K-6 ART
by Lori Meusch
August 20, 2008
……And we’re off. In the spirit of the Summer Olympics, we are off and running into the new school year. Kindergarteners have begun to illustrate their own Art Books which will cover many new skills and terms to be used throughout the coming year. These will include shape, line, color, pattern, texture and feature placement. First grade is also studying shape, color and line with a torn paper creation. Second grade has discovered that they can also use the same elements to create a very imaginative Name Alien on paper.
Color families have been the focus in third, fourth, and fifth grades. Warm and cool colors, monochromatics, neutrals, and analogous colors have brightened up many classrooms. Sixth grade is studying the work of M. C. Escher and his tessellations which are a combination of geometry and art in a patterned format. We are finally out of the blocks, and have many exciting paths open to us in Art this year.
