Coloring Country Day with Creativity: Free Time

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Friday, September 12, 2014

First Weeks of School Year 2014-2015

It has been a busy and exciting first couple weeks of our new school year. Students have been busy at work using their creativity to make unique and vibrant works of art. These photos were taken during the past two weeks while students were clearing out their artistic cobwebs and using their skills to create various projects. Some students have been enjoying our new Free Time choice, sewing with yarn on burlap. Enjoy the Art Room photos, and I look forward to our upcoming year!

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

FREE TIME FUN!

10/1/2013

4th Grade

1st Grade

Connectors

9/25/2013

FREE TIME

The art projects are not the only fun part of art class! When art projects are completed, students have the opportunity to work on several different activities. Weaving, as seen in a previous post, is a growing favorite! Connectors are a close 2nd! In the photos below, 3rd grade boys worked together to create a city, including skyscrapers and surrounding buildings! Continue to check back and see more of our classroom fun!

Chloe works on her weaving skills after finishing her project.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Free Time Weaving

Free Time Weaving

A new addition to the FCCDS Art Room was a new weaving loom!

Once students finish their art projects and are all cleaned up, students in grades 2nd - 5th will have the option to weave on our new loom! This is not only a great activity for students to create art during their free time but it also builds fine motor skills, cooperation, and specific thinking.

Students are very excited to get started, and we can not wait to see what they create!

Word Wall

Elements of Art
Line - is a mark on a surface that describes a shape or outline.
Color - refers to specific hues and has 3 properties, Chroma, Intensity and Value. The color wheel is a way of showing the chromatic scale in a circle using all the colors made with the primary triad.
Texture - is about surface quality either tactile or visual. Texture can be real or implied by different uses of media.
Shape - is a 2-dimensional line with no form or thickness.
Form - is a 3-dimensional object having volume and thickness.
Value - is the degree of light and dark in a design.
Size - refers to variations in the proportions of objects, lines or shapes.
Principles of Design
Center of interest - is an area that first attracts attention in a composition.
Balance - is a feeling of visual equality in shape, form, value, color, etc. Balance can be symmetrical or evenly balanced or asymmetrical and un-evenly balanced.
Harmony - brings together a composition with similar units.
Contrast - offers some change in value creating a visual discord in a composition.
Movement - is a visual flow through the composition.
Rhythm - is a movement in which some elements recurs regularly. Like a dance it will have a flow of objects that will seem to be like the beat of music.

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