Art
Miss Berndl's Fantabulous Fives

Art is like problem solving and science in that the outcome is not always known and that the process is like an experiment.
Creativity is encouraged through the use of found objects in 3 dimensional art projects. Creativity can be developed buy approaching each activity as a new challenge. This approach to seeing the world around you can also be stimulated by doing mathematical and language based brain teasers. Photo manipulation and visual puns also enhance creativity. For some interesting sites related to creativity go to:
Braingle http://www.braingle.com/mind/index.php?id=52
Best Worth1000 Photoshop Galleries http://www.worth1000.com/galleries.asp?display=
Formal art sessions occur once a week, usually in the afternoon.
Students are expected to dress in clothing that can be washed and will not get in the way of the activities when messy art activities are done.
Students who are not focused or disregard behaviour expectations will be asked to complete art assignments at home. Students absent for art activities will also be expected to catch up.

ART ACTIVITIES
Some art activities for the year may include the following. For examples of student work, click on the links.

Body System Working Model
Weather Collage - images of weather from National Geographic Magazines with weather words, integrated with science unit on weather
Cards - using Microsoft Publisher software, importing clip art
Creative Crazies
Culture Dolls / Culture Figures- file folders, paper towels, glue, tissue paper, integrated with study of Early Civilizations
Egg Art - inspired by Ukrainian egg designs - marker on eggs
Eggs A la Carte - Egg pop up cards, Egg tangram cards
Egg-citing Egg Design Challenges
Fierce Faces- pencil crayons or markers on black & white photographs on bond paper
Geometric Art - pencil crayons & markers on bond & finger paint paper
Holiday Cards - geometric art created with rulers & compasses, finger paint paper, markers
The Important Book about Human Organs
Impressionists - conte crayons & the old masters
Junk Mobile  & Owners Manual- integrated science project
Landscapes & Sky - water colour paints, photographs, National Geographic
Leaf Collage - presses self-collected leaves, white glue
Lettering
Masks - paper mache
Nuts About Knots
Picture Book - illustrating and producing a picture book, book binding
Sewing Sampler - demonstrated 3 types of stitches & sew on 2 buttons
Shadow Mural
Sketching Sampler - 2B, 4B, 6B drawing pencils on buff drawing paper
Ted Harrison style drawing - oil pastel
Tesselations - inspired by M.C.Escher - marker on finger paint paper
World Map and Flag Poster - pencil hand drawn sketch of the world, pencil crayons for flags on bond paper
Who am I Collage
Yearbook Cover Design

Art Skills & Medium that are part of the Art Program (not in any particular order)

lettering, bubble letters
creativity exercises - Creative Crazies
folding - crisp, neat fold, in half & thirds
making a collage from magazine photos
cutting & gluing
portrait & landscape orientation
making something from found objects
reusing material
sewing
sculpting
using a variety of paper - bond, newsprint, cartridge, tracing paper

The FabFive Rogues Gallery ~ Photos taken throughout the year in various costumes & poses.

Additional Sources of Information

McMichael Art Gallery
Art Gallery of Ontario

Good Resources for Teachers & Interested Parents

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards ISBN 0-87477-513-2
Drawing with Children by Mona Brookes ISBN 0-87477-396-2

Source: You're On Your Own, Snoopy by Charles M. Schulz

 

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