Dr. Walter Cooper Academy Fall 2018

Monochrome Poem

Poetry and Painting Grade Four

Linnevette

Blue

Blue sounds sad

Blue Feels Like the Ocean

Blue smells like wild flowers

Blue looks like the sky

Linnevette

Fourth grade student created a design using shapes and or rulers. They chose one color to make tints and shades of the color with black and white tempera. After our entire paper was painted and our monochromatic painting was complete, we wrote poems inspired by the color they used to paint with. We brainstormed how a color might be described as either a sensory experience or with an emotion. If we got stuck we discussed it with our peers. Everyone had great ideas!

VA:Cr1.2.4 a. Work individually and collaboratively to set goals and create artwork that is meaningful and has purpose to the makers

Red

Red sounds like a cardinal

Red feels like a rose

Red smells like pizza

Red looks like a ladybug

Hawa

Community Collage

Grade Two

We started our journey by viewing the read aloud of Maybe Something Beautiful How Art Transformed A Neighborhood written by F. Isabel Camboy and Theresa Howell. We discussed the art of collage and the materials an artist might use. We examined geometric shape in architecture. Students created skyscrapers, trees ,vehicles, storefronts and homes out of painted papers we made in class. They added details using paper scraps and sharpie marker. Our Community Collage will help us display something beautiful in our halls.

VA:Pr6.1.2 Analyze how art is inside and outside of schools and how it contributes to communities.

Lyni

Aya Dylan (right)

Fabulous Fish

Grade One

Students read Rainbow Fish Written by Marcus Pfister. After discussing the anatomy of a fish we practiced drawing a fish. Next we drew one or more fish and used colored pencil sticks to create patterns on our drawings. Last we created a “DOT” painting using a cardboard circle and shades of blue and purple we painted our background with tempera paint. VA:Cr2.1.1 a. Explore uses of materials and tools to create works of art or design.

Grade six

Greek Vessel drawings

Kindergarten

Pumpkins

Shape ,Line and Pattern

Students mixed primary colors to make secondary colors.

We discussed shapes as we painted our pumpkins. Oil pastels were used to draw vertical lines, zig zags, curvy lines and even lines made out of DOTS! We examined art by the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama who often uses pumpkins and dots in her artwork.

VACr2.1

Through experimentation, build skills in various media and art making approaches.

Abri'ella (top ) Shionna (bottom)

Joe

Sumitra

Michael

Aliah

(top) Taylor plums (bottom) Mohamed onions

Stayci peaches

Properties of Watercolor Paint

Grade Five

Students analyzed photos of fruits and vegetables that are used as chapter headings in Esperanza Rising by. After a rough draft was completed they moved on to watercolor paper. They used color wheels to aid them as they mixed colors such as red violet and yellow green.

They discussed the transparency of water color paint and were offered salt as a tool to create texture in their art as they painted a background using liquid watercolor paints.

VA:Re8.1.5 a. Interpret art by referring to contextual information and analyzing subject matter, characteristics of form, and use of media.

Ladamyon grapes

Grade Three

Malaai & Arianna

(right) Mah'lik

Sewing Challenge

Third grade artists were challenged to try something new in art. We learned how to thread a needle and tie a knot as well as sewing simple stiches on a swath of burlap. Students finished their pieces with buttons and some even created three dimensional embellishments. We tried back stitch, running stitch and more. We discussed the uses of fibers and textiles to make art.

VA:Cn11.2.3 a. Brainstorm ideas for and experiment with changes to simple items used in

daily life, share results.

Jeffery teaches students how to make an origami jumping frog

Samantha sewing

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