Kinder is creating amazing patterns that will be transformed from two dimensional pieces of paper into three dimensional sculptures!
Fifth Grade has just finished studying the great Renaissance artist Leonardo Da Vinci, and have made horse sculptures out of clay. Here are sneak peeks of students painting glazes onto their bisque-fired horses; next step, another round in the kiln for the glaze firing!
Third grade artists are learning all about perspective and depth in two-dimensional artworks, as well as the art element of VALUE. Here students are creating a winterscape, and using size and color to show depth. They are mixing lighter and dark values of gray, and learning how to place objects in the background, middle ground, and fore ground.
Check back next week for an update on First, Second, and Fourth Grade artists!
It is incredible to believe that summer is gone and we are back at school! Every year, summer seems to get shorter! I am glad to be back at Zilker working with our amazing Panther Artists! This is the start of my 17th year teaching, and 14th year here at Zilker!
Back in May, third graders helped to create this fun example of unity. We used scrap paper and glue to make it, and I got the idea from a board on Pinterest, though the art was adult-created, not kid-created. I may be a little biased, but I think our kid-created one is better!
The students loved the three-dimensional aspect of making the circles and ovals. I tried to capture it with photos, but of course it is better in person!
We are off to a great start in Art Class this year! For the first time ever, we have another all-day art teacher here on campus. I would like to introduce Ms. Wilson, our art teacher whose home campus is Cowan Elementary: Welcome Ms. Wilson! Our students are sure to have fun learning and creating in her room!
Stay tuned for some more amazing art this year, coming here and to our online museum on Artsonia. Yay for Zilkerland Art!
Third Grade Zilker artists just finished studying Prehistoric Cave Art. We watched video of the famous Lascaux cave in France, and were mesmerized by the huge paintings of animals made by people thousands of years ago. We practiced drawing some of the animals that these ancient artists first recorded: bison, deer, horses, bears, and cows. Students choose their best drawing and carefully cut it out, adding it to a background that they first added implied texture to with texture rubbing plates and actual texture from crumpling the paper. As a final touch, students added some prehistoric symbols and pictographs that were also discovered on the walls of the Lascaux cave. Look for these to be displayed in the hallway in January!
Third Grade Art Students are learning all about Radial Balance, when an object has two or more lines of symmetry, and the elements of design radiate out from a central point. We looked at several different radial designs, including this one of a stained glass window at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. Students then practiced drawing different radial designs using a variety of shapes, lines, and colors. We folded our square-shaped papers twice to create two lines of symmetry, and to find the exact center of the paper. Students chose their best design to create their final piece on white paper with markers. Students are working hard to finish these this week - look for them soon in the Zilker Hallway!
