Kindergarten artists are exploring COLOR and SHAPE, elements of art!

We are learning about the primary colors, red, yellow, and blue, as well as naming some geometric shapes. We will create a primary color shape robot.

I can make a shape robot using geometric shapes and primary colors.

Vocabulary

Primary colors- red, yellow, and blue

Geometric shapes- Shapes that have names

Kindergarten artists are exploring primary and secondary colors!

We are learning about the secondary colors, green orange and purple. We are going to read the book "Mouse Paint" by Ellen Stoll Walsh and make 3 clay mice that mix the primary colors into the secondary colors.

I can make secondary colors!

Vocabulary

Primary colors- red, yellow, and blue

Secondary Colors- green, orange and purple

Kindergarten artists are exploring shapes and landscapes!

We are learning how we can use shapes to make art. We will use shapes to make houses in a snowy landscape inspired by the artist Grandma Moses.

I can create a snowy landscape with a house in the background, middle ground, and foreground using cut paper.

Vocabulary

Horizon line- Imaginary line that separates the land and the sky

Foreground- what is in front.

Middle ground- in the middle!

Background- What is farthest away.

Kindergarten artists are creating butterflies for the art show!

We read the book "Little Butterfly" by Laura Logan and created a butterfly for our annual butterfly hallway of kindness.

I can create a symmetrical butterfly.

Vocabulary

symmetry- what happens on one side, is the same as the other

Parts of a butterfly- (see below)

Kindergarten artists are creating a self portrait!

We will read the book " I Ain't Gonna Paint No more" by Karen Beaumont and create a painted self portrait with our own handprints in our favorite color.

I can create a self portrait.

Vocabulary

Self portrait- A work of art about myself.