K-2
Art
CAT'N AROUND CATSKILL 2020
"Space Cat" is officially on display across from the community center on Main Street!! I hope everyone can safely check it out - it will be up for the whole summer. What a great opportunity to have our artwork on display in our community!!
Ryleigh Ormerod
Chelsea Misevis
Evan Lozensky
Brooklyn Kalb
You can also find all of these projects on my Google Classroom. You will be able to attach photos of your artwork, ask questions, leave comments, and get feedback.
Google classroom code: wrmaqmf
Have a grown up send me a picture of what you make.
I would love to see your masterpiece!
One way is to e-mail me at: jallison@catskillcsd.org
week of 6/1 - 6/5
week of 5/26 - 5/31
(There are 3 choices this week - you only need to do 1)
CHOICE #1
Cats Can and Cats Will:
Find an object that looks like a letter
or
Spell out a word with objects
CHOICE #2
Cats Can and Cats Will:
Use materials around your home to build a fort that you can go inside of
or
Turn a cardboard box into a fort
Directions:
Become an architect (an artist who plans and designs buildings) and build your own fort!
Use what you have around you in your home. Think about using furniture and blankets, sleeping bags, or towels. What will you put inside? What about pillows or lights? If you have cardboard boxes, you can turn that into a fort. Can you cut out or draw on a door or windows?
What will you use your fort for? How about reading a book or drawing a picture? What else can you do?
Send me a picture of you inside your fort!
CHOICE #3
Cats Can and Cats Will:
Complete one of the challenges listed by yourself or with siblings
The "Weekly Challenge" will be a choice for the rest of the school year.
Open up the google doc attached with the 7 different challenges. Choose one to complete. If you want to do this each week, there are enough to choose a different one each time. If you have siblings, you can collaborate and work together on the same challenge!
Use whatever materials you have available to you at home. You can draw it, paint it, print it, collage it, or build it. Maybe you have extra cardboard, tape, glue, construction paper, newspapers, yarn, legos, clay.....try out what you have!
week of 5/18 - 5/22
(There are 3 choices this week - you only need to do 1)
CHOICE #1
Cats Can and Cats Will:
Create your own chalk paint
Use the paint to create a painting of your choice
CHOICE #2
Cats Can and Cats Will:
Create a collage with pictures from magazines or newspapers
DIRECTIONS:
Find some old magazines or newspapers. Cut out pictures that are interesting to you. Arrange them on a piece of paper and glue them down.
Tell a story with your pictures. You can overlap them, draw on them, or add details around them with a pencil, crayon, or markers. Fill the space of your paper with your pictures. Are the pictures talking-what will they say? What is in the background?
My collage of a birthday party for a puppy!
CHOICE #3
Cats Can and Cats Will:
Create a card game of Memory
week of 5/11 - 5/15
(There are 3 choices this week - you only need to do 1)
CHOICE #1
Cats Can and Cats Will:
Create a hand puppet with paper
CHOICE #2
Cats Can and Cats Will:
Draw or paint to music
Watch the video. It puts a painting by the artist Wassily Kandinsky to music. He liked to listen to music when he painted. When he heard sounds, he would see different colors, lines, and shapes. He would paint what he heard in the music.
Directions
Choose your favorite song and listen to it. While you listen, draw or paint to the sounds you hear. If the song is fast - draw fast. If the song is slow - draw slow. If you hear loud sounds, what lines, shapes, or colors would you use to show it? What about soft sounds? Fill the space of your paper.
CHOICE #3
Cats Can and Cats Will:
Create a monoprint with markers
week of 5/4 - 5/8
(You only need to do 1 project, but can try both if you want)
CHOICE #1
Cats Can and Cats Will:
Create a print
Explore uses of materials and tools to create works of art or design
cHOICE #2
Cats Can and Cats Will:
Sort found objects into different color families
week of 4/27 - 5/1
(Choose one or try both)
Cats Can and Cats Will:
Create a spring flower garden
Cats Can and Cats Will:
Make your own salt dough or use your own clay
Create a "clay" sculpture
week of 4/20 - 4/24
(Choose one or try both)
Cats Can and Cats Will:
Create texture rubbings
Cats Can and Cats Will:
Draw the shape of different objects by tracing their shadows
week of 4/13 - 4/17
(Choose one or try both)
Cats Can and Cats Will:
Use found objects to create a portrait of a face
Cats Can and Cats Will:
Use different shapes and lines to create a monster
Build a monster with recycled objects
Week of 4/6 - 4/10
(Choose one or try both)
Check out the live stream videos from the Georgia Aquarium
Choose a sea creature that you see and try to draw it! Add a background to show its habitat. If you can color it in, what colors do you observe? Below are some how to draw videos to try, as well.