tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1295814205101562512024-03-13T12:36:23.278-07:00Tiny Hands Artk-8th grade projectsMrs. Scannura Ritzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17137209133140601088noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129581420510156251.post-34712098704982299902014-05-30T09:20:00.000-07:002014-05-30T09:20:02.266-07:00Georgia O'Keefe Skulls with a Navajo blanket backgroundHere are some pictures of one of the last projects completed at Saint Aloysius this year. It was my first time teaching this project and the kids and I loved it! We first learned about the "four corner" states and the Native American tribes who originally lived there. We focused on the art of the Navajo, which are beautiful weavings.<br />
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<li>We discussed the weaving process, shapes, symbols, and colors most common in the art, as well as the uses for the blankets. Students viewed many examples of authentic weavings. </li>
<li>Students then designed their own blankets with pencil and rulers. They then outlined their pencil lines with sharpie. This took us about 2 art periods. </li>
<li>Next, students colored them in with good old Crayola markers. This took us another 2-3 art periods.</li>
<li>Finally, we talked about Georgia O'Keefe and her bone drawings. A great book to go along with this unit is <i>Georgia's Bones </i>by Jen Bryant. </li>
<li>Students then looked at pictures of different animal skulls (cow, horse, deer, and other animals that might be found in New Mexico) and did their best to draw their own skull on white paper. We discussed the elements of Line, shape, and especially value during this portion. We used a Kleenex to "blend" the values. </li>
<li>We finished up by cutting out the drawing and gluing it in the center of the blanket. I had the students punch holes and use yarn to add fringes to the bottom of the blanket.</li>
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Now all the kids want to do is an actual weaving. I promised we would get around to it next year. </div>
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This is one of our BIGGEST projects if the year in the primary grades. Students learn about mosaic art and make a giant mosaic flower. I teach them how to draw different types of flowers first. Then, they being outlining with "tiles" cut from scrap pieces of paper. Then we cut out our flower and glue it to the stem and leaves, which we create using a wavy, curved, or zig-zag line. It takes them about 4-5 art periods to finish the entire project, but is well worth the wait. We finished them just in time for Mother's Day this year!</div>
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This year we read <i>The Tiny Seed</i> by Eric Carle, to learn the life cycle of the flower. It was the perfect book, because in the story the "tiny seed" grows to be a giant flower. </div>
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Click here to see some mosaics we did last year!</div>
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Here I am in front of one of the many displays at the Saint Aloysius Art Show. The Jackson Pollock Butterflies was a new lesson I came up with this year. The book I used to introduce Jackson Pollock to my students was "Action Jackson" by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan. The students enjoyed the story and looking at his many splatter paintings. There is also a really great youtube video that shows many of his paintings in a slideshow here: </div>
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Students seems to be amazed that they could easily make their own small-scale splatter painting. </div>
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We didn't stop there. The next week, I had the 1st graders tell me what they had learned about butterflies in their science lesson that week. Some questions I asked were:</div>
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When and where do we see butterflies?</div>
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We then used our Jackson Pollock paper to make symmetrical wings for our butterfly. Students cut out their own butterfly body, eyes, and antennas.</div>
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They turned out super cute and perfect for spring. Hope you enjoy.... and Happy Spring!!!</div>
Mrs. Scannura Ritzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17137209133140601088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129581420510156251.post-86439740363782208342014-03-20T14:59:00.001-07:002014-03-20T14:59:14.584-07:00Self PortraitsJust a few of this year's 4th grade self portraits!<a href="http://tinyhandsart.blogspot.com/2014/02/proportions-of-face.html"> Click here</a> to see the original post from last year!<br />
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This was a new project this year. 1st grade loved it! I think their favorite part was pulling off the painters tape and seeing what it looked like after painting! Great opportunity to teach shapes and the complimentary colors. </div>
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Some of this years Eric Carle animals. Here is the <a href="http://tinyhandsart.blogspot.com/2013/02/eric-carle-animals.html">original post</a> from last year. You have to scroll down to the dragon.... it's the best!</div>
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With these vases we discussed symmetry, color schemes (monochromatic and complementary), organic shapes, and lines. The process is pretty self-explanatory. This was a project we did for art to remember!</div>
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Mrs. Scannura Ritzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17137209133140601088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129581420510156251.post-8889411226514761462014-03-20T14:43:00.000-07:002014-03-20T14:43:30.002-07:00Andy Warhol Hand "Prints"<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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This is a great project for preschool, Pre-K, or adaptive art. it took about 3-4 hours to complete (broken up into 30 minute sessions). In my current school, I have 3 and 4 year olds. With 3 year olds, they needed help tracing and cutting out their hands. the 4 year olds had no problem! Some things we discussed and learned about were:</div>
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My Jr. High students learned about Keith Haring and his unique style before making their own Keith Haring. I encouraged them to have figures that were moving, as Keith Haring would have. We used bright colors and little to no color variation. 6th grade colored theirs in with marker, while 7th and 8th painted with watercolor. I would recommend the watercolors.... they turned out much nicer. The last one is my favorite. </div>
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Mrs. Scannura Ritzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17137209133140601088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129581420510156251.post-87461773805309558742014-02-05T18:08:00.001-08:002014-02-05T18:08:38.731-08:00Warm and Cool WeavingIn kindergarten and first this year I taught a weaving using warm and cool colors. I explain to students that a weaving goes "under and over." I also tell them to pretend that the strips of paper are hungry. You have to open their big mouths (lift the strip up) and the other strip going in is the food. It kind of helps them with the "under" part. This is their first weaving so spaces are left in between strips to make the weaving process easier. I also don't have them go over/under every single strip. I tell them to pick a color and weave under only that color. Then change colors for the next strip of paper.<br />
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In 6th grade this year I taught my students about Henri Matisse and his still lifes. This is my first year teaching middle school so I had no idea what to expect..... I love how they turned out. You can DEFINITELY notice at this age who really has that natural artistic ability. </div>
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<li>Students referred to an empty bowl of water on a table with several objects. Students were allowed to add imaginary objects or remove objects in their drawing. Students had to imagine their own fish because all my goldfish had died.... whoops.</li>
<li>When it came to painting I had them use a lot of water and wet-in-wet inside the fish bowl to make it look like it really had water in it. </li>
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I have a handout I give to the kids to help them draw their face. I honestly DO help a lot on this one, especially with the blending of the tones on the face. </div>
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This is a new lesson this year I taught in 4th and 5th grade. I was inspired by a piece I saw on Pinterest, that I think was actually geared towards middle and high school artists. With this lesson students combined the elements of art: visual texture, positive and negative space, line, shape, and color, as well as drawing and watercolor techniques. </div>
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This student chose the technique of "wood" and did analogous colors: green, blue, violet. </div>
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This student chose the technique of "circles or bubbles" and did the same color scheme. </div>
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This student did the texture "scales" and did not really follow a color scheme. But I still liked it so much I had to frame it. I guess the lesson learned here is... don't <i>always</i> do what the teacher says. No, no, no! That can't be right..... ;)</div>
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One of my students did not follow directions, but I actually LOVE the way it turned out. I think he did whatever color he wanted. I can easily see this resulting bad for some students because their colors might mix and create a grey or brown color. Next time I do this I may allow students to choose their colors and just enjoy experimenting with the wet-in-wet technique. They really thought it was neat!</div>
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<br />Mrs. Scannura Ritzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17137209133140601088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129581420510156251.post-54895677335547668092014-02-01T13:50:00.003-08:002014-02-05T16:48:28.406-08:00Monarch Butterflies Paintings.... Again!I came across this lesson idea in an Arts & Activities magazine a few years ago and have been implementing it ever since with my third graders. Here are some photos and a more detailed write up from <a href="http://tinyhandsart.blogspot.com/2012/12/monarch-butterflies-watercolor.html">last year</a>. My students love learning about how the butterflies fly to Mexico.<br />
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Mrs. Scannura Ritzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17137209133140601088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129581420510156251.post-54418351580892525132014-02-01T13:43:00.000-08:002014-02-05T16:59:20.796-08:00Kandinsky Mixed Media PaintingsI love these Kandinsky paintings and all the possibilities!! Hopefully I will be able to fit them into the curriculum this year, but mine is just packed with new ideas! 4th graders used just about every medium they could get their hands on for this one. Here are some close-ups of a few favorites.<br />
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Is that the most artistic floor you have ever seen, or what ;)</div>
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This year at I did a pointulism project with kindergarten in the fall. We used Q-tips and tempera paint for the dots. I am planning to do something similar with my second and third graders, but a different subject. </div>
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Mrs. Scannura Ritzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17137209133140601088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129581420510156251.post-87102756559968642392013-08-16T14:09:00.000-07:002014-02-01T13:31:23.005-08:00My New Classroom!!Welcome to Tiny Hands Art<i>. </i>For those who don't know me yet, my name is Miss Emily Scannura. I am going into to my 5th year teaching art to elementary age students. I could not imagine a more awesome job to have. This year at St. Aloysius I will be teaching preschool-8th graders. It will bring me many new challenges, but I am excited to take them on. Here is a photo of my new classroom!<br />
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I went to high school in Chatham, IL, college at Millikin University in Decatur where I studied photography and ceramics, and my masters at Benedictine University, where I received my k-9 teaching certification. I have been a swimmer since the age of 7 all the way through college. I also coach swimming for the Academy Bullets in Springfield (formerly SUSA). </div>
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Some of my favorite things besides teaching and coaching are running, triathlons, hanging out with my dog, Miki, cooking, and of course art:) </div>
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I am looking forward to getting to know all my new friends at St. Aloysius! See you soon.</div>
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Materials: Photo examples of glass or tile mosaics, construction paper, scrap pieces of paper, glue.<br />
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Start by cutting the basic shape of your mosaic from a 12x18 piece of colored paper. Using scrap paper, cut small squares and rectangles and outline the entire shape with one color. Repeat this process until the entire piece is complete (Kindergarten). First graders will get a little more creative with their mosaic tile designs. When butterflies are finished, add a body and a face. When flowers are done, add a stem and leaves.<br />
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Mrs. Scannura Ritzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17137209133140601088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129581420510156251.post-37094281018480553722013-07-02T11:53:00.001-07:002013-07-02T11:53:03.235-07:00Mother's Day JarsMy third graders used their clay project as a mother's day gift this year. This was my first time teaching how to make jars. We ended up with many different sizes, shapes, and decorations on the jars. Below is a photo of some of my favorite "basic" jars. Some students made their jars more complex.<br />
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Method: Students will form a small piece of clay into a ball and make a pinch pot. With a smaller piece of clay, roll another ball and then flatten it into a slab (like a pancake) so that it is the same size as the opening of the pot. Roll another small ball for the knob to go on one side of the slab. <br />
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We then used a sharp pencil to etch a design of choice into the clay. Some kids wrote a surprise message inside the jar. In the kiln they went.... and we painted them with tempera paint. The jar pictured above is the blue and orange jar below (upper right).<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;"> </span><b style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">"Georges Seurat</b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">(December 2, 1859 - March 29, 1891) was a French painter and draftsman. His large work Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, his most famous painting, altered the direction of modern art by initiating Neo-impressionism, and is one of the icons of 19th century painting.</span></div>
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Seurat was born into a very rich family in Paris. His father, Antoine Chrysostom Seurat, was a legal official and a native of Champagne; his mother, Ernestine Faivre, was Parisian.</div>
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Georges Seurat first studied art with Justin Lequiene, a sculptor. Seurat attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1878 and 1879." Taken from <a href="http://www.georgesseurat.org/" style="background-color: transparent;">http://www.georgesseurat.org/</a></div>
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Pointulism is a technique of painting similar to impressionism. For this technique, dots or dashes of pure color are juxtaposed so that from a distance they blend creating a new color. Take a look at the color wheel below!<br />
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Materials: 12x18 white paper, watercolors, pencil, crayola markers, example photos of hot air balloons</div>
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Vocabulary: George Seurat, pointillism, shape, outline, watercolor wash, primary colors, secondary colors, foreground, middleground, background. </div>
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After learning about Seurat and the pointillism technique, we looked at images of hot air balloons. On a 12x18 white piece of paper, we drew 5-7 hot air balloons in pencil. We started with the largest/closest balloons in the foreground first, then some medium sized balloons in the middleground, and very small balloons in the background. We also drew a ground line in the background.. </div>
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For the next class we watercolor washed the sky and ground. Once it was dry, we began the pointillism technique with regular crayola. </div>
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I wonder if any of them did finish them at home. I hope I have the opportunity to do this project with another class. I can only imagine how pretty these would look as complete works!</div>
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Mrs. Scannura Ritzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17137209133140601088noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129581420510156251.post-46318644692682885992013-05-31T09:13:00.000-07:002013-05-31T09:13:15.281-07:00The Dinosaur Who Lived in my BackyardIn 2nd grade, we reinforce what we learned about foreground, middleground, and background with this dinosaur landscape. I like this project a lot because it really takes a lot of imagination :) We begin by reading "The Dinosaur Who Lived In My Backyard" by B.G. Hennessy. We then imagine what our backyard might have looked like during the time dinosaurs lived. We then imagined a dinosaur in our backyard and what it might have looked like.<br />
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Materials: 12x18 white paper, black permanent markers, watercolor paints, paint shirts, paint brushes.<br />
Vocabulary: Dinosaurs, outline, pattern, foreground, middleground, background, landscape, size, shape.<br />
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Some of the second graders at Ball Elementary have been learning about dinosaurs in their classroom, this this project was a blast.</div>
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It's always been one of my favorite projects to do!</div>
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Mrs. Scannura Ritzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17137209133140601088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129581420510156251.post-43792014986349382172013-04-04T07:57:00.001-07:002013-04-04T08:03:06.953-07:00Torn Paper CaterpillarsWe are back from Spring break. It's finally SPRING! kindergarten made these adorable caterpillars out of torn pieces of paper. <br />
We talked about variation of color, pattern/repetition, and overlapping. <br />
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Materials: black background paper, small pieces of colored paper for tearing, glue, black markers. <br />
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Next we will be making butterflies!<br />
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