September 2014

The Penn Wood Art room is continuing to create beautiful works of art this year, and the artists are busy! To start the year, each grade completed a unit on color theory, with a focus on the color wheel.

First GradeFirst graders are studying Keith Haring and line. We are beginning to learn about drawing the human figure. Students are creating Keith Haring inspired figures using simple lines to show movement!

Keith Haring's Work

 

First graders sketched their figures on construction paper and then arranged them on white paper.

Second Grade
Second graders are continuing to study the color wheel, especially warm and cool colors. Students are painting their own "warm" or "cool" parrots using watercolors.

Third Grade
Third graders are studying Grant Wood, an American artist who is also known for his landscapes. Using oil pastels, students are designing their own Fall landscape with a distinct foreground, middle ground, and background.  

Grant Wood's Work

 

Fourth Grade

Fourth graders are studying Paul Cezanne and his still lives. Students used fall items, and worked with classmates at their tables to create a Fall still life. Students are using oil pastels to draw from observation, and to create a realistic rendition of their still life with shadows and highlights.

 

Fifth Grade 

Fifth graders started a unit on printmaking. Students studied the work of Albrecht Dürer, who was a famous German print maker. First students sketched a Fall landscape. Then students engraved their sketch onto a Styrofoam plate using a pencil. Next week students will print their plates using ink! 

5th Grade printing (Styrofoam) plates