast each other on where there is a pattern and where there is color. 

 

3rd/4th—This week, we are finalizing our self-portraits, by creating background frames for them. Once completed, we will start on our pop art painting project. 

 

5th/6th—This week, we are jumping into painting our self-portrait project inspired by the work of Pop Artist Roy Lichenstein. Students will be working in reverse, starting with the details and ending with the full-color backgrounds. 

 

7th/8th - This week, students will be working on calculating the scale of their cardboard sculpture as well as starting to create the skeleton of their project. 

Good Morning!

 

Happy Monday. I hope you all enjoyed your break and were able to spend some quality time with your friends and families!

 

Welcome to Semester 2! This is by far the messiest semester so if you have a student in my class, please be aware they might get paint, clay, or other materials we use on their clothing. 

 

What's on the Docket for this week?

 

Kinder - This week, Kindergarten will jump into our next element of art, value. Value is the use of lightness and darkness within an artwork, whether that is black and white or tints and shades of a color.  We will be creating a winter scene utilizing value to show shadows. 

 

2nd Grade - This week students get to study the parts of a face, creating a portrait inspired by Pablo Picasso. 

 

3rd/4th—This week, we are beginning work on our final self-portraits, which we began last time we were together. We will begin with a short review and jump right into the project, focusing on Value and Shading. 

 

5th/6th—This week, we are jumping into our self-portrait project inspired by the work of Pop Artist Roy Lichenstein. Students will be working in reverse, starting with the details and ending with the full-color backgrounds. 

 

7th/8th - Students are starting Q3 which is all about Sculpture art. Their first project will be to upscale an item out of cardboard. Students will learn different cardboard techniques as well as utilizing prior knowledge of painting and paper mache. 

Good Morning!

 

Happy Final week before break!

 

What's on the Docket for this week?

 

2nd Grade - This week we will create a still-life drawing, focusing on value and shape. I will help the students work with their pencils to "draw what they see". 

 

3rd/4th—This week, we are beginning work on our self-portraits, which we will finish when they return to me in March. 

 

5th/6th—This week, we are completing our second project, neuro doodles. Students will work on calming their minds and letting the artwork tell them what it needs instead of forcing colors, lines, or patterns. 

 

7th/8th - This week students will be finalizing our geometric animal paintings using masking tape, black paint, and tissue paper. I am looking forward to seeing how these turn out!  

Good Morning!

 

Happy Wednesday. I hope you all enjoyed your weekend and start to your week! My apologies for the late update, the beginning of this week got away from me. 

 

What's on the Docket for this week?

 

2nd Grade—This week, we finalized our Pablo Picasso-inspired portraits and will start the process of creating a still-life drawing, focusing on value and shape. I will help the students work with their pencils to "draw what they see." 

 

3rd/4th—This week, we are finalizing our Zentangle Landscapes, using patterns and lines to create a unique landscape image. Students learned about the three parts of a landscape and how to use lines and shapes in varying ways to create a pattern. 

 

5th/6th—This week, we are finalizing our Still life project, focusing on form and dimension through value. Students will be completing this project by this Thursday and will be able to bring home their objects on that day. 

 

7th/8th - This week students will be beginning the planning process for our final project. We are studying the cubist movement and learning how to break an organic object (animals) into geometric shapes. Students will be creating 2 large or 4 small geometric animal portraits for this project, and will be using an unconventional painting method that most have not worked with before. 

Good Morning!

 

Welcome back. I hope you all enjoyed your Weekend. My apologies for the confusion last week; I was off my schedule. This week, K-6 is actually starting their final specials rotation! 

 

What's on the Docket for this week?

 

2nd Grade - Starting a new rotation. I will now have Ms. Freeland's Advocacy class. We will start off our art adventure creating our contributions to the school mural inspired by Thank You X, an LA-based street artist. We will then round out our week by talking about lines and patterns, while creating a Farm Landscape demonstrating what we learned. 

 

3rd/4th - Starting a new rotation. I will now have Ms. Rosenblatt's Advocacy class. We will start off our art adventure creating our contributions to the school mural inspired by Thank You X, an LA-based street artist. Using their prior knowledge of the human facial proportions, students will then set to work designing the covers for our sketchbooks, by creating their own original character. 

 

5th/6th - Starting a new rotation. I will now have Mr. McGinnis's Advocacy class. We will start off our art adventure creating our contributions to the school mural inspired by Thank You X, an LA-based street artist. Using their prior knowledge of the human facial proportions, students will then set to work designing the covers for our sketchbooks, by creating their own original character. 

 

7th/8th - This week students are continuing their Second Life Paintings. These will be due this Tuesday (November 19th) at the end of our class period. The students seem to be very excited and invested in this project so I am very excited to see the outcome! We will hold a critique on Wednesday and start our 3rd Painting Project on Thursday. 

 

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact me! Have a fantastic week!