Art News
Ames & Weymouth Schools
Come Art Day this room is hopping. Peek into our classroom and you will see students
examining the use of color in artworks. Students observed color experiments using
dyes and a prism (when the sun cooperated). With this knowledge they created color
wheels and concluded their study by painting spectrum rainbow pictures using their
initials. Younger grades have also explored primary colors by sponge painting apples
and rainbow sails for their boats. Kindergarten students used shapes to create sailors and
torn-paper collaged oceans for their boats. Our preschool students are exploring color
too. They have painted autumn leaf-colored bird feeders and soon will add sculpted little
birds.
Many books have been shared with students to stir imagination and reinforce visual art
concepts. Here's a sampling: Full Color by Etienne Delessert, Harold's Purple Crayon
by Crockett Johnson and Color Poem by Christina Rossetti. Technology is blended into
our instruction. One site you might enjoy exploring with your children is
Third Graders began their Full Moon books. This study explores traditional and native
people's use of the land and resources. Students create visual “stories” using a variety of
media and techniques. Each month we add a page to our book of Full Moon stories.
These become very special collections by the end of the school year.
Many fifth and fourth graders sculpted Bee-a-Buddy bees as gifts to their second grade
juniors supporting our sense of community. These second graders are beautifully
illustrating “Bee” thank you cards in return. Kindergarteners and first graders created
patterns for their three dimensional beees. You may have noticed these buzzing about the
school.
Walk down our hallways and you will see: Still Life compositions using complimentary
colors in chalk pastel by Mrs. Ladd's fourth grade students; Haunted House Landscapes
by Ms. Luchetti's students in which fore, middle and background are considered; and
Symmetrical Mask designs inspired by the Huichol indians of Mexico, created by our
fifth graders.
Inspired by the recent visit of Ibiyinka Aloa, Art ambassador from Nigeria, Weymouth
students are focusing on pattern in their Peace Dove projects in paper and and clay.
You'll get a peek of these in December.
Enjoy the holiday, Kathie
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