Kindergarten Germs

Germs!

Kindergarten

Kindergartners began this study of germs by drawing germs from observation.

Students looked at microscopic images of a variety of germs and drew the shapes, lines and textures that they saw.  They then used oil pastels, watercolor, salt and rice to complete their works with more color and texture. 

 Next up, students created imaginary germ characters using a combination of tempera paint and oil pastels.  Some students folded their papers in half and printed them to make symmetrical germs.  

"This is a good germ.  The blue dots push the germs away."

"Mine has thousands of eyes."

 Be careful, some of these germs can make you sick!

Op Art, 6th Grade

OP ART EXPERIMENTS
6^th Grade

6^th Graders began these experiments by using cards from the game, Brainspin.  Students used the shapes on the cards as inspiration for cutting their own shapes out of security envelopes, to be used later.   Students then looked at many artworks by Bridget Riley. 

 She is a painter from England, who was one of the pioneers of the op art movement.  Op art (short for optical art) is a style of art in which the artist uses illusions.  These works are often abstract, and many of Bridget Riley’s works were created using only black and white.  Students then used the patterned security envelopes to create collages inspired by op art.  In some you will find hidden images and illusions of depth or movement.

Giving feedback and gaining inspiration.  

Students who finished early experimented with other materials to create op art creations including light, texture rubbings, paint, and recycled materials. 

3D Landscapes

IImaginary Worlds 

Inspired by Souther Salazar

4^th Grade

Students began this project with a quick imagination game.  They began by drawing organic shapes.  They then had the challenge of turning those shapes into creatures.   

Students then spent some time looking closely at work by Souther Salazar.  Souther Salazar is a contemporary artist living in Portland, Oregon.  “Souther Salazar's installations transport the viewer into a vibrant and endless world of overlapping drawn, painted, sculpted and animated narratives and dreamscapes -- half-remembered, half-imagined places where stories can develop and take on a life of their own. Utilizing a variety of mixed media, found objects and layers of assemblage, his work evokes the wonders and imagination…”

We used thinking routines from the Columbus Museum of Art, including "See, Think, Wonder" and ODIP to talk about his work.  

 

After observing, describing, and interpreting what they saw in artworks by Souther Salazar, 4^th graders returned to their creature sketches and made imaginary drawings of them in an environment. 

 Next up, students translated their ideas into 3D landscapes.  Students used many materials and found objects, developing narratives along the way.  They showed space by placing objects in the foreground, middle ground, and background.  

Check out some of the finished works!  What stories and curiosities do you see?

We finished up by having a art celebration!