Color Class~ Week 3

Its Thursday again and that means that we had our art class again! It was a wonderful class! We talked about the color wheel and how the secondary colors we made last week fit right into wheel in a nice order! The kids all painted a color wheel, then used that wheel in a design they choose! It was a great way to combine a structured project with creative painting! The kids had fun and the paintings were really well done! Our teacher is so amazing! Each week the kids paintings all turn out really well! Here are the pictures of today's class!

Learning about the color wheel.

The kids made the color wheel first

The younger kids used pre- mixed colors and the older kids mixed their own colors.

Here is ML's color wheel

He turned it into a snail! :)

Here is KL mixing her own colors

NL made a really great flower!

Here is BS working really hard on his color wheel!

HM wanted to turn his color wheel into a tractor!

CS worked really long on her project. This is the beginning stages, but she made a man walking a dog eating a giant rainbow ice cream!

VL decided to make his art abstract! His goal was to have the colored stripes draw your eye into the color wheel! I'd say her did a good job!

Here are the girls working! Bunny made her picture a hot air balloon, and CM did some amazing flower around her color wheel snail!

Isn't her snail and flowers really good!

Here is CS painting further on! I love her creativity!

Here is HM finishing his tractor.

The Littles had a lot of fun painting too! We just give them some paint and let them experiment!



So there you have it! Week 3 is all done! The kids had fun and it was really great to see all the creative ideas that they came up with! Stop back soon as we will have some great student bloggers this week! Happy Schooling everyone!

Advanced Art Class~ Week 2~ by: JL (age 15)

I am so very happy to have JL back today to share more of the art that he has done in the advance art class this week! Take a look and let us know what you think! I think he is doing a great job! :)

In this week’s art lesson, I again used contour drawing, but this time I drew three-D objects. So I went around the house and found: a clay frog, a pawn, a pair of scissors, a pocket knife, and a stapler. I was trying to look at the objects as lines instead of shapes. It was kind of tricky to get the hang of it, as you can see by the first one I drew (the clay frog). I didn’t look at it as lines, I kept thinking of it as a frog, so it didn’t turn out as well. I was really proud of the knife and the stapler. I think they turned out well. This way of drawing, has made things that are difficult to draw, a lot easier to do.

Contour line drawing from ordinary objects.                       9-8-11

Thanks so much JL for sharing your work! It is wonderful! Stay tuned everyone, tomorrow is color class week 3!!!! See you then!

Art Class~ Week 2~ By KL (age 12)

I am thrilled to present you with our student blogger today! KL has written another post for us telling us all about her color class experience this week! Thanks so much KL for writing for us! :)

For our second art class we learned about secondary colors. Secondary colors are the colors in the middle of the color wheel. They are green, orange, and violet, (purple).You make them with even amounts of the primary colors.

Painting by KL (age 12)

For our art project we mixed even amounts of the primary colors. First we traced squares, circles, and triangles overlapping one another on our paper. Next we painted the shapes with the primary colors, the squares were yellow, the circles were blue, and the triangles were red. Then we mixed the primary colors into green, orange, and violet, and painted them into the overlapping spaces.
 

Painting By ML (age 5)

 
Even though they were all the same colors they were each different. They were all very cool and we all had a great time and I can’t wait to see everyone again next week!
 

Painting By BS (age 3)



Color Class~ Week 2!

Today we had our second color class with everyone and it was wonderful! The lesson today was about mixing secondary colors! It was alot of fun! The kids were asked to trace different shapes onto their paper in an overlapping design. Then they were to paint circle blue, squares yellow, and triangles red. The parts that were overlapping remained white, and they were filled in with the secondary color the two shapes made. This was a fun way to see the color mixing happen. It was a little tricky at first for the kids to do, but then they got the hang of it! They all did great work and I hope they learned about which colors mix to make other ones! :) Here are the pictures of our class!

The "Little's" were able to paint today! They loved it! The looks of concentration are so cute! :)

Here is their finished art!

Here is the teaching portion of the lesson! The color wheel one of the focal points!

They also looked at some art to see how the primary colors are the first your eyes see, then you see the secondary colors! It was fun to see how that was true in each picture! :)

They started by tracing shapes onto their paper.

The next step was to paint the primary colors.

Then we had a demonstration of how to mix colors.

Here is one proud artist!

Here is another!

Here are the final paintings waiting to dry!!!! :)

They all did such a great job! I loved all the finished products!!!! Next week have another one, and tomorrow we have a student blogger so check back soon! Happy Schooling!



Advanced Art Class~ Week 1~ By JL (age 15)

Well everyone, I have another student blogger today! He is one of the students in the advanced art class an they are working on drawing. So welcome JL!

In this week’s art lesson I learned contour drawing, which is where you try to drawing the exact same shape and bends of wire that you have twisted. The purpose of this is for you to learn to look at shapes as just lines instead of what they really are. So when I did my drawling exercise which was to draw a bird, a chief, and an owl I drew them upside down. I also learned to look critically at my art which is when you step back and look were you could do better, this way you can learn from your mistakes. It was a lot of fun to learn and to do and I can’t wait to learn what’s next.

JL's drawing (he did upside down!)

Book's Drawing!

JL did an amazing job! I cant wait to see what else he does! This is yet another stellar example of student art! Thanks so much JL for sharing! Stay tuned everyone, Week 2 art class is tomorrow!!!!

Art Class Week 1~ By KL (age 12)

Well I am honored to introduce to you today one of the students from our art classes. She has asked to write a post about our first class and what she learned!!!! So without further ado, here is KL, our Student Blogger today:

Art by: KL (age 12)

For our first art class we learned about primary colors. Primary colors are red, blue, and yellow. You cannot mix any other colors to make these colors; they make all the other colors. For an example, red and blue make purple, blue and yellow make green, and red and yellow make orange. But if you mix a little more red than yellow, you will get red orange, or if you mix a little more yellow than red, you will get yellow orange, etc.



Art by: CS (age 5)

For our project we did a pattern. First, we folded a piece of paper into eight squares, and then we drew what we were going to paint in one square. Next, we all started to paint. We were only allowed to use the primary colors. It took longer if you had a complicated pattern. They were all really cool patterns and each one was different. There was no pattern that was the same. It was really fun and I can’t wait for the next art project.

 Art by: HM (age 3)



Thank you so much KL for your wonderful summary of our first art lesson! Stay tuned everyone, Thursday is Lesson 2!!!! See you there!