Starting off the year with Art

 

"Just make a mark and see where it takes you" The Dot, by Peter H. Reynolds

You Be You, By Linda Kranz. 

Color mixing to create a Rainbow

Rowe School City (Architecture unit finished)

 

Architecture

Rowe artist learned about what an Architect does and looked at some famous examples of architecture including The Dome of the Rock, Notre Dame, Falling Water, The Dancing House, The Golden Pavilion, and St Basil's Cathedral. We then got to work building our own building frames out of craft sticks.  The buildings could be traditional or creative. 

Here are some examples of the steps so far. 

Animal Unit

 Rowe artists are working on using their "artist eyes" to break animals down into shapes in order to learn to draw what they see. 

The lesson started by practicing drawing at least 2 animals by looking at pictures from the book ZooOlogy.  The artists will then pick one animal to draw for a final piece of art. 

An additional part to this animal unit is creating a Relief sculpture tile out of clay. We talked about the difference between 2-dimensional drawings and 3-dimensional sculptures. These sculptures will come home with two holes at the top so they can be hung on the wall. 

Block Printing

A print from each Rowe artist is hanging in the hallway. 

This unit took two classes. 

During the first class, Rowe artists created their printing plates, by drawing a sea creature, and then tracing over it on to a piece of thin foam. 

If there was time black ink was used to create a practice print on white paper.

The second class was all for printmaking. Rowe artists had a variety of paper and ink colors to choose from, and were able to create multiple prints. 

Small portfolios were made to hold the printing plates and prints in order to take them home safely.