Crowds...real life=NO, Imaginary= YES

First- 
Thanks to a superstar who sent in her picture of her model bedroom - inspired by the 
Van Gogh challenge a few days ago.
Way to go!

Now to think about the CROWDS we are all avoiding.

Use the Owls that you learned to draw yesterday, and draw a crowd of OWLS. 
Add details and silly stuff as you like. 

• hats
• glasses
• neckties, bow ties
• aprons
• mustache, funny hair
• you'll have some good ideas

Here are the steps to get you started:

Start at the bottom of the paper.
Paper can be tall or wide.
 

 Make the first row and add some shape detail before drawing 2nd row.

Repeat until at the top of the page.
See how many rows you can create.

What could be at the top? Clouds and good weather? Or surprise me - you'll figure it out.

Lesson 1-C

OWLS

I was inspired by this 9 minute video on OPB about Great Grey Owls in Oregon.
I watched it this morning - looks like it was shot in central Oregon...so that view is nice, makes me feel like I left Portland for awhile.

Let's think about Alma Thomas, and Van Gogh and "do" owls today. 
Or your own version of an owl - with:

• drawing
• legos
• twigs from outside
• pebbles
• other - non-drawing materials

1. Watch video about Owls (be patient...like when you are looking for an owl).
https://youtu.be/WPVWSW_luME 

2. If you need more inspiration - here is a slide show of how many different cultures working throughout history, made art about owls.
slideshow Owls - in art 

3. Here are some owl drawing suggestions: mainly - any shape works, if you add big eyes, and beak and little ear-looking tufts.

Okay - go for it..... remember...send pics - I love them- nhelmsworth@pps.net

Owl - by Vincent Van Gogh

Lesson 1-B

There is no way for me to know if any of this is useful...except for the great video sent from a student yesterday....but I guess, no surprise to me, I love teaching art.
Doing this makes me feel normal.
send pics - nhelmsworth@pps.net

Well with school being closed for awhile longer - I wonder if we teachers will be directed to provide online learning - so the technology part no doubt, will be improving on this end.

In the meantime.
Be inspired by this:
2 assignments/options- 
CALLING ALL 5th graders - for the "perspective drawing of your room" - keep reading below



Lets look at Vincent Van Gogh's  painting of his room.
How can you:

• Use it as a guide and make it out of legos?
• Use it as a guide and draw it with markers
• Use it as a guide and make a 3-D model with paper (3rd graders remember your paper sculpture skills from last fall) - printer paper and tape, crease long paper for strength, roll paper into little straws for strength 
• Use your play pieces - Barbie -other figures, washcloth, stuff to make a model (I really want a picture of this set up)
• Other creative ideas  

Okay - 5th Graders - especially for you. Draw your room! 
OR draw Van Gogh's room using 1-point perspective. (of course-anyone else is welcome to try, and you may surprise yourself)
If you don't have a ruler - use the straight edge of a book - OR just free-hand draw. It's okay.

Here are 2 refresher tutorials to get you started.
You might want to do BOTH as practice, then take the skills you learned and APPLY them to drawing your own room. 
2 YouTube videos below:
basics of drawing a room 
this one is a bedroom with bed to one side like Van Gogh 

Extra credit - try drawing the kitchen! 

Get busy - this will take awhile - but should be quite fun! 

Keep learning - Ms. H.

whoo-hooo - You students always amaze me!

Yay - for this brilliant interpretation (from a 4th grader) of Alma Thomas's style going from this:
 

To THIS:

 

Yay for this creative interpretation of Alma Thomas' work in LEGOS
Love it!

Lesson 1-A

 3/17/20

Again - slow and steady...enjoy the process. :)

Okay - If you did Lesson 1 or want more challenge, here is the next step.

Alma Thomas was an art teacher and artist - (one of the many reasons I think she was so special). Alma Thomas link to review if needed
So as an art teacher, she probably was very familiar with "Starry Night" by Van Gogh.

If you take a few minutes you can see how her paintings were inspired by Van Gogh and the Impressionists. 

Impressionism is a style of painting that focuses on the effects of light and atmosphere on  colors and forms. Impressionist artists often used broken brush strokes rather than smooth and unnoticeable ones and also used many colors to paint scenes of every day life.

Impression - Sunrise - Claude Monet 1872 - a rougher brush style compared to below

Sunday Afternoon... by George Seurat 1886

You can also notice how her work is quite different - though she was interested in capturing some of the same concepts - glowing stars, beauty of night sky, wind, clouds....nature

Look at this slide show with your next assignment.
Alma Thomas- Van Gogh Challenge 
If you send me pictures of what you create, I will add them to the slideshow as examples.

nhelmsworth@pps.net

Have fun.

 

New way of thinking

Hi Everyone - parents and kids alike,

Parents understand how we need to have distance to keep everyone as healthy as possible and this is going to be our reality for the next few weeks.

I miss seeing the students already...and know families are going to be having a hard time keeping the kids busy.

So - while I am not completely up to speed on how to do online art assignments - and am unsure if this is the correct venue...I will begin here with some links that can get you/the kids (of any age) started.

So this is my rough start:
REMEMBER - doing any of these lessons fast defeats the purpose. It is the PROCESS that is enjoyable...so slow down and enjoy the thinking and making.

Many of these lessons could be linked sequentially - as that is the way I think....so I'll number the lessons - though I think they could work stand-alone as well.

I would like you to send me any pictures of your completed work. Please!
nhelmsworth@pps.net

To keep this simple - here is a video used with the 2nd graders last week. 

Lesson 1- 3/16/20

Alma Thomas- African American artist
https://youtu.be/Ek3msO7GJ6w

Not everyone has art supplies at home. Ohhh fun - let's see how this can be done with other materials! That in itself is a creativity challenge. All Right, bring it on!

pebbles
leaves
twigs
legos
paper clips
???? 
Take a picture and send it to me! 
nhelmsworth@pps.net

Below it will be additional links for broader thinking.
Alma Thomas slide show 

Alan Bean - real astronaut who walked on the moon, and became an artist 
6 minute video

Stories read from the International Space Station 
34 minutes, but can be broken into sections.

New lesson posted tomorrow! 

Love to you all in this unsettling time!

Ms. H.

So much is happening....

Winter is the busiest and most fun part of the year in the art room because all classes are in full-swing.

Here are some pictures of what is happening at different levels.
Incredible work - if I do say so myself!

Kindergarten -Winter themes

1st grade - Family Portraits

2nd grade - Birds

3rd grade - Munter Paintings

4th grade- Plant Paintings

5th grade Action Self-Portrait Sculptures - in process